SM Safari in Jimbocho

A large selection of Uramado magazines

A few weeks ago, I was traipsing around Jimbocho with a visitor from a distant land attempting to find a particular out-of-print SM coffee table book. The book had been published in 1995 and featured the beautiful Asabuki Keito (aka Kate Asabuki). The photos were by Tanaka Kinichi and the rope work by Akechi Denki.

March SM Safari

Hizo-ban Fuzoku Gaho magazine, July 1964

A recent SM Safari yielded the above magazine, the July 1964 issue of Hizo-ban Fuzoku Gaho. I got this at the same place I went to last time.

This is a pretty good mag, especially considering it came out in 1964, the same year as the Tokyo Olympics. I think the best magazines came along in the '70s but I just can't resist some of these more obscure periodicals. This is another one I had never heard of before.

Sunday SM Safari

Photo Rope and Woman, Misaki Shobo, 1970

My Photo Safari turned into a regular old SM Safari this past Sunday when I happened upon a cool used bookstore in a town a few stations down the tracks from where I live.

They had tons of old magazines, including old movie magazines. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find any issues of Seijin Eiga (Adult Movies), but apparently that mag is pretty hard to come by.

SM Safari: Poster Hunting

While out looking for posters I came across one at a shop in Nakano Broadway of Horrors of Malformed Men (江戸川乱歩全集 恐怖奇形人間) directed by Teruo Ishii. The film was produced by Toei and came out in 1969. This poster was selling for over 30,000 yen!

 I also spied this rather interesting shop sign.