Some of you may have noticed this already, as it was reported on Yahoo News, but the TSUTAYA on the second floor of Carrot Tower in Sangenjaya is set to close. The rental, DVD, and CD section shut down in 2023 and was replaced by a UNIQLO, but the news that the adjoining bookstore will also close is truly shocking. Once TSUTAYA is gone, Sangenjaya will be left without a proper bookstore.
I can’t help hoping—perhaps unrealistically—that a major bookstore might move into the space. If not, the former Jonathan’s site near the station is still vacant.