Fu Yunxiao, who pioneered the work of "bookstore editor" 15 years ago, has loved reading books since he was a child. He emphasized that his goal is to "put unknown books into everyone's hands."

He firmly believes in the power and irreplaceable presence of books. As long as books are around people, the wisdom and stories they contain can make people's lives more fulfilling.

Questions that book selectors should not ask "BACH Co., Ltd." representative and Book Director, this is how the media introduced Yoon-hyo.

Book Director can be translated as "book selector" or "book selector". Some people also call him "bookstore display designer".

Fu Yunxiao's work is indeed a combination of "book selection" and "display", but it is not just that.

During the interview, he repeatedly emphasized that his goal is to "put unknown books into everyone's hands."

He firmly believes in the power and irreplaceable presence of books. As long as books can be around people, the wisdom and stories they contain can make people's lives more fulfilling.

The store "SOUVENIR FROM TOKYO" in the National New Museum of Japan in Roppongi, "Hands Books" in Tokyu Hands Ginza store, the trendy cafe "Brooklyn Parlor" in Shinjuku, "book+cafe BOOOK" in National Tohoku University, Suruga Bank

"d-labo" bookshelf display, these are his hard work. He also publishes book reviews in various media, accepts interviews, and serves as a judge for literary awards. You can also watch "The Lonely Gourmet" Season 2, Part 3

I met the original author of the collection during a store visit.

In a publishing world full of negative news such as "sharp drop in sales", the endless "popularity" of Yun-hyo exudes a brilliant light, and also makes people reflect on the relationship between books and people, whether they can be more free and unrestrained.

The bookshelves in BACH's office can be seen to have been "edited".

(Provided by Renkei Publishing) In 1976, Yutaka Kato was born in Tsushima City, Aichi Prefecture, about 40 minutes by train from Nagoya. It used to be an economic center famous for the Monzen Town of Tsushima Shrine*, but he described his childhood.

My hometown is just "the countryside" with rice fields everywhere.

Fu Yunxiao liked reading books since he was a child, but he was not a bookworm. He tried many sports from the age of 3 to 18, such as swimming, volleyball, Boy Scout, etc., and his personality is also extroverted.

He revealed that when he was in junior high school, he liked modern literature. After reading Kawabata Yasunari's short story "One Arm", he found it very interesting, but he was too embarrassed to share this reading experience with his friends - "an incredible story. A girl put her right hand

I removed the arm and lent it to Ogi-san. I thought it was pretty good and a bit sexy. But I was in the second grade of junior high school at the time. How could I explain it to others when I came to school in the morning and sat on the wooden table to chat?

I read a story last night where Ogissan borrowed an arm and licked it? No, at most he was regarded as a pervert. Thinking about it now, I did like reading at the time, but I didn’t have the language to tell it.

This book." Later, his experiences of studying abroad, traveling around the world, and working as a bookstore clerk were the journey that allowed him to acquire "his own language." He relied on this unique language and way of thinking to create the world's only book director career.

While studying at Keio University, he worked as a night guard at the Nihonbashi Post Office in Tokyo - earning 12,000 yen a night (including a three-hour nap). After graduation, he used the money earned from this part-time job to study English in Ottawa, the capital of Canada.

After his short-term study abroad, he used the remaining funds to travel around the world and saw the Canadian International Jazz Festival, the Tour de France in France, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, and the buildings of Finnish architect Aalto.

Works, local collective housing in Finland.

After reading these things, Japanese young people must be very moved, right?

"Not entirely. Some of them are not as good as imagined, and my expectations have also been disappointed. However, this actual feeling is very important. Only by taking a look for yourself can you understand yourself and the culture, art and architecture

A kind of distance. Only when you have this practical feeling in your body can you express your position and thoughts to others in your own language. My current job is to recommend the book to everyone in my own language.

I recommend it to everyone using language that has become my own flesh and blood. Compared with describing a book using language that I learned from somewhere, the popularity of these two languages ??is different." "When I choose a book, I often think of it in my office.

These books. Although I may not remember every one of them clearly, these books around me are a bit like "maps".