Books Kinokuniya: Difference between revisions

Browse history interactively

← Previous edit

Content deleted Content added

VisualWikitext

Inline

Latest revision as of 16:41, 19 August 2024

Books Kinokuniya (紀伊國屋書店, Kinokuniya Shoten) is a Japanese bookstore chain operated by Kinokuniya Company Ltd. (株式会社紀伊國屋書店, Kabushiki-gaisha Kinokuniya Shoten), founded in 1927, with its first store located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. Its name translates to "Bookstore of Kii Province". The company has its headquarters in Meguro, Tokyo.^[1]

One of the company's goals has been to cater to the interests of not only local Japanese clients, but to a wider, more diverse clientele. This is why its international bookstores have focused on supplying a wide range of both Japanese and English books.^[2]

History

Kinokuniya was originally a lumber and charcoal dealer in Yotsuya; and after the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, the business was moved westward to a new location in Shinjuku, where it was refashioned into a book store by former president Moichi Tanabe, opening with a staff of five in January 1927.^[3] He named it after Kii Province, given that his ancestor was a servant of the Kii-Tokugawa family; they are not related to the Edo Period merchant Kinokuniya Bunzaemon. On the second floor was an art gallery.

The building burnt down in May 1945 during an air raid, but reopened in December 1945. Over the next few years, more Kinokuniya shops opened around Japan. In 1964, headquarters was established in Shinjuku (the current Shinjuku Main Store Building). The bookstore was nine stories and had two underground floors.

In 2016, a document revealing discriminatory hiring practices by the company in the 1980s surfaced when it was published by trade unions.^[4]

The company owns the Kinokuniya building of San Francisco's Japan Center mall and has drawn criticism for continuing to charge tenants full rent during the COVID-19 pandemic, putting businesses in San Francisco's historic Japantown at risk.^[5]

Store

Kinokuniya is the largest bookstore chain in Japan, with 56 shops around the country, in cities such as Tokyo, Osaka and Fukuoka. Overall, it has more than 80 stores in Japan and overseas.

Its first overseas store opened in San Francisco in 1969. Several other bookstores have since opened in the United States, in cities including Los Angeles and New York. It then ventured into the Asia-Pacific market, opening its first store in Singapore (Liang Court Store) in 1983. Shops in Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand followed suit. In 1996, Kinokuniya launched the first outlet in Australia, located in Sydney's Neutral Bay. It later moved to its present location in George Street in the Central Business District.

Since 2000, Kinokuniya in the US has capitalized on the growing popularity of Japanese TV / anime by stocking both English- and Japanese-language books and manga, as well as other Japanese TV / anime-related paraphernalia. The New York City branch in Rockefeller Center was the best-known, encompassing, lengthwise, an entire city block. A new store has recently opened on Avenue of the Americas, near Bryant Park, replacing the old store, which closed at the end of 2007. The bookstore located at 1073 Sixth Ave includes three floors. Along with manga and anime, the top floor has an in-store cafe with products from nearby Cafe Zaiya,^[6] where customers are offered a range of bubble teas, cakes, sandwiches and bento boxes.^[2] The middle floor concentrates on English books of all types, while the basement level houses Japanese books and magazines, as well as a wide variety of stationery.

Books Kinokuniya is known for the immense size of its bookshops. For more than 10 years in its store in Ngee Ann City, Singapore, was the largest bookshop in South East Asia, until the opening of the new Gramedia flagship store in Jakarta in 2007.

Fellow international bookstore chain Page One (headquartered in Singapore) began as the magazine agent for Kinokuniya, but later became independent.

On September 22, 2017, Kinokuniya opened its first branch in Vietnam.

