The Morioka Shoten bookstore in Tokyo’s luxury Ginza district offers just one title for sale each week. The title is treated like an artwork and is often accompanied by a related exhibition. Photos: Miyuki Kaneko/Takram.
With hundreds of thousands of books published every year, the choice of what to stock can prove bewildering for booksellers. The owner of one small bookshop in Tokyo has taken an unusual approach to the problem: Morioka Shoten, located in the luxury shopping district of Ginza, offers just one title to its customers.
Owned by experienced bookseller Yoshiyuki Morioka, the store opened in the middle of last year, stocking multiple copies of just one title, which changes weekly.
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