たもかく本の街

福島県に巨大な古本屋がある。「たもかく本の街」と言う。蔵書数150万冊。ビル4層に亘丸善大手町の蔵書数が120万冊だからその大きさは推して知る。何故そんなに本があるかと言うと田舎を知ってもらうために本と山を物物交換したそうだ。僕も今後はここに本を売って山を買おうかな？

There is a huge second-hand bookstore in Fukushima prefecture. It is called “たもかく本の街”. Collection of 1.5 million books. Maruzen Otemachi has 1.2 million books on the 4th floor of the building, so you can guess its size. The reason why there are so many books is that he bartered books and mountains to get to know the countryside. Should I sell books here and buy mountains in the future?