Used books: entire worlds crammed, stacked and bundled together. Vintage magazines: time travel at your fingertips. Movie posters, photographs, autographs, postcards, maps, prints: a panoply of cultural and historical artefacts beckon from tables and shelves. The lure of a book sale is strong, as it was for many passers-by at this weekend used book market near Tokyo’s Shinjuku Station.

NOVEMBER, 2014