Bringing books to the restaurant for reading is totally OK too！4 Highlights of Taipei’s “Tsutaya Books”

▲The first Tsutaya Books store in Taiwan officially opened on the 24th.

Reported and photographed by Cai Wenjun / Taipei

Known as one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores, Japan’s “Tsutaya Books” has officially opened its first overseas store, TSUTAYA BOOKSTORE, on the 5th floor of Taipei’s Uni-President Times Square on the 24th. It aims to promote various lifestyle aesthetics through a diverse selection of books that spread the joy of reading, encouraging people to love reading even more. ETtoday EBC has compiled 4 highlights of Taiwan’s TSUTAYA BOOKSTORE — come experience this uniquely bookish atmosphere for yourself.

▲Wooden shelves display books and magazines on travel, food, architecture, and lifestyle.

1. A Focus on Travel, Food, Architecture, and Lifestyle Books
Taiwan’s TSUTAYA BOOKSTORE is centered around promoting various lifestyle aesthetics, which form the main concept behind the store and its book selection. It offers approximately 15,000 books, including titles in Chinese, English, and Japanese, as well as magazines, with Chinese-language books accounting for about 60% to 65%.

As it emphasizes taste across various aspects of life, the store mainly stocks books on travel, food, architecture, and furniture, with only a small selection of business books — and absolutely no investment or financial management titles. Taiwan’s TSUTAYA BOOKSTORE says it hopes to guide readers in developing their own elegant, stylish, and well-rounded lifestyle aesthetics through these books.

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2. Boldly Bring Your Book Picks into the Restaurant
Taiwan’s TSUTAYA BOOKSTORE has brought in Tokyo’s ultra-trendy Shibuya café-restaurant “WIRED TOKYO.” Just like in Japan, customers at the Taiwan branch can choose any three books from the store — including magazines with special covers — to bring into the restaurant for reading. Enjoy a blend of literary ambiance with exquisite meals and coffee, and savor reading in a whole new way.

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3. Let WIRED TOKYO Coffee Be Your “TSUTAYA Little Library Assistant”
If you prefer the feeling of reading surrounded by books, TSUTAYA also allows customers to take WIRED TOKYO drinks to go and enjoy them while reading in the store. Some reading spots even have cup holders for your beverages — but note that outside food is not allowed inside the store.

▲A must-have stationery and sundries brand at Tsutaya Books: “Tsutaya’s Made Things.”

▲The beloved Mount Fuji mug by Taiwanese travelers is also available at TSUTAYA BOOKSTORE.

4. A Variety of Stationery and Sundries Making Their Taiwan Debut
In addition to books and magazines, Taiwan’s TSUTAYA BOOKSTORE also offers a range of high-quality, tasteful stationery and sundries. These include “Tsutaya’s Made Things” stationery and lifestyle items exclusive to Tsutaya, the ever-popular Mount Fuji mug loved by Taiwanese visitors, Itoya’s original brand POMEO, and Craft Design Technology, which is also well known to Taiwanese — all without needing to fly to Japan to elevate your daily life with beautifully designed items.