wot no pictures?

[ramchop]

Is there a better library for English books in Tokyo than Hibiya Koen? Went there on Sunday, at first it was "Wow, look at all those books I can read for free!". Very quickly dawned on me what an unimaginative collection of best sellers it was.

So where's a better place to go to get some reading material for time spent lying on the balcony, leisurely drinking beer and inhaling Mos Burger fumes?

[Taro Toporific]

Is there a better library for English books in Tokyo than Hibiya Koen? Went there on Sunday, at first it was "Wow, look at all those books I can read for free!". Very quickly dawned on me what an unimaginative collection of best sellers it was.

Try the British Council Library and Information Center. (Forget the American Information Center which only has biz ref crap).

The International Housein Ropongi is private but open to foreign "scholars"...it's drab-n-snooty but the gardens are great. Act like you're a bunka baka Phd and use the place like your home, I do.

Sad to say all the great pix were at the World Magazine Gallery in Higashi Ginza which closes at the end of the month.

Address and time info for gai-libraries here
http://metropolis.japantoday.com/tokyofeaturestoriesarchive299/257/tokyofeaturestoriesinc.htm

[GomiGirl]

I buy second hand books, read them and then sell them back to the shop. Works out really cheap. There are a few around. Good Day Books in Ebisu is just one..

Good Day Books

[ramchop]

I buy second hand books, read them and then sell them back to the shop. Works out really cheap. There are a few around. Good Day Books in Ebisu is just one..

How cheap is "really cheap", about the same as a video rental?

[Taro Toporific]

I buy second hand books, read them and then sell them back to the shop. Works out really cheap. There are a few around. Good Day Books in Ebisu is just one..

How cheap is "really cheap", about the same as a video rental?

Ask Taeko-chan, the owner, she might accommodate ya.


Hint: If you're like GG or myself and you have an endless supply of old books laying around, you just drag in a stack of 30 books and drag out 10 new used ones from Good Day Books. For me it works out to almost nothing since I bring back free "stripped" and reviewers' copies of books from the States a couple of times a year. Used books cost an average of 600yen and trade-in at about a 3-to-1 ratio. When you figure most English books are at least 1,200yen in Japan, that, "Works out really cheap" as GG said.

Good Day Books
Ebisu 1-11-2-3F
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0013
Japan
http://japan.co.jp/~goodday/index.htm
goodday@gol.com

Taeko Kobayashi, owner

Our Business Hours are :
Monday 11:00 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Tuesday Store Closed
Wednesday 11:00 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Thursday 11:00 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Friday 11:00 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Saturday 11:00 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Sunday & Holidays 11:00 a.m. - 6 p.m.