Everyone Connects: Bookmaking in Year 100
0PostsIchigaya no Mori Book and Letterpress Museum is a hands-on cultural facility dedicated to letterpress printing and bookmaking, offering a rare chance to experience this traditional craft. In 2026, the museum celebrates its fifth anniversary and the 100th anniversary of its Clock Tower building. To mark the occasion, more than 300 participants are working together over ten months to produce a letterpress edition of Natsume Soseki’s Ten Nights of Dreams, a collection of ten short stories exploring strange and dreamlike worlds.
Bookmaking involves far more than printing. From selecting more than 15,000 individual characters by hand to printing and binding, each stage requires patience, precision and repeated trial and error. Following the same sequence as the workshop, this exhibition introduces each stage of the process, revealing the time, skill and collective effort behind making a book.
Bookmaking involves far more than printing. From selecting more than 15,000 individual characters by hand to printing and binding, each stage requires patience, precision and repeated trial and error. Following the same sequence as the workshop, this exhibition introduces each stage of the process, revealing the time, skill and collective effort behind making a book.
ScheduleNow in session | Oct 31 (Sat) 2026-Mar 14 (Sun) 2027 128 days left Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | https://ichigaya-letterpress.jp/gallery/000524.html | ||||
| Venue | Ichigaya Letterpress Factory https://ichigaya-letterpress.jp/index.html | ||||
| Address | 1-1-1 Ichigayakaga-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8001 | ||||
| Access | 10 minute walk from exit A1 at Ushigomekagurazaka Station on the Toei Oedo line, 10 minute walk from exit 7 at Ichigaya Station on the Yurakucho and Namboku lines, 15 minute walk from exit 1 at Ichigaya Station on the Toei Shinjuku line, 15 minute walk from Ichigaya Station on the JR Sobu line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-6386-0555 |
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