跟著藍白去旅遊｜Episode 27 🇯🇵
旅行的時候，我其實不太喜歡把一天塞得很滿。
比起一直趕著去下一個景點，我更喜歡在一個城市裡慢慢走，看看街上的人、進一間沒特別安排的小店，坐久一點，讓自己真的感覺到這座城市原本的樣子。
大阪的 Colombo Cornershop，就是這種地方。
它不是那種很整齊、很安靜、每一本書都排得漂漂亮亮的新書店。
外面擺著很多二手書，價格很便宜，幾百日圓就可以慢慢挑。
真正珍貴的攝影集、藝術書、一些比較少見的版本，還有 Vintage Camera，都藏在裡面。
書很多。
有些地方甚至堆得有點滿。
但奇怪的是，你不會覺得亂。
反而像走進一個收藏家的客廳。
每一本書都有自己的位置，只是那個位置只有老闆知道。
我 2018 年來過這裡。
那時候本來只是想看看攝影書，結果和老闆聊了很久。
聊攝影師、聊攝影集、聊不同種類的書，也聊英文、聊台灣、聊國外的文化。
他很健談，也很喜歡跟人交流。
你只要跟他說一個攝影師的名字，或者形容一下你正在找什麼，他常常可以直接轉身，從那些看起來亂七八糟的書堆裡，把那一本找出來。
而且他不只是書店老闆，也是咖啡師。
所以我很喜歡這裡的一件事，就是可以坐在外面，翻一本剛找到的書，喝一杯他剛泡好的咖啡。
沒有要趕去哪裡。
也沒有下一個行程在催你。
有時候我覺得，旅行真正讓人記住的，不一定是哪個景點。
很多年以後，你可能已經忘了當時買的是哪一本攝影集，卻還會記得，在大阪的一個下午，有一位老闆願意坐下來，陪你聊了很久很久的攝影。
然後最後，當然還是跟 Josh 一樣。
本來只是想進來看看。
最後抱著好幾本很貴的攝影集走出去。😂
When I travel, I don’t really like filling every hour with plans.
I’d rather walk slowly through a city, watch people, step into a shop I didn’t plan to visit, and stay long enough to actually feel what the place is like.
Colombo Cornershop in Osaka is exactly that kind of place.
It isn’t a perfectly organized modern bookstore.
There are inexpensive second-hand books outside, while the more special things are tucked inside — photography books, art books, rare editions, and vintage cameras.
There are books everywhere.
It almost feels less like a bookstore and more like someone’s private collection.
I first came here in 2018.
I only planned to look at a few photography books, but I ended up talking with the owner for a long time.
We talked about photographers, photobooks, English, Taiwan, and different cultures from around the world.
He’s very talkative, very curious, and incredibly good at remembering where everything is.
Tell him the name of a photographer, or describe the kind of book you’re looking for, and somehow he can reach into a pile and find exactly the one you meant.
He’s also the barista here.
So one of my favorite things is simply sitting outside with a book and a cup of coffee he just made.
No rush.
No next destination.
Sometimes, years later, you may forget which photobook you bought.
But you still remember the person who spent an afternoon talking with you about photography.
And yes…
I originally came in “just to look.”
I left carrying several expensive photobooks. 😂
#藍白 #BlueWhite #ColomboCornershop #大阪書店 #大阪旅行
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