A number of old Weekly Bunshun were lined up on the shelves of a used bookstore

Old Weekly Bunshun lined up in a used bookstore
Old magazines lined up in a used bookstore
Similar Photos

Walking down Mejiro Street, I came across a small bookstore. It was not a chain store, but an old-fashioned, privately owned bookstore tucked away in the middle of town. It is not easy to run a bookstore in this day and age. Nowadays, when many people buy magazines and books over the Internet, these bookstores are likely to gradually disappear. As a book lover, I find this reality a little sad. That's why it makes me happy to see such small bookstores doing well, and makes me want to cheer them on.

The storefront was lined with a variety of weekly literary magazines. All of them were old Weekly Bunshun. The price was 50 yen. Curious as to when they were published, I approached the store. I felt as if the titles of the Weekly Bunshun were speaking to me, or even approaching me. There was something strange about this scene, as if I had been left behind in time.

Comment via
日本語
Jul 2017 STILL LIFE TOKYO

PHOTO DATA

No

10208

Shooting Date

Dec 2016

Posted On

July 11, 2017

Modified On

November 24, 2024

Place

Mejirodai, Tokyo

Genre

Street Photography

Camera

SONY ALPHA 7R II

Lens

SONNAR T* FE 55MM F1.8 ZA

Some Photographing Locations inside Japan

See all Locations »

Some Categories by subject

PREV & NEXT