The 32nd Jimbocho Book Festival will be held on October 26 and 27 - Gourmet, entertainment, and famous used book festivals will be held at the same time.
On Saturday, October 26 and Sunday, October 27, 2024, the "32nd Jimbocho Book Festival" will be held in Kanda-Jimbocho, the town of books. The event was organized by an executive committee consisting of Sanseido, Tokyodo, and a local shopping district. (Photo courtesy of Osanpo Jimbocho)
The book festival will be held in the Jimbocho area, and about 190 publishers will participate in the festival specialty "Book Tokura Market" with wagon stalls at the main venue, Suzuran Street, and "Children's Book Hiroba" will be held at the Jimbocho Mitsui Building, where there will be wagon sales of picture books and children's books, participatory events, and stage events.
In addition, 14 restaurants in the shopping street have set up tent booths on Sakura Street, offering gourmet food unique to Jimbocho. At the special venue, you can enjoy a variety of entertainment, including music and dance performances by local elementary, junior high, and university students, and Yoshimoto's comic genius stage.
The event will be held from 10:00~18:00 on both days, and the Children's Main Square will close at 17:00.
In addition, from October 25 (Friday) ~ November 4 (Monday), "The 64th Tokyo Famous Kanda Old Book Festival" will be held. In particular, the two days of the book festival, Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th, will provide an opportunity for a wide range of people, from readers to beginners to families, to find the perfect book for them.
