Bunkobon.
Say it with me.
‘Bun’
‘Ko’
‘Bon’.
Forget matcha lattes. Forget ‘dirty’ matcha. Forget matcha tiramisu kakigori.
Forget anything made out of powdered green tea.
Bunkobon is the next Japanese sensation we need in the west.
Bunkobon.
I’m big on Japanese concepts. My most popular post last year was this one on Japanese concepts I just made up. Or rather, Japanese words I made look like actual books.
Like this one:
But the thing is, Japanese books in and of themselves should be the next ‘big’ Japanese thing.
Even though they’re small.
And not Manga, because let’s be honest, who has time for that?
I don’t. (Shock horror, a foreigner not into anime!)
Anyway, the Japanese have been holding on to this one for a loooong time. It’s about time the west caught on.
Truly caught on.
One of the casualties of the declining population of rural Japan has been the decimation of local bookstores. Amarume lost their only one. Two local malls lost theirs. To add insult to injury, the only place nearby that sold English books stopped selling English books.
The bastards.
