A Word on Photocopying as Stated “Over the Phone” by Publishers:
According to publishers, photocopying is permitted only when it is not destructive to the stream (the flow) of revenue. From what can be understood after talking to several of them directly is that when copying for trial students who may be joining the class or if the entire class wants to try out a book by a particular publisher then just one unit or one section for example may be used for this purpose. Supposedly, the publishers purely looks at intent of photocopying as they may say over the phone that this issue is purely about mutual respect.
As long as you quickly move the student into purchasing the books of that publisher then the motive is not an intention to intervene or detour the flow of revenue away from the authors, publishers, and distributors but rather an intention to institute a positive stream of revenue. If in any case this is stated in an incorrect or misleading way, please contact the publishers directly and talk to the department responsible for customer relations.
Other book stores in the Kansai area (Osaka, Nara, Kobe, Kyoto, etc.) may or may not be not be scpecialized in serving EC Schools but this may be very helpful if you live in the area
Bookstores around Umeda JR (Hankyu Line),
Nakatsu and Dojima:
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Central Osaka is laid out in a lattice shape. The addresses are in the
ordinary Japanese format. Streets called 'suji' run N/S.
JR Osaka and Hankyu / Hanshin Umeda are virtually the same location
There are people who hail a taxi in front of JR Osaka and order "To Umeda!"
All stores in Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka-fu.
NTT long-distance area code: Osaka-shi 06.
Nellie's Osaka Bookstore
1-18-18 Nakatsu 531_0071
6F Wakatsuki Bldg.
Above Meshiya-don and Balance Delica on the 5th floor.
Train Line: North of Subway Nakatsu Exit 2 / Northeast of Hankyu Nakatsu
Tel: (06) 4802-4655
Fax: (06) 6376-8044 HQ Tokyo) "English language education supplies. From
March 2006." Open 10-18. Closed Sat, Sun, Hol.
HQ Nellie’s in Tokyo (also in Kanagawa)
Sunbridge Bldg. 1F/2F/5F
1-26-6 Yanagibashi, Taito-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 111-0052
Tel: 03-3865-6210 / 0120-071329 (Free Dial)
Fax: 03-3865-6215 / 0120-744890 (Free Dial)
E-mail: orders@nellies.jp (to place orders)
E-mail: consult@nellies.jp (for advice or information)
Customer Hotline 0120-071329
Call the free dial Customer Hotline to place new orders, to check on the status or delivery time of current orders, to confirm stock levels, or to receive advice on products.
Kinokuniya Umeda
Hankyu Sanbangai
1-1-3 Shibata 530-0012
Train Line: Beneath Hankyu
Tel: (06) 6372-5821,
Fax 6375-2385
It is the largest Kinokuniya in Osaka with most of the new teaching books you want to see.
Open 10-22. Closed about once a month, usually 3rd Wed.
Librairie Arcade
Hankyu Kosho-no-machi
1-6-2 Shibata
Location: North of Kinokunia and beneath the tracks
Tel: (06) 6374-2524
They also specialize in foreign books (used) and art albums.
Open 11-20. Closed Wed.
Asahiya Main Store
2-12-6 Sonezaki 530-0057
Train Line: Mido-suji across Hanshin Dept. Store.
Tel: (06) 6313-1191
Fax: (06) 6313-4992)
It is a leading bookstore of Osaka with many foreign books on the 7th floor.
Their policy is somewhere in between Kinokuniya's (strong marketing) and
Junkudo's (great variety and display).
They also have overseas branches in London, Hong Kong, LA, San Diego, Chicago, & NY.
Open 10AM to 10PM, or 9PM Sat, Sun, Hol. Closed Jan 1st.
Umeda Mandarake: http://www.mandarake.co.jp/
9-28 Doyama-cho 530-0027
Location: Hankyu Higashi-dori arcade,
Tel: (06) 6363-7777
Fax: (06) 6363-7776
Open 12-8PM throughout the year.
