　再開発していた東京・室町の一角に「コレド室町テラス」が開業した。そのショッピング・モールに台湾の大型書店「誠品書店」が日本初出店して話題になっている。私はまだ行っていないのでコメントできない。しかし、少なくとも東京都内の有名書店が書籍専一販売から複合商店に様変わりしたり書籍販売規模を縮小したりしている現状を見聞きしている私としては、海外資本であろうと何であろうと、大歓迎である。

　「誠品書店」のオープンのニュースを見ながら、昔の書店にいた有能な店員さんのことを思い出した。1990年代の池袋ジュンク堂の店長さんは、扱っている旧出版新書や現刊本の在処をことごとく記憶していた。高田馬場の芳林堂のおばちゃん（失礼！）Nさんは、人文科学書籍のエキスパート。著者や書籍名について、私の問い合わせにたちどころに確実な応えが返って来た。あるいは明治大学の生協書籍部の店長さんは、非常に特殊な鉱山学体系の書籍について私に問うたので嬉しい驚きをしたことがあった。---みなさん、もう30年前に各書店にいた方々である。この方々からはコンピューター検索からは出てこない応えが出て来たものだ。AI時代？　しゃらくさい！

Oh! In the 2nd round of Pool A of the Rugby World
Cup, Japan vs. Ireland, the Japanese team won in
19-12. The Japanese team defeated ireland, a corner
candidates of championship. The odds of a British
betting company, 1.75 times in Ireland and 10 times
in Japan. However, I think that Irish team fans might
be irritated by the Japanese team.
Will the Japanese team advances to the final tourna-
ment for the first time?
Although there's a smell of something burning in
the world situation, I don't know any other sport
based on the pure spirit of harmony in the world,
as clearly stated in the rules of rugby.

The topic changes.
"The Coredo Muromachi Terrace" was opened in
one corner of Muromachi, Tokyo, which was being
redeveloped. A large Taiwanese book store "Eslite"
opened in Japan for the first time in the shopping
mall. I can't comment because I haven't gone to it
yet. However, as I am listening to the current situ-
ation that at least famous bookstores in Tokyo
have changed from selling exclusively books to
complex stores and reducing book sales,
Welcom Eslite.

While looking at the opening news of "Eslite",
I remembered a talented store clerk at several
old bookstore.
In the 1990s, the manager of Ikebukuro
Junkudo remembered the location of the old
and new books he was dealing with and the
current books. Takadanobaba Horindo's
Auntie(excuse me!) N san was an expert in
cultural sciences books. As for the author and
the title of the book, my inquiry was immedi-
ately answered.
Or the manager of the Meiji University
Co-op Book section asked me about books
with a very special mining system, and I was
surprised. ....Everyone, people who were at
each bookstore 30 years ago, these people
have come up with responses that don't
come from computer searches,
AI era? Talking!

By Tadami Yamada

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