Thoughts, ideas and visual inspiration from a web designer travelling to and from Jersey & Paris.

After browsing Keibunsha’s website, I was looking forward to what treasures I might find when I visited the store in person. As expected it was a sensory overload - with an intense selection of current and vintage design books.

I was immediately trying to work out how much ‘extra’ weight I could carry in my backpack, but came to the sorry conclusion it was ‘none’. With that in mind, I came across this random package of Japanese papers that looked like they’d been letter pressed:

I started flicking through the stamp section (like you do) and came across this beauty:

Both items fit nicely in my bag! I’d defiantly recommend Keibunsha to any creative tourist if you’re visiting Kyoto. The shop is open everyday, from 10am - 10pm. Telephone: 075-711-5919.