Junkudo Osaka Main (Dojima) Store
1-3F Dojima Avanza, 1-6-20 Dojima 530-0003
Directions: From JR Osaka Station cross the street, go south parallel with Osaka Hilton.
Yotsubashi-suji, in a huge building on the left
(connected to underground passage south of Subway Nishi-Umeda Station)
Tel: (06) 4799-1090,
Fax (06) 4799-1091
They have a chain office in Sannomiya, Kobe and it is one of the largest
bookstores in Japa with excellent classification and book display.
They sell expensive books for specialists and they have a wide selection of foreign books
on third floor. They enchourage browsing and reading and comfortable chairs with tables
are provided along the windows. It’s a shopper's paradise."
Open 10AM-9PM.
A little history about Dojima. It is in the financial center of Osaka, which was known as
“The Kitchen of Japan” during the Tokugawa period because of its food-stuff markets,
including rice which was once the salary of the samurai.
As early as 1731, The world's first futures market settled here which was more than a century before the first forward trade was recorded in Chicago."
Honmachi:
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Kinokuniya Honmachi (1F Osaka Kokusai Bldg. 2-3-13 Azuchi-machi, Chuo-ku
541_0052; Honmachi-dori, near Subway Sakaishuji-Honmachi. 7
minutes from Subway Honmachi Exit 7. 4705-4556, Fax 4705-4592;
HQ Tokyo) "Located in the middle of business district. Leisurely
layout, not crowded. Quite large foreign section." Open 10-20:30,
-19 Sat. Closed Sun, Hol.
Temmabashi:
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All stores in Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka-fu.
Junkudo Temmabashi (1-1 Temmabashi-Kyomachi 540_0032; 7F Keihan City Mall,
above Keihan Terminal. Former Matsuzakaya. 6920-3730, Fax
6920-2828; Main Store: Dojima) "300,000 books. Modest foreign
section. Some foreign titles in architecture, ecology sections.
Some imported children's books. No computer books in English.
Great view from their coffee corner." Open 10-21.
Seifu Kankoubutsu Service Center (1-5-63 Otemae 540_0008; Take stairs up
just outside Subway Temmabashi Exit 3. 1F Goudou-chousha 3 (joint
government offices). 6942-1681, Fax 6942-1683) "Government
periodicals. Few or no material in foreign languages."
Shinsaibashi:
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Subway Midosuji Line Shinsaibashi Station is convenient to this location.
All stores except Random Walk are in Shinsaibashi-suji and aligned from
north to south.
Maruzen Shinsaibashi (1-8-3 Shinsaibashi-suji, Chuo-ku 542_0085; 12F
Shinsaibashi Sogo Dept. Store. South of Nagahori-dori. Subway
Shinsaibashi. 6244-5466, Fax 6244-5477; HQ Tokyo) "Reopened and
expanded September '05. Largest Maruzen in Kansai Area but the
foreign section is small: about 2 shelves, as much as a Junkudo
branch store. The department store is lavishly decorated as a
symbol of the new Sogo." Open 10-20:30.
Nakao Shoten (1-2-14 Shinsaibashi-suji; Directly south of Parco. Phone/Fax
6271-3535) "Renowned old book merchant of Osaka. Small but
excellent selection, including the very few foreign titles. Branch
in Hankyu-kosho-no-machi, Umeda."
Athens Shinsaibashi (1-6-10 Shinsaibashi-suji; On corner of
Shinsaibashi-suji and Suomachi-street, south of Nakao. To the west
is Citibank. 6253-0185;) "Foreign books on 4F. Mostly illustrated
books of fine art, photography, cooking, design and other arts and
hobbies. Also imported fashion magazines. Unique collection.
Their branch in America-mura also has foreign books, but this place
has more." Open 10-22.
Random Walk Osaka (1-5-17 Nishi-Shinsaibashi, Chuo-ku 542_0086; West of
Mido-suji, in America-mura. See map:
http://www.bookshop.co.jp/osaka/. 6251-8862, Fax 6251-8667;
HQ Tokyo) "Opened May '06. Magazines, design and architecture
books on 1F. Non-fiction, literature and picture books on 2F. They
claim the 950 imported magazine titles and 5,500 imported paperback
titles come top in western Japan." Open 11-20 through year.
