Suzunaan

A book rental shop in the Human Village. It has books from the outside along with demon books, which is probably why Reimu keeps a close eye on it. There are books that most people cannot read, but the avid reader Kosuzu has no trouble reading them.

As the name suggests, a book rental shop rents out books, but Suzunaan also sells books. Kosuzu also does small-lot printing and binding. Akyuu's Gensokyo Chronicle is printed and bound here.

Some of the demon books at Suzunaan are ones brought in by youkai, but some others are actually youkai disguised as woodblocks! Kosuzu will take these in without knowing and then use them to print books, which makes them into demon books...

Mystery novels are rather uncommon in Gensokyo, but for a while, ones written by Agatha Chris Q. were quite popular. Reimu became so obsessed with them that it caused a bit of an uproar.

The shop is often targeted by Marisa and youkai because of its rare books, but youkai do not usually mess with the shop. Maybe that is because Reimu is watching over it. (Reimu watches over the shop for a different reason though.) Marisa is Kosuzu's friend, so she just goes and borrows books from the shop normally. (If only Patchouli would lend Marisa her books too!)