Jimbocho Shop Directory: Bookstores, Kissaten, Restaurants and More

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Bookstores & Antiquarian Books

• @Wonder — Used books (all genres)
  Rows of used books across a wide range of genres: SF, mystery, fantasy, horror, film, literature, humanities, American comics and more.
  2-5-4 Kanda-Jimbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
• Bohemian’s Guild — Autographs, signed & limited editions, prints
  The first floor has old books centered on art, design, photography and architecture; the second is a gallery for exhibitions and original artworks.
  1-1 Kanda-Jimbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo ｜ Closed: Open every day
• Book House Cafe — New children’s books
  Some 10,000 children’s books, centered on picture books, with rooms large and small for events and an attached café.
  2-5 Kanda-Jimbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
• Hara Shobo — Divination, Chinese classics & ukiyo-e prints
  The first floor has one of the best selections of books on divination and Chinese classics; the second floor, ukiyo-e prints and a lavish salon.
  2-3 Kanda-Jimbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo ｜ Closed: Sundays, Mondays and national holidays
• Isseido Bookstore — Old Japanese & Western books in the humanities
  Trusted for a century — the antiquarian bookstore that represents Kanda.
  1-7 Kanda-Jimbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo ｜ Closed: Sundays
• Kosho Center Takayama Honten — Used books (general)
  Complete works, art books and dictionaries to local history, Noh and utai chanting, and martial arts books.
  2-3 Kanda-Jimbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo ｜ Closed: Open every day
• Sanseido Bookstore Jimbocho Main Store — New books
  An endless selection of new books and magazines, with events and fairs — Japan’s foremost “department store of books.”
  1-1 Kanda-Jimbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
• Seishindo Shoten — Classical books & calligraphy
  Specialists in Chinese classics and Japanese woodblock-printed books, with a wide range of Edo-period books and calligraphy materials, plus academic books in the humanities.
  2-24 Kanda-Jimbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo ｜ Closed: Sundays
• Tokyodo Bookstore — New books
  Highly regarded as a general bookstore for specialist books, with a reliable selection for serious readers.
  1-17 Kanda-Jimbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
• Uchiyama Shoten — Books on China and Asia
  Books, magazines and newspapers published in China, all in one place, plus books on Asia — a long-established specialist.
  1-15 Kanda-Jimbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo ｜ Closed: Mondays and national holidays
• Yagi Shoten — Japanese language & literature
  Literary works, criticism and research from ancient to modern times — a specialist trusted by scholars.
  1-1 Kanda-Jimbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo ｜ Closed: Sundays

Coffee Houses & Cafés

• avocafe — Avocado cuisine café
  A café of dishes where avocado and other ingredients come together perfectly, with regular live music and exhibitions.
  1-2-9 Kanda-Jimbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo ｜ Closed: Open every day
• Coffee Kura — Kissaten (coffee house)
  British-style elegance down to the teacups. An owner who loves Jimbocho offers good taste and a good place.
  Yazaki Bldg. 2F, 1-26 Kanda-Jimbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo ｜ Closed: Sundays and national holidays
• Kissa Hotaka — Kissaten (coffee house)
  Right by the station: a mountain-lodge-style space in the middle of the city where rich coffee brings a moment of bliss.
  4-5-3 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo ｜ Closed: Sundays and national holidays
• Kissa Poupée — Kissaten (coffee house)
  A quiet back-street coffee house with a lingering Showa-era feel; its light meals are home-style dishes born of tradition since the founding.
  3-13-11 Kanda-Nishikicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo ｜ Closed: Sundays and national holidays
• Mamekobo — House-roasted coffee café
  Forty kinds of quality beans, including organic, roasted in-house — take home freshly roasted coffee or drink it in the shop. Main shop in Jimbocho, plus Kanda-Nishikicho, Suidobashi and Kanda West Exit shops.
  1-39-9 Kanda-Jimbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
• The Adirondack Café — Café & bar
  A dining spot serving New York flavors to a jazz soundtrack, with live music several times a month.
  1-2-9 Kanda-Jimbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo ｜ Closed: Sundays, Mondays and national holidays

Restaurants

• Daisen (soba restaurant) — Soba noodles
  An authentic soba restaurant using buckwheat flour from Hokkaido, with creative seasonal soba.
  1-4-4 Kanda-Sarugakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo ｜ Closed: Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays
• Hasebe (seasonal Japanese cuisine) — Seasonal Japanese cuisine
  Known for seasonal fish dishes and simmered dishes; a Jimbocho favorite since 1925.
  1-39 Kanda-Jimbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo ｜ Closed: Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays
• Kanda Matsuya — Handmade soba
  Carefully chosen ingredients that convey the flavors of Edo; handmade soba served in a dignified old house with tasteful tableware.
  1-13 Kanda-Sudacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo ｜ Closed: Sundays and national holidays
• Kanyoro — Chinese cuisine, linked with Zhou Enlai
  Founded in 1911. A fusion of Shanghai tradition and modern Chinese cuisine; good food and Shaoxing wine put a smile on everyone’s face.
  3-14-2 Kanda-Ogawamachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo ｜ Closed: Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays
• Luncheon (beer hall) — Beer hall & Western-style food
  A Western-style restaurant founded in 1909 — one of Kanda’s classic old shops, famous for its perfectly poured draft beer.
  1-6 Kanda-Jimbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo ｜ Closed: Sundays and national holidays
• Soba-dokoro Asanoya — Soba noodles
  Founded in 1925. The family keeps the founder’s spirit alive with warm hospitality and genuine stone-ground soba.
  2-7-6 Kanda-Sarugakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo ｜ Closed: Sundays and national holidays