Namba and Minatomachi:
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Maruzen Namba OCAT (1-4-1 Minatomachi, Naniwa-ku, Osaka-shi 556_0017; 5F
Osaka City Air Terminal Mall. Above JR Namba. About 15 minutes
from Nankai Namba, west end of Namba Walk. 6635-3225, Fax
6635-3224; HQ Tokyo) "Large Japanese collection. Small foreign
section." Open 11-21.
Asahiya Namba City (B2F Namba CITY 5-1-60 Namba, Chuo-ku 542_0076; Beneath
Nankai Railway Terminal. 6644-2551, Fax 6634-2524; HQ Umeda)
"Large general bookstore. 4 shelves of English books, mostly
paperbacks." Open 10-21. Closed 3rd Thu of each month and Jan 1st.
Namiya Shoten (2-11-13 Sennichimae, Chuo-ku 542_0074; North side of
Nankai-dori. 6641-5561, Fax 6633-6066) "Well known for cookbook
collection. Few or no foreign books." Open 9:30-21:45.
Junkudo Osaka Namba (YES Namba Bldg. 12-7 Namba-Sennichimae, Chuo-ku
542_0075; From north side of Takashimaya Dept. Store & Nankai
Terminal enter Nankai-dori on the east. Turn right at first corner.
About 4 minutes from station. From Namba Walk take escalator by
fountain (exit 21) and head south. 6635-5330, Fax 6635-5331)
"Smaller in scale than the Dojima Main Store but nevertheless a
magnificent collection. Foreign books on 3F, foreign magazines on
1F. Chairs and tables for readers available." Open 10-21.
Hirata Shoten Namba (1-2-17 Nippombashi-Nishi, Naniwa-ku 556_0004; Travel
south down street on east edge of Nankai Terminal. South of
Ninomiya. 10 minutes from station exit. 6647-7345) "Used
bookstore. Notable collection of classic Japanese cookbooks and
railroad material. Very few foreign books." Open 10-19.
Kansai Book Center (1-3-19 Nippombashi-nishi; South of Hirata Shoten.
Nankai elevated tracks on the west. 6647-7170) "Only this section
of Namba Kosho-gai sells foreign books. English paperbacks, a shelf
of French, some Reclam philosophy classics."
"The Namba Doutombori district is known for its restaurants. Here in the
city of 'kuidaore' one keeps eating and eating till he falls penniless."
"Directly south of Junkudo Namba is the Douguya-suji: the shopping center
for restaurant owners. Everything one encounters in a Japanese restaurant,
coffee shop, yatai or naito kurabu is available here: spoons and forks,
takoyaki irons, plastic showcase food, noren door curtains and oh yes, red
lanterns of every size."
Tanimachi 9 chome:
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Kaede Shobo (9-16 Ikutama-cho, Tennoji-ku 543_0071; 2 minutes to the east
of Subway Tanimachi 9 chome. South side of wide avenue. 6774-2420)
"Small used bookstore. 1 shelf foreign books: William Shakespeare
and Charles & Mary Lamb."
Tsuruhashi and Imazato:
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Seoul Shorin (4-18 Tojo-cho, Tennoji-ku 543_0026; Southwest of JR/Kintetsu
Tsuruhashi Junction. On Tamatsukuri-suji, first wide street west of
station exit. 6772-0675, Fax 6772-0255) "New and used Korean
books and magazines. Also some books in Japanese about Korea."
Open 10-19, -18 Hol. Closed Sun.
Kosho Rakutokan (1-48 Tojo-cho; Along west side of JR tracks, south of
station, couple streets to the east of Seoul Shorin. Phone/Fax
6774-0741) "Used books. Many books about Korea and China. Many
books in Korean." Open 10-22.
