Morioka Shoten

Morioka Shoten
General information
LocationSuzuki Building 1-28-15 Ginza, Chūō-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Opened5 de mayo de 2015
OwnerYoshiyuki Morioka
Website
www.instagram.com/moriokashoten

Morioka Shoten (Japanese: 森岡書店) is a bookshop located in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan. It is best known for its concept of offering a single book for sale each week —actually several copies of the same book— described by the philosophy of issatsu, isshitsu, "one room, one book".[1][2][3][4]

It is located on the ground floor of the Suzuki Building, constructed in 1929 and protected as architectural heritage. Between the 1930s and the end of the Second World War, this building housed the Nippon Kobo publishing house, responsible for the magazine Nippon, founded by photographer Ihei Kimura.[5][6][4][7]

History

Morioka Shoten was opened on 5 May 2015 by Yoshiyuki Morioka, a bookseller who ran several traditional and second-hand bookshops for many years before coming up with the idea that a bookshop could be run with only one title for sale.[2][8][9]

Each week, the shop selects a single title, multiple copies of the selected book are made available, and the interior of the shop is organized with art exhibitions or objects related to the book's content.[10][11][12][13] Meetings and talks with authors are also held, allowing direct interaction between buyers and creators of the work.[14][15] The shop is described as a cross between a bookshop, a contemporary art gallery and a pop-up shop, [16][5][7] generating interest among visitors and international media for its unusual approach.[15][17][18][19][1][7]

The bookshop is open from Tuesday to Sunday, closed on Mondays, and changes the titles in its catalogue every six days.[20][21] Among the titles that have been exhibited, Japanese authors abound, but Hans Christian Andersen and Tove Jansson have also featured.[22][23][7]

References

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  3. ^ GONZÁLEZ-HONTORIAJapón, MARTA (2019-01-14). "La fascinante librería de Tokio que solo vende un libro". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-03-06.
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  9. ^ TAT, ESRA (2016-02-23). "Ce libraire tokyoïte ne vend qu'un livre". le journal minimal (in French). Retrieved 2026-03-06.
  10. ^ Marquès, Agnès (2026-01-24). "Una habitación con vistas (a un solo libro)". El Periódico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-03-06.
  11. ^ Rey, Carlos (2026-02-19). "Libros sin autor y librerías con un solo libro: las respuestas ante un mercado editorial saturado". Librotea (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2026-03-06.
  12. ^ "La libreria dove si vende un libro solo". La Stampa (in Italian). 2015-09-07. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
  13. ^ "De Tóquio a Lisboa, as livrarias que valem uma visita nas férias". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2026-02-04. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
  14. ^ LOS40 (2026-01-19). "Morioka Shoten: La pequeña librería de Tokio que revoluciona la lectura vendiendo un solo libro | Actualidad | LOS40 México". LOS40 (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2026-03-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  15. ^ a b Milo, Alberto (2026-02-11). "Morioka Shoten, la extraordinaria librería japonesa que solo tiene un libro a la venta". Esquire (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-03-06.
  16. ^ Adamuz, José Alejandro (2023-11-09). "Morioka Shoten: la única librería del mundo con un solo libro a la venta". viajes.nationalgeographic.com.es. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
  17. ^ Bressa, Andrea (2015-12-30). "La libreria che vende un solo libro". Panorama (in Italian). Retrieved 2026-03-06.
  18. ^ Kozlowski, Michael (2015-12-26). "This Japanese Bookstore Only Stocks One Book at a Time - Good e-Reader". Retrieved 2026-03-06.
  19. ^ Hugendick, David (2026-02-06). "Morioka-Buchhandlung in Tokio: Das Angebot ist überschaubar". Die Zeit (in German). ISSN 0044-2070. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
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  21. ^ Culto (2019-02-04). "La librería japonesa que vende un título por semana". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-03-06.
  22. ^ "This bookshop only sells one book at a time". Metro. 2015-12-24. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
  23. ^ Fair, Vanity (2019-01-18). "En esta librería japonesa sólo puede comprar un libro". Vanity Fair (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2026-03-06.
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