I went to Japan last October. One of the things that I miss in Japan is Book Stores.
There are some big book stores and thousand different kind of books you can find there. I wish I could spend more time and more money there, but I had only limited time and money.
I would like to share the books which are related to design.
One of the books that I found useful was the book called “Flowers” by Haut Dessins and published by Soft Bank Creative.
It is very handy to have images that you can use for the work at hand, because it takes some time when you do hand drawing. It comes with a DVD and images are eps, jpg or png, so you can use them for web and prints.
In Brisbane, there are very limited book stores available and I have not seen these kind of material books as yet.
You can purchase the book through amazon Japan, but it cost a bit for shipping.