SPECIAL
Special articles by the NiEW editorial staff


How current graduate student book reviewer Awaiyuki got hooked on reading, horse racing, and idols.

Interview with Takehiro Hino, bookstore manager and author of “I Never Liked Bookstores.

Book-Off is an oasis for the heart. Salaryman manga artist Trombook Ooishi’s love of new and used bookstores

SNOW SHOVELING Shuichi Nakamura talks about “Dating Bookstore” and his influence from Haruki Murakami

Why the writer Sohei Wakusaka ate grass from the area, sold stones, and lived on the shore

Ask Ayaka Sakuragi about BONUS TRACK on its 3rd anniversary and the changes in Shimokitazawa

Interview with Yurina Kaneko, Director of “Nuishabe” From Between Perversity and Kindness
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