Junku — Local services in Paris

Definitely my favorite bookstore in Paris! It's the pioneer Manga store in the city and the fact that it still stands today says a lot about how outstanding this store has been over the years! 💖 It has the widest selection of manga and art books you ca imagine (original and translated). They even have Japanese pop culture magazines and hard to find titles! 💖 There's even some material for drawing available (like Deleter and some mangaka tools that are not easy to find for cheap in France)

What I find amazing is the incredible staff that will eagerly assist you with any requests. We were even allowed to come in with our well-behaved dog inside the shop. I can't recommend this store enough! 💖 It's easy to see why it's one of my usual stops whenever I'm...

On the ground floor are fictions and non-fictions (politics, economics etc.), 3/4 Japanese and 1/4 French. Fresh magazines and good stocks of 文庫本 fictions. Most of the books were well-maintained, with sharp edges and corners, and no visible scratches/dirts. The prices were a bit higher than buying digital editions, but should be about the same as buying the physical version on amazon jp and shipping internationally. On the -1 floor were mainly mangas, half Japanese and half French. One shelf exhibited the mangas from this year’s top 10 このマンガがすごい. Bought two books and the packing was really neat and cute. Def would come again when I...

Serene bookstore right around your friendly corner dedicated to almost every aspect of Japan and its respective culture!

Upon entering, Japanese magazines and different sections about public life are seen.

There is also a lower floor, which is presumably one of the biggest reasons why almost everyone comes here: Mangas!

So... many... mangas are available here, both in Japanese and English! Manga magazines are also found (though I cannot comprehend).

Unfortunately, there is not a lot of JOJO (Steel Ball Run), but it's not the...