Tokyo Stroll Supplement: Literary and Theatrical Locations in Tokyo
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Tokyo Stroll Supplement: Literary and Theatrical Locations in Tokyo
This page is about museums, art, shopping, statues, and more related to literature, book or magazine illustration, and theater. For items related to manga see the Anime, Manga, and Cinematic Locations in Tokyo page.
Miscellaneous
Hōshinji (法真寺): Tokyo Stroll, Hongō Chapter, page 182
On the grounds there is a statue of Higuchi Ichiyō as a girl reading a book. As a child she lived near here, the temple is mentioned in several of her works, and there is a small museum to her on the grounds.
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Hongō-sanchōme Station (Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line, Toei Ōedo Line)
WEB: http://www.hoshinji.jp/abouthoshinji/
Kanda Myōjin (神田明神): Tokyo Stroll, Akihabara and Kanda Chapter, page 70
The grounds include a stone monument to the fictional detective Zenigata Heiji,the monument includes a carving of a zeni coin. A smaller stone monument to Zenigata's assistant Hachigoro (Gara Hachi) is next to this one. In the stories by Nomura Osakazu Zenigata lives not far from the shrine.
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Ochanomizu Station (JR East Chūō Main Line, JR East Chūō Line, JR East Chūō-Sōbu Line, JR East Sōbu Main Line, Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line)
WEB:
https://www.kandamyoujin.or.jp
Bar Lupin (ルパン)
Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Ginza Station (Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line, Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line)
WEB: http://www.lupin.co.jp
Kabuki Inari Shrine / Kabuki Inari Jinja (歌舞伎稲荷神社): Tokyo Stroll, Ginza and Nearby Areas Chapter, page 148
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Higashi-Ginza Station (Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line, Toei Asakusa Line)
Bashō Heritage Garden / Bashōan Shiseki Tenbō Garden (芭蕉庵史跡展望庭園): Tokyo Stroll, Fukagawa Chapter, page 128
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Morishita Station (Toei Ōedo Line, Toei Shinjuku Line), Kiyosumi-shirakawa Station (Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line, Toei Ōedo Line)
Magome Bunshimura (馬込文士村)
Aka Magome Writer's Village Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Ōmori Station (JR Keihin-Tōhoku Line)
WEB: https://www.magome-bunshimura.jp
Museums / Exhibit Spaces / Galleries
Mori Ōgai Memorial Museum / Bunkyō Kuritsu Mori Ōgai Kinenkan (文京区立森鷗外記念館): Tokyo Stroll, Yanesen Chapter, page 457
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Sendagi Station (Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line)
WEB: https://moriogai-kinenkan.jp
Printing Museum / Insatsu Hakubutsukan (印刷博物館)
Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATIONS: Edogawabashi Station (Yūrakuchō Line), Myogadani Station (Marunouchi Line), Iidabashi Station (Chūō-Sōbu Line, Tōzai Line, Yūrakuchō Line, Namboku Line, Ōedo Line)
WEB: https://www.printing-museum.org
Takehisa Yumeji Museum / Takehisa Yumeji Bijutsukan (竹久夢二美術館): Tokyo Stroll, Hongō Chapter, page 173
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Nezu Station (Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line)
WEB: https://www.yayoi-yumeji-museum.jp
Yayoi Museum / Yayoi Bijutsukan (弥生美術館): Tokyo Stroll, Hongō Chapter, page 173
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Nezu Station (Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line)
WEB: https://www.yayoi-yumeji-museum.jp
Span Art Gallery (スパンアートギャラリー)
A small gallery operating since 1995 that specializes in works by illustrators and manga artists. Some of the exhibits have featured such noted artists as Itō Junji, Eguchi Hisashi, Kago Shintarō, Terasawa Buichi, Yamamoto Takato, Maruo Suehiro, and Sorayama Hajime. Their website includes a gallery store and they ship internationally.
NOTE: The building directory only has their name in Japanese.