Hinode Shobo Kintetsu Imazato (4-10-20-105 Shin-Imazato, Ikuno-ku 544_0001;
From Kintetsu Imazato enter shopping district beyond gates on south
side. Turn left at first intersection beyond manga bookstore (a
Hinode branch). Subway Imazato is about 20 minutes from Kintetsu
Imazato. 6754-0607, Fax 6758-6631) "Used books. Many books in
Korean. Chain has several branches in area."
Tennoji (Abenobashi):
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JR Tennoji and Kintetsu Abenobashi are virtually the same location.
Asahiya Tennoji Mio (10-39 Hidein-cho, Tennoji-ku 543_0055; 9F Mio, above
JR Tennoji Terminal. 6773-0107, Fax 6773-0108; HQ Umeda) "Large
general selection. Namba City store is probably larger. Some
foreign books. Has a 'Living Design' section with books on
architecture, interior design, art, photography, fashion, etc."
Open 11-21. Closed 3rd Tue and Jan 1st.
Kikuya Abeno (2F Apollo Bldg. 1-5-31 Abeno-suji, Abeno-ku 545_0052; JR
Tennoji South Exit. West end of subway corridor. 6634-8606, Fax
6634-8616) "Large general bookstore. Expanded March '02. More
foreign books than Asahiya Tennoji Mio." Open 10-21.
Suzuya Shoten (2-10-13 Ebisu-Higashi, Naniwa-ku 556_0002; West side of
Sakai-suji between JR/Nankai Shin-Imamiya and Hankai Ebisu-cho
(streetcar terminal). Subway Doubutsuen-mae. 6641-1688) "Tiny
used bookstore notable for collection of imported military
magazines."
Suita:
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Tengyu Shoten: info@tengyu-syoten.co.jp
5-14-7 Esaka, Suita-shi, Osaka-fu 564_0063
Train Lines: Shin-Midosuji and Kita-Osaka-Kyuko Line between Esaka and Ryokuchi-Koen
Parking space available; 20 minutes from Ryokuchi-Koen by foot.
Tel: 6337-0687
Tel: 06-6337-0687
Fax 6330-7879
Fax 06-6330-7879
It’s possibly the leading used book dealer in the Kansai Area.
Solid Japanese collection but many foreign books
Open 11-20. Closed Wed, Thu.
Izumiya Shoten: http://www2.ocn.ne.jp/~izumiya/
3-16-17 Tarumi-cho 564_0062
Train Lines: Midosuji Line, Esaka
Tel (06) 6384-4861
Fax (06) 6384-485
"Used and new foreign books.
Open 9:30-17:30, -15
Sat. Closed Sun, Hol, 1st & 3rd Sat.
Crayon House Osaka
3-34-24 Tarumi-cho
Train Lines: Esaka Exit 1 past Esaka-koen.
Tel: (06) 6330-8071
Fax: (06)6330-8075)
Open 11-20.
Awaji:
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Hon-no-mori: http://www.asian-library-osaka.org/
5-2-17 Awaji, Higashi-Yodogawa-ku 533_0032
Train Line: Hankyu Subway, Awaji
Many dictionaries and library members get a 10% discount.
The stock of foreign paperbacks has grown rather large so they are for sale at a bargain.
Open 11-19:30. Closed 2nd & 4th Mon, around the New Year & mid Aug.
Non-member visitor's fee: 500 yen
Tel: 06-6321-1839,
Fax: 6323-1126
Closed Mon, Holidays around the New Year and mid Aug.
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Nishinomiya:
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NTT long-distance area code: Nishinomiya 0798.
Junkudo Nishinomiya (1-1 Kitaguchi-cho, Nishinomiya-shi, Hyogo-ken 663_8035;
4F Acta west tower, northeast side of Hankyu Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi
Junction. 68-6300, Fax 68-6301; Main Store: Dojima) "Another
huge Junkudo. Several shelves foreign books." Open 10-21.
