Bonjinsha (Japanese Language Bookstore)
Bonjinsha (Japanese Language Bookstore) I started private Japanese lessons recently and my teacher introduced me to this very cool store, Bonjinsha. They are a book store that carries nothing but books for learning Japanese (and for teaching it). They have a ton of books. Probaby 5 or 6 times as many as like Book 1st or Kinokuniya. There are 2 stores, one in Tokyo and one in Osaka. If you are looking for books for studying it would be a good place to check out. The one in Tokyo is near the Nagatacho station (永田町駅) which is also connected to the Akasaka-Mitsuke station (赤坂見附), that's 5 lines to choose from. Marunouchi, Ginza, Hanzomon, Yurakucho and Nanboku lines.

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For a small store, they sure carry a lot. I've been going there for years. They sell a great chart which has all the Joyo kanji on one sheet of paper. The store is a little hard to find being on a small side street.

posted by albertjeansAugust 13, 2004 at 15:32

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Been going there since I arrived in Japan.  Definitely for the serious Japanese student.

posted by genAugust 17, 2004 at 3:48

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cant find out how to get to the english part of their site. my kanji are not too many yet ^-^ (of course learning with their adorable Kanji Books!)

posted by tlnAugust 8, 2007 at 22:20

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WARNING!
Disappointed ´cause this site has no EIGO (English) pages and whatcanwedowiththedrunkensai
lor in case you´ve just started with J???
Try your good luck with www.thejapanshop.com which I find is much better than Bonjinsha for people starting J outside Japan.

posted by StanCZFebruary 25, 2009 at 13:30