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Kyōbashi Station (Tokyo Metro Ginza Line)
WEB: https://span-art.com/index.html/
Kiki's Museum of Literature / Mahō no bungakukan (魔法の文学館)
Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Kasai Station (Tokyo Metro Tōzai Line)
WEB: https://kikismuseum.jp
Bashō Museum / Bashō Kinenkan (芭蕉記念館): Tokyo Stroll, Fukagawa Chapter, page 129
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Morishita Station (Toei Ōedo Line, Toei Shinjuku Line)
The Museum of Modern Japanese Literature/ Nihon Kindai Bungakukan (日本近代文学館)
Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Komaba-tōdaimae Station (Keio Inokashira Line), Higashi-Kitazawa Station (Odakyu Odawara Line)
WEB: https://www.bungakukan.or.jp
Chihiro Art Museum / Chihiro Bijutsukan (ちひろ美術館)
Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Kami-Igusa Station (Seibu Shinjuku Line)
WEB: https://chihiro.jp/tokyo/
Ozaki Shirō Memorial Museum / Ozaki Shirō Kinenkan (尾崎士郎記念館)
Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Ōmori Station (JR Keihin-Tōhoku Line)
WEB: https://en.ota-bunka.or.jp/facilities/ozaki
Setagaya Literary Museum / Setagaya Bungakukan (世田谷文学館)
Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Roka-kōen Station (Keiō Line)
WEB: https://www.setabun.or.jp
Theodora Ozaki's Former Residence / Kyū Ozaki Teodora-tei (旧尾崎テオドラ邸)
Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Gotokuji Station (Odakyū Odawara Line), Miyanosaka Station (Tōkyū Setagaya Line)
WEB: https://ozakitheodora.com
Natsume Sōseki Memorial Museum / Sōsekisanbō kinen-kan (漱石山房記念館)
Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Waseda Station (Tokyo Metro Tozai Line)
WEB: https://soseki-museum.jp
Waseda International House of Literature (The Haruki Murakami Library) (早稲田大学国際文学館 村上春樹ライブラリー)
Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Waseda Station (Toden Arakawa Line)
WEB: https://www.waseda.jp/culture/wihl/en
Ichiyō Memorial Museum / Ichiyō Kinenkan (一葉記念館): Tokyo Stroll, Yoshiwara and Sanya Chapter, page 466
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Minowa Station (Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line)
WEB: NOTE The web page URL has changed from what it is in the book:
https://www.taitogeibun.net/ichiyo/
Ikenami Shōtarō Memorial Museum / Ikenami Shōtarō Kinen Bunko (池波正太郎記念文庫): Tokyo Stroll, Asakusa Chapter, page 108
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Asakusa Station (Tsukuba Express)
WEB: NOTE The web page URL has changed from what it is in the book:
https://library.city.taito.lg.jp/ikenami/
International Library of Children’s Literature / Kokusai Kodomo Toshokan (国際子ども図書館): Tokyo Stroll, Ueno Chapter, page 428
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Ueno Station (JR Jōban Line, JR Keihin–Tōhoku Line, JR Tōhoku Shinkansen, JR Utsunomiya Line, JR Yamanote Line, Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line), Uguisudani Station ( (JR Keihin–Tōhoku Line, JR Yamanote Line)
WEB: https://www.kodomo.go.jp
Edogawa Rampo Memorial Center for Popular Culture Studies (江戸川乱歩大衆文化研究センター)
A research center established in 2006 dealing with the works of Edogawa Rampo, a major author of Japanese mystery stories. The center includes his home and his library in a separate traditional fireresistant storehouse. The work of the center focuses on Rampo and related material. The center holds lectures, publishes scholarly journals and promotes the study of popular culture.
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Ikebukuro Station (JR Yamanote Line, Saikyō Line, Shōnan–Shinjuku Line, Seibu Ikebukuro Line, Tōbu Tōjō Line, Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line, Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line, Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line)
WEB: https://www.rikkyo.ac.jp/research/institute/rampo/
Public Art / Monuments
Monument of the Fifth Master of Senryū (五世川柳句碑)
The Fifth Master of Senryū was Mizutani Rokutei. Mizutani's parents died when he was a child, he was then raised by relatives on Tsukudajima. He studied senryū under Karai Soemon and took Namagusa Itatsukuri as his literary name. When he was fifty he became the fifth master of senryū. The monument is inscribed with “One's heart should be soft but firm.”
