America’s best indie bookstores

From a beatnik icon in San Francisco to a Mediterranean-style mainstay in Florida, these five literary haunts offer more than a good read.

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• Japan for bargain hunters
• The tastes of Okinawa: food and drink in Japan's Southwest Islands
• Konichiwa (こんにちは), Let’s Eat Japan. (Pt.4)
• Konichiwa (こんにちは), Let’s Eat Japan. (Pt.3)
• Sightseeing and X-treme thrills around Mt. Fuji, Japan