Kanda Used Book Festival
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Kanda Used Book Festival is a major annual outdoor book fair in Tokyo’s Jimbocho district, where numerous secondhand bookstores and stalls offer discounted used books and rare finds.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kanda Used Book Festival canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
annual event
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book fair ⓘ cultural festival ⓘ |
| activity |
discounted book sales
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in-store sales at secondhand bookshops ⓘ outdoor sale of used books ⓘ sale of rare and antiquarian books ⓘ street book stalls ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Kanda Furuhon Matsuri
NERFINISHED
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Kanda Secondhand Book Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attracts |
book collectors
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general readers ⓘ researchers ⓘ students ⓘ tourists ⓘ |
| city | Tokyo ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalRole |
promotes reading culture in Tokyo
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supports secondhand and antiquarian book trade ⓘ |
| district | Chiyoda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| duration | about one week ⓘ |
| feature |
availability of rare and out-of-print titles
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focus on Japanese-language books ⓘ large discounts on used books ⓘ numerous secondhand bookstores participate ⓘ selection of foreign-language books ⓘ temporary outdoor book stalls line the streets ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Jimbocho book town NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainVenue | Yasukuni-dori Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Kanda Used Book Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Jimbocho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organizer |
Kanda-Jimbocho antiquarian and secondhand booksellers
NERFINISHED
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Tokyo Booksellers Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedPlace |
Kanda-Jimbocho Station
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Ochanomizu area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance |
flagship event of Jimbocho book town
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one of Japan’s largest used book fairs ⓘ |
| subjectFocus |
academic books
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antiquarian books ⓘ art books ⓘ comics and manga ⓘ literature ⓘ magazines ⓘ used books ⓘ |
| typicalEndPeriod | early November ⓘ |
| typicalSetting | outdoor street market ⓘ |
| typicalStartPeriod | late October ⓘ |
| weatherDependency | held outdoors and affected by weather conditions ⓘ |
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