So Books

One of the city’s best-stocked photography bookshops, So Books is nestled on a quiet street in Yoyogi Hachiman, a few minutes’ walk west of Yoyogi Park. Deeply knowledgeable owner Ikuo Ogasawara keeps his compact, sleekly designed store stocked with sought-after titles from both Japanese and Western names. Tokyo-based photographers are always popping in, and the shop is also a routine stop-off for foreign artists when they’re in town. Such connections enable Ogasawara to secure self-published tomes (many of which are sure to become future collectibles) direct from the photographers themselves.