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"One of Britain’s largest stocks of second-hand books ever amassed can be found in the unlikeliest of locations: a vast former youth hostel in a pretty corner of the Yorkshire Dales. Meticulously sorted into subject areas, from naval history to 19th-century literature, architecture to zoology, over 150,000 volumes fill some 25 high-ceilinged rooms spread over four floors."

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THE WORLD OF INTERIORS · Second-hand books – over 150,000 of them – are housed in a former youth hostel in the Yorkshire DalesBy Damian Thompson

Village Vanguard: Why Japan’s Iconic Subculture Stores Are Struggling

If you’re into Japanese subculture or just pure kitsch, odds are you’ve been to this chain somewhere in Japan. The store shocked fans recently, however, when it announced that it was closing almost a third of its existing stores. W…
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alojapan.com/1349322/village-v Village Vanguard: Why Japan’s Iconic Subculture Stores Are Struggling #Japan #JapanNews #JapanTopics #manga #news #PopCulture #shopping #stores #VillageVanguard If you’re into Japanese subculture or just pure kitsch, odds are you’ve been to this chain somewhere in Japan. The store shocked fans recently, however, when it announced that it was closing almost a third of its existing stores. What happened, exactly, to Village Vanguard? 81 s