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Tokyo's Jimbocho Crowned World's Coolest Neighborhood for 2025

9/29/2025

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Time Out names Jimbocho, Tokyo, the 2025 "Coolest Neighbourhood in the World" for its literary culture.
Known as "Book Town," Jimbocho features over 150 bookstores, publishing houses, and vintage cafés.
The list includes Borgerhout, Antwerp (2nd); Barra Funda, São Paulo (3rd); and Bencoolen, Singapore (20th), with culture, community, livability, and food guiding rankings globally.

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Time Out names Jimbocho, Tokyo, the 2025 "Coolest Neighbourhood in the World" for its literary culture.
Known as "Book Town," Jimbocho features over 150 bookstores, publishing houses, and vintage cafés.
The list includes Borgerhout, Antwerp (2nd); Barra Funda, São Paulo (3rd); and Bencoolen, Singapore (20th), with culture, community, livability, and food guiding rankings globally.