Perhaps we will be lucky enough to see all bookstores look like this in the future. Besides two floors of books, magazines and other types of literature spanning all genres you can imagine, there is also a small cafe with drinks and pastries, and an internet lounge in Rakuda Shoten Honten. The store also hosts regular events and demonstrations, like ikebana, in which customers can participate. A great advantage is that there is plenty of free parking.
This small bookstore specializes in imported, mostly English-language, books. Favorably located in an area that contains many of the city's colleges and universities, it is a good place for the serious student of English and American literature and linguistics. You can also find a good selection of large format books on fine and commercial art that cannot be found anywhere else in town. And if magazines are your choice of reading material, you will be happy to know that there is also a fairly extensive selection of all the major English-language magazines available.