Synopsis

Magazines and novels are piled high, alongside art books and weighty treatises. Despite the rise of online book sales, people continue to flock to physical bookstores, seeking serendipitous discoveries. The featured bestsellers offer a window into modern Japan. Titles promising self-improvement draw crowds of weary office workers; others, seeking solace from the daily pressures, gravitate toward the spirituality section. They are all adrift in this dense landscape of printed words.