These books are old paperbacks in Japan. A big publishing company added a tassel – bookmark, which is called spin(e) in Japan – to their paperbacks and I liked it. Probably, near future, a question would be raised; what it this ribbon fraying. For today many people use a tablet to read books. Even in a digital equipment, of course, you can easily go wild.
Sometimes, though it might be frayed by artificial means.
In response to the weekly photo challenge, Fray by The Daily Post.
l'atelier tanu | tagnoue 