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Tsukishima Station (Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line, Toei Ōedo Line)
Ichikawa Danjūrō IX ‘Shibaraku’ bronze statue (九代目市川團十郎「暫」銅像): Tokyo Stroll, Asakusa Chapter, page 98
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Asakusa Station (Ginza Line), Asakusa Station (Tobu Railway), Asakusa Station (Tsukuba Express)
Shopping
NOTE: Chiyoda Ku contains the famous bookshop neighborhood Jimbōchō. For information about many shops in that area see the Jimbōchō / Meiji University Area page.
Maruzen Marunouchi (丸善 丸の内): Tokyo Stroll, Marunouchi To Nagatachō Chapter, page 211
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Ōtemachi Station (Tokyo Metro Tozai Line, Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line, Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line, Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line, Toei Mita Line), Tokyo Station (Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line, JR Tōkaidō Main Line, JR Ueno–Tokyo Line, JR Keihin–Tōhoku Line, JR Yamanote Line, JR Chūō Main Line, JR Chūō Line (Rapid), JR Sōbu Main Line, JR Sōbu Line (Rapid), JR Limited Express Narita, JR Yokosuka Line,JR Keiyō Line, and many JR Shinkansens lines: Tōhoku Shinkansen, Yamagata Shinkansen, Akita Shinkansen, Jōetsu Shinkansen, Hokuriku Shinkansen, Hokkaido Shinkansen, Tōkaidō Shinkansen)
Kabukiza Gallery (歌舞伎座ギャラリー): Tokyo Stroll, Ginza and Nearby Areas Chapter, page 149
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Higashi-Ginza Station (Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line, Toei Asakusa Line)
WEB:
https://www.kabukiweb.net/about/service/kabukiza_gallery/
Maruzen Nihonbashi (丸善 日本橋店): Tokyo Stroll, Nihonbashi South, Kyōbashi, and Yaesu Chapter, page 259
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Nihombashi Station (Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, Toei Asakusa Line)
Tsutaya Books located in Ginza Six / G Six (ギンザシックス): Tokyo Stroll, Ginza and Nearby Areas Chapter, page 137
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Ginza Station (Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line, Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line)
WEB:
Tsutaya Books:
https://store.tsite.jp/ginza/english/
Yaesu Book Center (八重洲ブックセンター): Tokyo Stroll, Nihonbashi South, Kyōbashi, and Yaesu Chapter, page 256
NOTE: I have been informed by my friend Ono-san in Tokyo that the Yaesu Book Center has temporarily closed as the area is under redevelopment. The store is expected to reopen in 2028 in one of the buildings of the redevelopment.
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Tokyo Station (Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line, JR Tōkaidō Main Line, JR Ueno–Tokyo Line, JR Keihin–Tōhoku Line, JR Yamanote Line, JR Chūō Main Line, JR Chūō Line (Rapid), JR Sōbu Main Line, JR Sōbu Line (Rapid), JR Limited Express Narita, JR Yokosuka Line,JR Keiyō Line, and many JR Shinkansens lines: Tōhoku Shinkansen, Yamagata Shinkansen, Akita Shinkansen, Jōetsu Shinkansen, Hokuriku Shinkansen, Hokkaido Shinkansen, Tōkaidō Shinkansen)
WEB:
https://www.yaesu-book.co.jp
Kinokuniya Shinjuku (紀伊國屋書店 新宿): Tokyo Stroll, Shinjuku Station Area Chapter, page 379
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Shinjuku Station (JR Chūō Main Line, JR Chūō Line (Rapid), JR Chūō–Sōbu Line, JR Saikyō Line, JR Shōnan–Shinjuku Line, JR Yamanote Line, Keio Line, Keio New Line, Odakyu Odawara Line, Toei Ōedo Line, Toei Shinjuku Line, Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line)
WEB:
https://store.kinokuniya.co.jp/store/shinjuku-main-store/
Infinity Books Japan
A small bookshop with a varied selection of works in English, both new and used. This is a great place to stumble across a book you never knew existed. Their website lists their stock, they also have a book finding service. They also hold a variety of free events onsite. There is a slight odor of cigarettes, I'm allergic to tobacco and it was so minor it did not bother me.
