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Isseido Booksellers

Browse older books and reference material with a subject in mind, as an alternative to a general new-book store.

Green window frames, Isseido lettering and books at the stone-fronted entrance
Image info運転太郎 · 2015-06-20 · CC BY-3.0 · resized and cropped

Give the search a subject

Isseido covers Japanese and foreign-language humanities books and classical Japanese books. A narrower subject—ceramics, traditional performance or art—makes the catalogue a different search from browsing new releases. For an old edition, note the publication year and edition as well as author and title. A catalogue entry does not mean the book will be on an open shelf: enquire about a specific work and ask how valuable material may be handled.

WHERE · On foot from here

Which side of the station, and how far

East of Jimbocho Station, about 80 m in a straight line from the station point. The position is the official address point and may differ from the entrance. The shaded areas are about 5 and 10 minutes on foot from here.

2Isseido Booksellers一誠堂書店Jimbocho神保町駅Shin-ochanomizu新御茶ノ水駅Nanyodo Bookshop~5 min~10 min100 mN12Isseido Booksellers一誠堂書店Jimbocho神保町駅Kitazawa BookstoreNanyodo Bookshop~5 min~10 min250 mN
This place · official address point (≈45 m)About 5 · 10 min on foot from here (computed, approximate)Read together

Walking bands are computed by FOW on the OpenStreetMap surface street network at 80 m/min and drawn as a smoothed approximate area around the streets reached. They ignore exit positions, station interiors, underground passages, signals, slopes and routes inside buildings — not directions; follow on-site signs.

Map data: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Walking bands: computed by FOW · Station and gate notes: official guidance

Regular hours and exceptions

Regular guidance is Monday–Saturday 10:00–18:30, closed Sunday and public holidays. Book-festival periods can bring special openings and temporary closures, so read the shop’s current notice for the intended day. Ask before handling material when its price or browsing conditions are unclear.

Know when to switch shops

For English-language books, compare Kitazawa; for Korean-language books, compare CHEKCCORI. These are separate businesses with different floors and schedules. Choose a useful first shop and give it time. Then decide whether another would add to the visit.

Read it with

Kitazawa Bookstore“Choose books by language and subject” · 2F · 12:00–17:00CHEKCCORI“Choose books by language and subject” · Stairs before lift; cafe suspendedNanyodo Bookshop“Choose books by language and subject” · Closed Thu, Sun and public holidays

Before you go

Official information ↗
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Sources · image info
  1. 一誠堂書店株式会社一誠堂書店, own official website
  2. Isseido regular schedule versus dated 2026 festival noticeIsseido seller-authored Japan Antiquarian Booksellers association entry
  3. GSI official address reference: 東京都千代田区神田神保町一丁目７番国土地理院