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Kuo’s Astral Bookshop (郭怡美書店)

Dadaocheng / Datong · Taiwan

Independent bookstore in a restored 1922 Japanese-era shophouse on Dihua Street

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What Kuo’s Astral Bookshop (郭怡美書店) is known for

A family-run independent bookstore in a restored Japanese-era shophouse on Dihua Street. The family enterprise began here as Kuo Yi-mei general store in 1922 and was later converted into a bookstore by the founder’s grandson.