CLOSED: Mondays
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Honjo-Azumabashi Station (Toei Asakusa Line)
WEB: https://www.infinitybooksjapan.com
Kastori Bookstore (カストリ書房)
An interesting very small bookstore/publisher devoted to the study of red light districts. Appropriately it is located next to what used to be the Shin-Yoshiwara district which operated as a licensed brothel district until prostitution was outlawed in 1958. The publisher grew out of a hobby of documenting the former prostitution districts in Japan, photographing old buildings before they were demolished, interviewing people who worked in the districts, and collection books on the topic. They publish original works, reprint significant out of print titles, sell books by other publishers, and handle used books. The location is near to the west side of the district not far from Ōtori Shrine. For those who may be nervous about going to this neighborhood the store is some blocks west of the soapland district and is in a very safe mainly residential area with many elderly residents.
The owner does not speak much English but will be as helpful as he can be.
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATIONS: Minowa Station (Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line), Asakusa Station (Tsukuba Express)
WEB: http://kastoribookstore.blogspot.com
Marubeludō (マルベル堂)
Selling photographs of stars for over 100 years. Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATIONS: Asakusa Station (Ginza Line), Asakusa Station (Toei Asakusa Line), Asakusa Station (Tobu Railway)
WEB: http://marubell.co.jp/bell/index.html
Used Books Ōraiza (古書 往来座)
A neighborhood used bookshop. There is a special section for writers who are buried in Zōshigaya Cemetery.
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATIONS: Kishibojimmae Station (Toden Arakawa Line), Mejiro Station (JR Yamanote Line), Toden-zoshigaya Station (Toden Arakawa Line), Zoshigaya Station (Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line)
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/OURAIZA
Theaters / Performance Spaces
National Theater of Japan / Kokuritsu Gekijō (国立劇場): Tokyo Stroll, Kōkyo (Imperial Palace) Chapter, page 193
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Nagatachō Station (Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line, Tokyo Metro Namboku Line, Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line)
WEB:
https://www.ntj.jac.go.jp/english/
NOTE: Temporarily closed. Presently undergoing reconstruction.
Tokyo Takarazuka Theater / Tōkyō Takarazuka Gekijō (東京宝塚劇場): Tokyo Stroll, Marunouchi To Nagatachō Chapter, page 215
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Hibiya Station (Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line, Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line), Yūrakuchō Station (JR Yamanote Line, JR Keihin–Tōhoku Line, Tokyo Metro Yūrakuchō Line)
Kabukiza (歌舞伎座): Tokyo Stroll, Ginza and Nearby Areas Chapter, page 149
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Higashi-Ginza Station (Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line, Toei Asakusa Line)
WEB: https://www.kabuki-za.co.jp
Meijiza (明治座): Tokyo Stroll, Ningyōchō Chapter, page 285
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Hamacho Station (Toei Shinjuku Line)
WEB:
https://www.meijiza.co.jp
Kita Roppeita XIV Commemorative Nōgaku Theater / Jūyonsei Kita Roppeita Nōgakudō (十四世喜多六平太記念能楽堂): Tokyo Stroll, Meguro Station Area Chapter, page 226
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Meguro Station (JR Yamanote Line, Tokyu Meguro Line, Tokyo Metro Namboku Line, Toei Mita Line)
WEB:
https://kita-noh.com
New National Theatre / Shinkokuritsugekijō (新国立劇場)
Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Hatsudai Station (Keio New Line)
WEB: https://www.nntt.jac.go.jp
Asakusa Engei Hall (浅草演芸ホール): Tokyo Stroll, Asakusa Chapter, page 104
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Asakusa Station (Tsukuba Express)
WEB:
https://www.asakusaengei.com
Asakusa Mokubakan (浅草木馬館): Tokyo Stroll, Asakusa Chapter, page 91
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Asakusa Station (Tsukuba Express)
WEB: https://www.shinohara-engeki.jp/sp/index.html
Asakusa Public Hall / Asakusa Kōkaidō (浅草公会堂): Tokyo Stroll, Asakusa Chapter, page 82
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Asakusa Station (Ginza Line), Asakusa Station (Tobu Railway), Asakusa Station (Tsukuba Express)
WEB: https://asakusa-koukaidou.net
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