In March 2019, Kinokuniya's Singaporean branch announced that the Liang Court store will be closed on April 21, 2019,^[7] while the Plaza Senayan outlet of Kinokuniya's Indonesian branch closed in April 1, 2021.^[8]

On November 18, 2022, Kinokuniya announced that they opened the first Philippine branch at Mitsukoshi BGC Mall in cooperation with Fully Booked.^[9]

Overseas stores

Overseas, there are 30 stores in total. They are located in:

Australia
- The Galeries Victoria, Sydney, New South Wales
Cambodia
- AEON Mall Sen Sok, Phnom Penh^[10]
Indonesia
Books Kinokuniya store located in Sogo Pondok Indah Mall, Jakarta
- Central Market PIK 2, Jakarta
- Sogo Plaza Senayan, Jakarta (store closed on April 1, 2021)
- Seibu Grand Indonesia, Jakarta
Malaysia
- Suria KLCC, Kuala Lumpur
- Seibu The Exchange TRX, Kuala Lumpur
Philippines
- Mitsukoshi BGC, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig (store opened on November 17, 2022)^[11]
- SM Mall of Asia, Pasay^[12]
Singapore
- Ngee Ann City, Orchard Road
- Bugis Junction, Bugis
- Liang Court, Clarke Quay (store closed on April 21, 2019)
- JEM, Jurong East (store closed on May 9, 2022)
Taiwan
- Breeze Center, Taipei
- Dayeh Takashimaya Department Store, Tianmu, Taipei (closed March 2022)
- Kuan San Sogo, Taichung
- Hanshin Arena Shopping Plaza, Kaohsiung
Thailand
- CentralWorld, Bangkok (Former Isetan Zone; Isetan Department Store closed on August 31, 2020 while Kinokuniya Bookstore still open as usual)^[13]
- Siam Paragon, Bangkok
- EmQuartier, Bangkok (Relocated from Emporium)
United Arab Emirates
- Dubai, Dubai Mall - It is advertised under the title 'Book World by Kinokuniya'.^[14]
- Abu Dhabi, The Galleria, Al Maryah Island
United States
- Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California
- Japantown, San Francisco, California
- San Jose, California
- Santa Monica, California
- Torrance, California
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Arlington Heights, Illinois
- Edgewater, New Jersey
- New York City, New York
- Beaverton, Oregon
- Portland, Oregon
- Austin, Texas
- Carrollton, Texas
- Katy, Texas
- Plano, Texas
- Seattle, Washington

References

^ "Headquarters & Main Contacts". Kinokuniya. July 15, 2020. Retrieved April 24, 2023. General Affairs Dept. 3-7-10 Shimomeguro Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8504
^ ^a ^b Kravitz, Melissa (January 14, 2019). "How Japanese bookstore Kinokuniya has evolved into a 'destination'". Amny.com. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
^ Seidensticker, Edward. (1990). Tokyo Rising: The City Since the Great Earthquake. New York: Knopf. ISBN 0-394-54360-2
^ 紀伊國屋書店の強烈な黒歴史暴露された差別的な「マル秘文書」 – ライブドアニュース. News.livedoor.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 6, 2018.
^ Tsai, Luke (October 20, 2020). "Japan Center Restaurants Grapple With an Uncertain Future". Sf.eater.com. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
^ "Cafe Zaiya homepage". Cafe Zaiya.
^ Toh, Wen Li (March 18, 2019). "Kinokuniya at Liang Court to close after 36 years of operation". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
^ "Jakarta bibliophiles mourn imminent closure of Kinokuniya store in Plaza Senayan | Coconuts Jakarta". Coconuts.co. March 29, 2021. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
^ https://corp.kinokuniya.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Kinokuniya-to-open-first-Philippine-store-partnering-with-Fully-Booked-to-offer-Japanese-books.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ "Top 13 Bookstores & Libraries in Phnom Penh". Indochina.tours. February 20, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
^ Geli, Bianca (November 18, 2022). "Japanese store Books Kinokuniya is now in the Philippines". GMA Network. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
^ Agus, Ianna Gayle (December 16, 2023). "Fully Booked opens 2nd store in collab with Japan's Kinokuniya". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
^ "Kinokuniya at Central World is still open, I miss you! Want to see it, come and find it!". Facebook.com. Archived from the original on February 26, 2022. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
^ "Otaku oasis of anime and manga discovered in the Dubai Mall 【Photos】". SoraNews24. August 11, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2018.

