3000 stores disappeared in about 10...

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3000 stores disappeared in about 10 years, and the most obtained circumstances of the "town bookstore" | turbulent publishing | Weekly Toyo Economic Plus

"Even if there is" Demon Blade ", it is temporary, and the big flow has not changed."

The lamentation is Mitsuharu Minamumumo, the director of Tenichi Shobo, a local chain, Tenichi Shobo, which operates a total of six bookstores and stationery stores in Yokohama, centered on the Tokyu Toyoko Line.

The store is located in shopping streets and station buildings.The company has survived strict competition in the area, focusing on the growing comics, but has dropped more than 40 % compared to the peak of the 1990s in its peak.

"The bookstore business has managed to maintain a surplus.

約10年で3000店が消滅、「町の本屋」の切実事情 | 激動の出版 | 激動の出版 | 週刊東洋経済プラス

The most severe is the weekly magazine.The effect of getting information immediately online hit the Internet, and the total number of copies on the entire market decreased by over 80 % compared to peak times, reducing to 14 %.The shrinking of the magazine market has not stopped, for example, the 50 -year -old "Weekly Pergolf" was closed in 2021.

天一書房日吉店の文具売り場。フロアの20%を割いた(記者撮影)

Library, one of the main genres, is no longer selling."In addition to the changes in the era when you have time to read a book, the time of commuting to school, which has been used for reading, has been reduced by corona," (Mr. Numumo).

While the decline in sales has not stopped, the company has expanded its products other than books and magazines, such as reducing costs and reviewing inventory composition.

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