Asahiya LaLaport Koshien (1-100 Koshien Hachibancho 663_8178; 2F LaLaport
Koshien. 5 minutes from Hanshin Koshien Station by foot, to the
southeast, beyond Koshien Stadium. JR and Hankyu are quite far.
81-6790, Fax 81-6793; HQ Umeda) "Large bookstore in new mall.
Quite large foreign section." Open 10-21. Closed irr.
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Kobe:
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Kobe lies on a thin strip of land between the Rokko-Maya Mountains and Osaka
Bay. Not easy to get lost here. Hankyu, JR and Hanshin run parallel here.
NTT long-distance area code: Kobe 078.
All stores in Kobe-shi, Hyogo-ken.
Stores listed east to west.
Rokko:
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Unisuga Shoten (2-3-25 Morigo-cho, Nada-ku 657_0028; Between JR Rokko-michi
and Hankyu Rokko on Hachiman-hondori. 841-2018) "Small store of
used books. Great academic collection. 1 shelf foreign paperbacks
near entrance. Well learned proprietor." Open 10:30-21. Closed
Sun.
Shin-Kobe:
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Wantage Books (1-1-13 Ikuta-cho, Chuo-ku 651_0092; Block south of OPA.
Seek corner with Yoshinoya and Daimaru neon, enter alley left of
film shop shortly west. 232-4517, Fax 232-4518, See map:
http://www.kto.co.jp/) "Largest collection of used foreign books in
Kansai area. Many paperback novels in English, read many times
over, available at bargain prices. Some children's books, SF,
travel guides. The bookstore is in the editorial office of KANSAI
TIME OUT, an English-language weekly magazine." Open 9:30-17:30.
Sannomiya:
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All Sannomiya, Motomachi stores in Chuo-ku. Stores north of JR tracks
first.
St. Paul Kobe (4-10-24 Kano-cho 650_0001; North of Sannomiya Station on
Flower Road. 393-7755, Fax 393-7756) "Catholic books. Very few
foreign books." Open 10:30-19. 12-17 Sun, Hol. Closed Fri.
Covenanter Shoten (1-25-2 Nakayamate-dori 650_0004; Proceed uphill from St.
Paul, cross large pedestrian overpass, take wide street a couple
blocks west. North side of street. Phone/Fax 242-7003;
covenant@hf.rim.or.jp) "Reformed Presbyterian bookstore. About 1/3
foreign. Probably largest collection of non-Japanese Christian
literature in Kansai." Open 10-18. Closed Sun, Hol.
Junkudo Sannomiya Eki-mae (6-1-15 Kumoi-dori; 7F Sun City Bldg. to the left
of JR Sannomiya South Exit. 252-0777, Fax 252-0616) "Large
collection but following Kobe Sannomiya store is larger and has more
foreign books." Open 10-21.
Kinokuniya Kobe (8-1-8 Onoe-dori, Chuo-ku 651_0088; 5F Sogo, south side of
JR Sannomiya. 265-1607; HQ Shinjuku, Tokyo) "Smaller than Junkudo
Kobe Sannomiya but has good foreign section." Open 10-20.
Gotoh Shoten (1-5-28 Sannomiya-cho 650_0021; In shopping arcade 'Sannomiya
Center Street'. From JR Sannomiya Station walk south down wide
'Flower Road'. Entrance of Center Street is on opposing side of
Sogo Dept. Store. 331-3362) "Large used bookstore. Established
1910. Renowned dealer of classics. Notable are the martial arts,
art & crafts (calligraphy, pottery) collections. Foreign books on
2F. British, American literature, philosophy & theology. Many
French & German books." Open 11-18:50. Closed Wed, 3rd Thu.
Junkudo Kobe Sannomiya (New Center 1-6-18 Sannomiya-cho; Sannomiya Center
Street, west of Gotoh Shoten. 392-1001, Fax 392-1024) "Used to be
head store of chain till Dojima Store opened. (Office remains
here.) Expanded and moved upstairs to 2-4F in May 2000, shortly
after the Shinshindo failure. Now largest in Kobe. Like Junkudo
Kyoto, a general bookstore with an emphasis on serious academic
titles. Lots of Japanese law books, good math selection. Foreign
selection wide but scattered: books on Japan two rows west of
paperbacks (3F). Imported science books, architecture books, etc.
in respective Japanese sections. To expand again in March '07."