External links

Official website (in English)
Official website (in Japanese)

[1] "Headquarters & Main Contacts". Kinokuniya. July 15, 2020. Retrieved April 24, 2023. General Affairs Dept. 3-7-10 Shimomeguro Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8504

[NYC-2] Kravitz, Melissa (January 14, 2019). "How Japanese bookstore Kinokuniya has evolved into a 'destination'". Amny.com. Retrieved December 17, 2021.

[3] Seidensticker, Edward. (1990). Tokyo Rising: The City Since the Great Earthquake. New York: Knopf. ISBN 0-394-54360-2

[4] 紀伊國屋書店の強烈な黒歴史暴露された差別的な「マル秘文書」 – ライブドアニュース. News.livedoor.com (in Japanese). Retrieved August 6, 2018.

[5] Tsai, Luke (October 20, 2020). "Japan Center Restaurants Grapple With an Uncertain Future". Sf.eater.com. Retrieved December 17, 2021.

[6] "Cafe Zaiya homepage". Cafe Zaiya.

[7] Toh, Wen Li (March 18, 2019). "Kinokuniya at Liang Court to close after 36 years of operation". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved October 20, 2023.

[8] "Jakarta bibliophiles mourn imminent closure of Kinokuniya store in Plaza Senayan | Coconuts Jakarta". Coconuts.co. March 29, 2021. Retrieved April 3, 2021.

[9] ttps://corp.kinokuniya.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Kinokuniya-to-open-first-Philippine-store-partnering-with-Fully-Booked-to-offer-Japanese-books.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[10] "Top 13 Bookstores & Libraries in Phnom Penh". Indochina.tours. February 20, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2021.

[11] Geli, Bianca (November 18, 2022). "Japanese store Books Kinokuniya is now in the Philippines". GMA Network. Retrieved November 18, 2022.

[12] Agus, Ianna Gayle (December 16, 2023). "Fully Booked opens 2nd store in collab with Japan's Kinokuniya". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved February 2, 2024.

[13] "Kinokuniya at Central World is still open, I miss you! Want to see it, come and find it!". Facebook.com. Archived from the original on February 26, 2022. Retrieved September 2, 2020.

[14] "Otaku oasis of anime and manga discovered in the Dubai Mall 【Photos】". SoraNews24. August 11, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2018.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

