GATHERING SMALL SPACES OF BOOKS

Description This book documents visits to 44 locations across Japan, including new bookstores, secondhand bookstores, private libraries, book cafés, and mobile bookshops. Each space is precisely measured and diagrammed. Focusing on small, alternative hubs packed with the ingenuity of their owners, and the creative reuse of vacant houses and buildings in both rural and urban settings, the book explores the comfort and scale of spaces where books, people, and cities intersect. [Contents] Introduction ○ Tohoku / Kanto / Koshinetsu Aomori – Mawarimichi Bunko | Wooden box shelves quietly stacked in a back-alley bar street Niigata – Imadoki Shoten | A dialogue space with books designed by a high school student Miyagi – Book Café Mars no Niwa | A shelter-like bookshelf for solitary urban readers Tochigi – BOOK FOREST Mori Hyakkaten | A picture book tree connecting local children with the world Gunma – REBEL BOOKS | A blue-gray local base crafted by a designer-owner Tokyo – Kiryu-sha | A Steiner-inspired 2-ken square is a sanctuary of counterculture Tokyo – Readin’ Writin’ BOOKSTORE | A 40m² space with a towering wall of books, tucked deep in the city Tokyo – Title | A 9-meter bookshelf and a hidden café in a home where books take center stage Tokyo – COW BOOKS | A place for aged books, set within stainless-steel interiors Nagano – Shioribi | Upcycled bookshelves that amplify the messages of books Nagano – Yureki Shobo | A gallery-style shelf in a temple town embodying a world map ＊Column 1: A “2-Hour Measuring Challenge” ○ Hokuriku / Tokai / Kansai Toyama – Hirasuma Shobo | A timeless space in a former post office attracting old books and people Ishikawa – Oyoyo Shorin, Shintatemachi | A cozy, slow-paced book-hunting spot like an eel’s bed Ishikawa – Ishibiki Public | A giant bookshelf captivating art school students Shizuoka – Himitsu no Honya | A private book encounter at a former movie theater ticket booth Shizuoka – Minna no Toshokan Sankaku | A community hangout built with single-box shelves Shizuoka – Favorite Books L | A booklover’s paradise disguised as a friend’s home Aichi – TOUTEN BOOKSTORE | A café bar counter leading into a hidden bookshelf Mie – Tonga-zaka Bunko | A vibrant book-filled life in a fishing village Mie – USED BOOK BOX | A tiny library just 80 cm square Osaka – toi books | 54 indexed shelves glowing in a compact 5-tsubo space Osaka – Irusu Bunko | A book labyrinth overflowing with multiplying wooden boxes Osaka – LVDB BOOKS | Steel pipe shelves running through a row house, hosting tranquil books Kyoto – Seikosha | Six partition walls create the right amount of immersion Kyoto – ba hutte. | An ultra-personal book space seeping into the street from a paper-thin lot Nara – Tohon | A light wooden structure bringing new air to a shopping arcade Nara – Lucha Libro Humanities Private Library | An open-stack reading room in the mountains, waiting with that one book you’ll only meet on the fringe Wakayama – Honya Plug | Chairs, desks, and shelves—all transform into bookshelves in this free-spirited space ＊Column 2: The Solitary Act of “Drafting” ○ Chugoku / Shikoku Okayama – Mushibunko | A merging of the owner’s world and books in a historic district old house Okayama – 451BOOKS | A symbolic spiral staircase weaving through cube-shaped bookshelves Hiroshima – Nijyu dB | A hypnotic late-night reading experience in a former clinic Hiroshima – READAN DEAT | Three small, re-edited retro-style rooms Tottori – Kasui Kuko | A lakeside bookstore cabin in constant self-built transformation Shimane – artos Book Store | A layout connecting goods, people, and music through books Yamaguchi – Roba no Honya | A self-renovated former cowshed in the mountains, full of vitality and humor Kagawa – Honya LUNUGANGA | Designing fleeting moments of eye contact with books from a grand staircase to the shelves Kagawa – Hetchima Bunko | Furniture that highlights books and scenery that invites reading Ehime – Shobo Domingo | Stirring kids’ curiosity like an old candy store ＊Column 3: The Relationship Between Book Spaces and the City ○ Kyushu / Okinawa Fukuoka – MINOU BOOKS | Lively window-side shelves inviting book encounters Fukuoka – Natsume Shoten | A refined shelving plan echoing the design of a former clock shop Kumamoto – Daidai Shoten | A quiet counter watching over crowded encounters between people and books Kagoshima – Kosho Lisette | A book-filled passageway using a building’s common area Okinawa – Ichiba no Furuhonya Urara | Unique shelves spilling into the street that make you stop and look Nationwide – BOOK TRUCK | A mobile bookstore packed with encounters, from festivals to housing complexes ＊Column 4: Serendipitous Book Encounters Store Information Closing Remarks Category：Japanese Architecture Book Tag：book store, shop design, space design Pages： 190 ISBN： 9784761528614 Release Date: August, 2023 Language: Japanese Publisher: Gakugei Shuppansha Author profile Tetsuya Masaki Full-time lecturer in the Department of Architectural Design, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto Tachibana University. Doctor of Engineering. Born in Osaka Prefecture in 1982. After graduating from the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University in 2005, completed the master’s program at the same university in 2007. Engaged in design work at Kume Sekkei Co., Ltd. and MEGA Co., Ltd., and has held his current position since 2016. Completed the doctoral program at Kyoto Institute of Technology in 2019. A self-proclaimed “measurer” engaged in architectural design and urban research, including studies on festival spaces in housing complexes both in Japan and abroad. 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