May 31, 2016 - 1 min read

Shelf Bookstore

Little nook for photography lovers

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From foreign to local photographers, books are arranged in no particular order

Shelf's exterior

Shelf's collection of photobooks can't be easily found anywhere else

A tourist checking out the bookstore

Books by Daido Moriyama

Kazuhiko Washio and Ryuichi Ishikawa

On a corner close to the Watari Museum of Contemporary Art in Shibuya is a small nook of a bookstore called Shelf. Shelf, unlike any other bookstore, is special despite its tiny space. Its specialty is photography books which are mostly acquired outside Japan. Their menu is limited print books, out-of-print documentaries, photo monograph books, fashion design books, magazines, and some art goodies too. They offer an extensive list of published books of renowned classic photographers. If you’d like to browse through their stock list or reserve something, you can check out their website here.

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