Just a quick shout out to one of my favorite places to get manga in Kyoto. I know Book Off! is cheaper, and Mandarake in Osaka has a HUGE selection, but I consistently find exactly what I am looking for at Bookstore Dan.
In 2009, I spent two weeks buying all the Nakahara Aya single volume manga I could find. At the end of the trip I walked into the Dan and found all my carefully collected volumes had been all the time available in one place. I also found reprints of classic shoujo manga, which led me to one of my now-favorites titles: Kuroi Bisho, by Hosokawa Chieko! So vintage, so CRAZY.
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| My Haul, 2009 |
Bookstore Dan is located in Shijo St. between Tominokoji St. and Yanagi Baba St. It's on the same side of Shijo as Teramachi St., and is about 3.5 blocks east of that shopping arcade.
