Used Book Market

Overview of the University of Tokyo Co-op Student Committee's "Used Book Market"

the University of Tokyo's school festivals, "May Festival"(May) and"Komaba Festival"This is a joint project by the Komaba Student Committee (C-Gaku) and the Hongo Student Committee (H-Gaku) at
We collect used books in advance from students and faculty members and sell them at the festival.
has been running for over 40 years and has become one of the festival's signature events, attracting many visitors every year.
70% of the proceedsreturned to the contributorsa charity (this time, the National Federation of University Cooperatives Scholarship Foundation)tois donated
the selling price is alsocontributors can freely setwell-received.

For both the May Festival and the Komaba Festival,about a month in advance. If you wish to submit a book, please check the announcement from the Student Committee at that time and apply according to the procedures outlined.
*A separate page will be set up during the festival period.

Response to the spread of COVID-19

In 2020, due to the spread of COVID-19, the University of Tokyo's school festival was held entirely online, and the used book fair was canceled

As an alternative, the 2020 Komaba Festival"CKiEx,"featured an online exhibition of

Implementation results

  • Komaba Festival 2023: 1,125 entries
  • 2019 Komaba Festival: 2,670 entries
  • May Festival 2019: 2791 items exhibited
  • Komaba Festival 2018: 2,717 entries
  • May Festival 2018: 2383 items exhibited
  • 2017 Komaba Festival: 1,800 entries
  • May Festival 2017: 1406 items exhibited

Event Information

Information about the event will be posted on the Student Committee Twitter account (@cgaku) ​​from time to time

for the application link for the 2024 May Festivalhere!]

*Please apply in advance from this link after carefully reading the instructions. We will send you detailed instructions later

*Please make sure to set up your mobile phone, computer, etc. so that you can receive contact from Gmail

*The information you provide will be kept by the Used Book Fair staff and will only be used for communications related to this used book fair, information about future used book fairs, and important communications from the University of Tokyo Co-op Student Committee

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