@@ Line 2: / Line 2: @@
 {{more citations needed|date=September 2019}}
 {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2019}}
+[[File:Books Kinokuniya Head Office.jpg|thumb|Headquarters in [[Meguro, Tokyo]]]]
 [[File:Books Kinokuniya main office.jpg|right|thumb|Books Kinokuniya Company in [[Shibuya, Tokyo]]]]
 [[File:Shinjuku KINOKUNIYA COMPANY.jpg|right|thumb|Shinjuku Branch of Books Kinokuniya in [[Shinjuku]], Tokyo]]
 {{Nihongo|'''Books Kinokuniya'''|紀伊國屋書店|Kinokuniya Shoten}} is a Japanese bookstore chain operated by {{Nihongo|'''Kinokuniya Company Ltd.'''|株式会社紀伊國屋書店|Kabushiki-gaisha Kinokuniya Shoten}}, founded in 1927, with its first store located in [[Shinjuku]], [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]].
-Its name translates to "Bookstore of [[Kii Province]]". The company has its headquarters in [[Meguro]], Tokyo.<ref>"[http://www.kinokuniya.co.jp/en/headquarters.html Headquarters & Main Contacts] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110803063456/http://www.kinokuniya.co.jp/en/headquarters.html |date=2011-08-03 }}." Books Kinokuniya. Retrieved July 25, 2011. "Dept.General Affairs Dept. 3-7-10 Shimomeguro Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8504"</ref>
+Its name translates to "Bookstore of [[Kii Province]]". The company has its headquarters in [[Meguro]], Tokyo.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://corp.kinokuniya.co.jp/about/english/headquarters/|title=Headquarters & Main Contacts|date=July 15, 2020 |publisher=Kinokuniya|accessdate=2023-04-24|quote=General Affairs Dept. 3-7-10 Shimomeguro Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8504}}</ref>
-One of the company's goals has been to cater to the interests of not only local Japanese clients, but to a wider, more diverse clientele. This is why its international bookstores have focused on supplying a wide range of both Japanese and English books.<ref name="NYC">{{Cite web|url=https://www.amny.com/entertainment/things-to-do/kinokuniya-nyc-1-25940432/|title=How Japanese bookstore Kinokuniya has evolved into a 'destination' |first=Melissa|last=Kravitz|website=Amny.com|access-date=December 17, 2021}}</ref>
+One of the company's goals has been to cater to the interests of not only local Japanese clients, but to a wider, more diverse clientele. This is why its international bookstores have focused on supplying a wide range of both Japanese and English books.<ref name="NYC">{{Cite web|url=https://www.amny.com/entertainment/things-to-do/kinokuniya-nyc-1-25940432/|title=How Japanese bookstore Kinokuniya has evolved into a 'destination' |first=Melissa|last=Kravitz|website=Amny.com|date=January 14, 2019 |access-date=December 17, 2021}}</ref>
 ==History==
@@ Line 21: / Line 22: @@
 Kinokuniya is the largest bookstore chain in Japan, with 56 shops around the country, in cities such as Tokyo, Osaka and Fukuoka. Overall, it has more than 80 stores in Japan and overseas.
-Its first overseas store opened in San Francisco in 1969. Several other bookstores have since opened in the  [[United States]], in cities including Los Angeles and New York. It then ventured into the Asia-Pacific market, opening its first store in Singapore (Liang Court Store) in 1983. Shops in Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand followed suit. In 1996, Kinokuniya launched the first outlet in [[Australia]], located in [[Sydney]]'s [[Neutral Bay]]. It later moved to its present location in [[George Street, Sydney|George Street]] in the Central Business District.
+Its first overseas store opened in San Francisco in 1969. Several other bookstores have since opened in the  [[United States]], in cities including Los Angeles and New York. It then ventured into the Asia-Pacific market, opening its first store in Singapore (Liang Court Store) in 1983. Shops in Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand followed suit. In 1996, Kinokuniya launched the first outlet in [[Australia]], located in [[Sydney]]'s [[Neutral Bay]]. It later moved to its present location in [[George Street, Sydney|George Street]] in the Central Business District.
-Since 2000, Kinokuniya in the US has capitalised on the growing popularity of Japanese TV / [[anime]] by stocking both English- and Japanese-language books and [[manga]], as well as other Japanese TV / anime-related paraphernalia. The New York City branch in [[Rockefeller Center]] was the best-known, encompassing, lengthwise, an entire city block. A new store has recently opened on [[Sixth Avenue|Avenue of the Americas]], near [[Bryant Park]], replacing the old store, which closed at the end of 2007. The bookstore located at 1073 Sixth Ave includes three floors. Along with manga and anime, the top floor has an in-store cafe with products from nearby Cafe Zaiya,<ref>{{cite web |title=Cafe Zaiya homepage |url=https://zaiyany.com/ |publisher=Cafe Zaiya}}</ref> where customers are offered a range of bubble teas, cakes and [[Bento|bento boxes]].<ref name="NYC"/> The middle floor concentrates on books in both Japanese and English while the downstairs area with a wide variety of [[art supplies]] and cards.