Open 10-21. Closed Jan 1st.
Nishiyama Yosho (2-11-1 Sannomiya-cho; 3F of Center Plaza Nishi-kan, across
street from Junkudo Sannomiya. Occupies back end of model shop
'Accel Work'. Phone/Fax 332-3596; HQ Ginza, Tokyo) "Tiny
collection of imported railway, airplane, automobile books." Open
11-20. Closed Jan 1st.
Random Walk Kobe (2F 33 Bldg. 3-9-8 Sannomiya-cho; Toward the west end of
Sannomiya Center-gai, near Motomachi. On the second floor of
building on north side of the street. Phone/Fax 332-9200;
HQ Tokyo) "All foreign books. One bookcase of SF, largely British
editions. Several bookcases of general fiction, magazines, Japanese
language books and travel books. Surprisingly good assortment.
Chain has another, larger branch in Osaka Shinsaibashi." Open
10-20.
Motomachi and Kobe:
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From Sannomiya Center-gai keep walking west under arcade, turn left at
street with VEGA and Daimaru will come in sight. About 7 minutes from
Junkudo Sannomiya to JR Motomachi.
Kobe Christian Book Store (2F Sanyo Bldg. 3-9-18 Sannomiya-cho; On street
along tracks, east of hamburger shop 'First Kitchen' visible from JR
Motomachi East Exit. 331-7569) "Christian books from children's
books, theology to scores of church organ music. Very few imported
books, mostly Bibles." Open 10-18.
Tsunobue (3-14-7 Motomachi-dori; 100m to west of JR Motomachi. South side
of tracks on wide avenue. 2F of building. 391-1988) "Small
Christian used bookseller. Few foreign books: Bibles, a handful
theology, 1 stack pagan literature piled on entrance staircase."
Open noon-18. Closed Sun.
Books Kiosk (3-1 Aioi-cho 650_0025; Under JR tracks, Kobe Station.
366-0537) "General bookstore. 1 shelf foreign books at east end."
Open 10-21.
Maruzen Kobe Motomachi closed June 2003.
"Stores in Kobe compete among themselves as well as those in Umeda. JR
Osaka is just 19 minutes away from Sannomiya."
"South of Motomachi-dori is Nankingai, Kobe's Chinatown."
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Nara
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NTT long-distance area code: Nara-shi 0742.
Keirindo Nara (1-1 Nishi-Mikado-cho, Nara-shi, Nara-ken 630_8225; Near
north entrance of arcade, on east side of Kintetsu Nara (exit 4).
About 15 minutes from JR Nara. 20-8001) "Largest of local chain,
largest bookstore in Nara. 1 shelf or so foreign books 2F." Open
9-21. Closed Jan 1,2.
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Wakayama
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NTT long-distance area code: Wakayama-shi 073.
Miyai Heiando (1-18 Honmachi, Wakayama-shi, Wakayama-ken 640_8033; Between
Nankai Wakayama-shi and JR Wakayama. North of castle, near Kyobashi
(bridge which crosses small river). 431-1331) "Largest store in
Wakayama-shi as well as Wakayama-ken. Small foreign section 2F."
Open 10-20. Watch store announcements for schedule around the New
Year.
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Takatsuki:
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NTT long-distance area code: Takatsuki 0726.
Roman Koshoten (11-1 Kitasono-cho, Takatsuki-shi, Osaka-fu 569_0802; North
side of Hankyu Takatsuki-shi Station. Behind Mizuho Bank. 85-1048,
Fax 71-9101, tadn@nifty.com) "Used books in very good condition.
Some foreign books: literature, history." Open 13-20. Closed Sun,
Hol. (Check before visiting.)
