A man’s book store is his castle

     

The trip through Matsumoto city was lightning fast. There was just no other way. I had until early that evening to get myself to Narita airport. And, the fact that I was unfamiliar with the transport options between me and my destination, as well as having both limited time and money, meant that I was more than a little anxious.

Getting to Matsumoto castle well before the gates opened was hardly the brightest of ideas either. The hours of waiting didn’t accomplish much. Well, I guess it did allow me to track down this cool, little book store a short walk south of the castle.

The man at the doorway must have been the owner. He had not long opened-up shop and was stacking the front shelves. Sir, I salute you and would like to take this opportunity to bestow upon your store the title “Best book store I’ve never entered”… Hey, I had to run!

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  • furinkazan

    This is admirable. I got to Matsumotojô as straight as possible from the trainstation, but i didn’t saw this. Can you pin this on a map? If i go back to Matsumoto, i’ll probably visit this store.

  • Anonymous

    Here it is: http://t.co/THqBDAX I had to use the old map (there’re cross-hairs.)

  • Travis Seifman

    Whoa. Awesome. Reminds me of a place I saw in Hikone, actually. A sort of wargames, miniatures, and hobby store. I stopped in here and asked for directions to the station, as I’d gotten lost. ^_^

  • Anonymous

    It actually reminded me of the church you spotted in Hawaii that I saw it on your Flickr.

  • Travis Seifman

    Ah, yes, that too. Isn’t that church awesome?

  • http://twitter.com/Toshogu Jon Lenvik

    That’s the nicest looking book store I’ve ever seen.

  • Anonymous

    That pic you’ve attached reminds me of the small fortified town in 13 Assassins. And just to clarify, whether it’s needed or not, castle-looking church reminded me of this bookstore purely because they are both castle-looking. 以上です。

  • Anonymous

    It really does look the part. As being castle-related I mean, not bookstore-like. You know what I meant.

  • http://jcastle-info.myopenid.com/ Eric

    I wonder if he has lots of good castle books….