Two must-have photography books: Photography Past/Forward: Aperture at 50, featuring photographs by Adams, Mapplethorpe, Salgado, Sherman, and others, and The Book of 101 Books: Seminal Photographic Books of the Twentieth Century, which considers not only the imagery contained within the best twentieth century photography books but also the design (typography, layout, binding, jacket design, paper stock, etc).
It might look and smell like Christmas here in Japan, but anyone who actually lives here knows that it's just about shopping!