Specialty Shops

• Banuken — Antique stationery & curios
  Old Chinese inkstones, seal stones and, above all, old calligraphy — from the Zen monk Ryokan to works from Japan and abroad, even musical scores.
  1-27 Kanda-Jimbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo ｜ Closed: Wednesdays
• Fuji Record Sha — Used records
  Everything you could want, and plenty of fun: from rarities to bargains, with lots of SPs and LPs. A long-established used-record shop nearing its 100th anniversary.
  Kanda Kosho Center 9F, 2-3 Kanda-Jimbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo ｜ Closed: Open every day
• Kanda Awahei — Senbei & arare rice crackers
  Traditional hand-baked senbei made with care — a Kanda specialty for gifts and Tokyo souvenirs. Founded in 1884 and known for the “gekikara” (fiery hot) senbei it launched in the 1980s.
  2-13-1 Uchi-Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo ｜ Closed: Sundays
• Kanda Daiki Shoe Store — Shoes
  A shoe shop known to connoisseurs, where the shoe-loving owner’s advice is part of the appeal. From carefully chosen French, Italian and American shoes to sneakers.
  1-1 Kanda-Ogawamachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo ｜ Closed: Sundays
• Musashiya Shoten — Office equipment & supplies
  From stationery and office supplies to computer equipment, with 60 years of experience.
  Near the Sendaimae intersection ｜ Closed: Sundays and national holidays
• Otofuku — Shamisen and Japanese accessories
  Enjoy the shamisen casually, with classes for complete beginners, plus a wide range of Japanese accessories and goods.
  1-38 Kanda-Jimbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
• Record-sha — Used records
  A shop full of used records, always crowded with collectors — a must-see for enthusiasts.
  Jonan Kaikan Bldg. 1F, 2-20 Kanda-Jimbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo ｜ Closed: Sundays
• Sankei Shoten — Art (sales & purchase)
  Art from East and West and vintage household goods — a romantic space that feels like a small museum.
  2-22 Kanda-Jimbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo ｜ Closed: Irregular holidays
• Toyodaen (tea shop) — Fine Japanese tea
  A long-established tea shop founded in 1923, offering fine teas from all over Japan, teaware and health teas.
  1-4-4 Kanda-Sarugakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo ｜ Closed: Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays
• Yamagataya Paper Shop — Washi (Japanese paper)
  Founded in 1879. Everything in heartwarming washi, including paper handmade for the Imperial Household Agency and paper for crafts.
  1-15-5 Kanda-Jimbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo ｜ Closed: Sundays and national holidays

Galleries & Culture

• Eisenach Music Academy — Music school (join anytime; visitors welcome)
  Guitar, violin, piano, flute, cello, lute and voice — building a solid foundation for easy progress.
  3-16 Kanda-Ogawamachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
• gallery bauhaus — Photography gallery
  With exhibition spaces on the ground floor and basement, it presents works by photographers from Japan and abroad.
  2-19-14 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo ｜ Closed: Sundays, Mondays and national holidays
• Hitotsubashi Gallery — Rental, curated & permanent exhibitions
  Three minutes on foot from Jimbocho Station, combining the convenience of the book district with the atmosphere of an academic quarter.
  Japan Education Center, 2-6-2 Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Hotels & Others

• Hotel Niwa Tokyo — Hotel: stylish, modern Edo elegance
  A relaxing space designed for true comfort and rest, with a salon where you can enjoy learning about Japanese culture.
  1-1-16 Misakicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
• Ochanomizu Hotel Shoryukan — Hotel
  A stylish, modern Japanese-style hotel with comfortable, well-equipped rooms that meet the needs of today’s travelers.
  3-24 Kanda-Ogawamachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Services

• Jimbocho Sogo Clinic — Kampo (Japanese herbal) internal medicine
  Herbal medicine treatment and meridian diagnosis and patch therapy, carried on from father and brother — a clinic experienced in kampo.
  1-7-15 Kanda-Jimbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo ｜ Closed: Wednesdays, Saturday afternoons, Sundays and national holidays
• Keiseisha — Editing & printing
  Rewriting, proofreading and copy-editing — a strong ally for self-publishing, as well as catalogs and brochures.
  Ochanomizu Bldg. 2F, 2-10-13 Kanda-Ogawamachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
• Manseisha — Real estate
  Property transactions, office buildings and rentals. Four minutes on foot from Akihabara Station.
  1-3-6 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
• Surugadai Fudosan — Real estate
  A trusted local real estate agent with 30 years’ experience in the Jimbocho, Suidobashi and Ochanomizu area.
  1-44 Kanda-Jimbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo ｜ Closed: Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays
• Tsuchiya Fudosan — Real estate, loved locally for 60+ years
  Founded in 1957, a trusted community real estate company in Ichikawa City, handling sales, rentals, consulting and vacant-house management. Two minutes from Motoyawata Station on the Toei Shinjuku Line.
  2-14-14 Yawata, Ichikawa-shi, Chiba
• verte (Verte Inc.) — Editorial production
  An editorial production company handling everything from planning to editing and production of magazines, books and self-publishing.
  1-11 Kanda-Jimbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

*Shop information is from the Hon no Machi member shop list. Hours and closing days may change; please check before you visit.