BOOKS BUNNY ／ ブックスバニー at Harajuku, Tokyo

A Harajuku book cafe and bar with over 2,000 handpicked Western titles and New York-style street food.

BOOKS BUNNY is a book cafe and bar tucked into the backstreets of Harajuku, marked by a rabbit sign and lined with over 2,000 Western books handpicked by owner Saho Ito during twice-yearly buying trips to New York. The collection spans art, music, fashion and cooking, and every title is available to purchase, making the space as much a curated library as a place to eat and drink. The food menu turns to American and international street food, with the long-running Chicken Over Rice a signature inspired by a New York vendor. Weekday lunch sets start from around 1,000 yen, the bar offers counter and sofa seating for solo diners and small groups alike, and private hire for 10 to 20 guests is available for parties and after-work gatherings. It suits readers, creatives and travellers who want to linger over a book and a plate rather than rush through a meal, whether at lunch or over drinks in the evening. For a bookish, Brooklyn-inflected corner of Harajuku where literature and street food sit comfortably together, BOOKS BUNNY is a quietly special, well-thumbed favourite.