Ogaki Bookstore Azabudai Hills

"Monocle: Azabudai Hills is an ambitious mixed-use development in the Japanese capital’s bustling Toranomon-Azabudai district that includes museums, galleries, restaurants and shops filled with Tokyo’s best brands. Its real gem, however, is the Ogaki Shoten bookshop. Here, at the company’s first outpost outside of its Kyoto hometown, uniform shelving houses an international selection of brightly coloured spines. Founded in 1942, Ogaki Shoten knows a thing or two about presentation. This Naoyuki Nomura-designed interior includes quiet pockets for reading, along with gallery-style displays for exhibitions. If you’re still unconvinced, an in-store café and bar (appropriately named Slow Page) serves siphon coffee made from an in-house blend, along with whisky and curry rice. "