I love museums, so I go every week. ... I go straight to the gift…

Kojima says that going to a bookstore was a daily routine he did not abandon even during the frenetic start of his studio. There he takes books in his hands, buys the ones that call to him, and loses himself reading them; on business trips he is not at ease unless he has several books in his bag, and he considers choosing and reading books to be part of who he is.

“I started to go see foreign movies from 5th grade, and always bought the movie pamphlets. I still have all of them.”

“Every time our eyes met, I thought I had to buy something, and that, for me, was a science fiction book.”

“If I didn't do that, I would end up buying music from the artists I already know and like.”

“Every time I went, there were less and less books available. And then I realized it was because I was buying all the books.”