+Since 2000, Kinokuniya in the US has capitalized on the growing popularity of Japanese TV / [[anime]] by stocking both English- and Japanese-language books and [[manga]], as well as other Japanese TV / anime-related paraphernalia. The New York City branch in [[Rockefeller Center]] was the best-known, encompassing, lengthwise, an entire city block. A new store has recently opened on [[Sixth Avenue|Avenue of the Americas]], near [[Bryant Park]], replacing the old store, which closed at the end of 2007. The bookstore located at 1073 Sixth Ave includes three floors. Along with manga and anime, the top floor has an in-store cafe with products from nearby Cafe Zaiya,<ref>{{cite web |title=Cafe Zaiya homepage |url=https://zaiyany.com/ |publisher=Cafe Zaiya}}</ref> where customers are offered a range of bubble teas, cakes, sandwiches and [[Bento|bento boxes]].<ref name="NYC"/> The middle floor concentrates on English books of all types, while the basement level houses Japanese books and magazines, as well as a wide variety of [[stationery]].
 Books Kinokuniya is known for the immense size of its bookshops. For more than 10 years in its store in [[Ngee Ann City]], [[Singapore]], was the largest bookshop in [[South East Asia]], until the opening of the new [[Gramedia (bookstore)|Gramedia]] flagship store in Jakarta in 2007.
-Fellow international bookstore chain [[Page One (bookstore)|Page One]] (headquartered in Singapore) began as the magazine agent for Kinokuniya but later became independent.
+Fellow international bookstore chain [[Page One (bookstore)|Page One]] (headquartered in Singapore) began as the magazine agent for Kinokuniya, but later became independent.
-On September 22, 2017, Kinokuniya opened its first branch in [[Vietnam]] via [[Hanoi]].{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}
+On September 22, 2017, Kinokuniya opened its first branch in [[Vietnam]].
-In March 2019, Kinokuniya's Singaporean branch announced that the Liang Court store will be closed on April 21, 2019,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mothership.sg/2019/03/kinokuniya-liang-court-closing/|title=Kinokuniya at Liang Court to close after 36 years, final day of operations on April 21, 2019|website=Mothership.sg|access-date=December 17, 2021}}</ref>  while the Plaza Senayan outlet of Kinokuniya's Indonesian branch closed in April 1, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-29|title=Jakarta bibliophiles mourn imminent closure of Kinokuniya store in Plaza Senayan {{!}} Coconuts Jakarta|url=https://coconuts.co/jakarta/lifestyle/jakarta-bibliophiles-mourn-imminent-closure-of-kinokuniya-store-in-plaza-senayan/|access-date=2021-04-03|website=Coconuts.co|language=en-US}}</ref>
+In March 2019, Kinokuniya's Singaporean branch announced that the Liang Court store will be closed on April 21, 2019,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Toh |first=Wen Li |date=2019-03-18 |title=Kinokuniya at Liang Court to close after 36 years of operation |language=en |work=The Straits Times |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/arts/kinokuniya-at-liang-court-to-close-after-36-years-of-operation |access-date=2023-10-20 |issn=0585-3923}}</ref>  while the Plaza Senayan outlet of Kinokuniya's Indonesian branch closed in April 1, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-29|title=Jakarta bibliophiles mourn imminent closure of Kinokuniya store in Plaza Senayan {{!}} Coconuts Jakarta|url=https://coconuts.co/jakarta/lifestyle/jakarta-bibliophiles-mourn-imminent-closure-of-kinokuniya-store-in-plaza-senayan/|access-date=2021-04-03|website=Coconuts.co|language=en-US}}</ref>
+On November 18, 2022, Kinokuniya announced that they opened the first Philippine branch at Mitsukoshi BGC Mall in cooperation with Fully Booked.<ref>https://corp.kinokuniya.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Kinokuniya-to-open-first-Philippine-store-partnering-with-Fully-Booked-to-offer-Japanese-books.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}</ref>
 ==Overseas stores==
@@ Line 37: / Line 40: @@
 [[File:Books Kinokuniya in Siam Paragon 201801.jpg|right|thumb|Books Kinokuniya store located in [[Siam Paragon]], Bangkok]]
 [[File:The Galleries Victoria.jpg|right|thumb|Books Kinokuniya store located in [[The Galeries Victoria]], Sydney]]
+[[File:Books Kinokuniya, Orchard Road (02).jpg|thumb|Books Kinokuniya store located in [[Ngee Ann City]], [[Orchard Road]], Singapore]]
-Overseas, there are 29 stores in total. They are located in:
+Overseas, there are 30 stores in total. They are located in:
-*{{USA}}
+*{{AUS}}
+**[[The Galeries Victoria]], [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]]
-**[[Arlington Heights, Illinois|Arlington Heights]], [[Illinois]]
-**[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]]
-**[[Little Tokyo, Los Angeles|Little Tokyo]], [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]
-**[[Japantown, San Francisco|Japantown]], [[San Francisco]], California
-**[[San Jose, California|San Jose]], California
-**[[Santa Monica, California]]
-**[[Torrance, California]]
-**[[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]]
-**[[Beaverton, Oregon|Beaverton]], [[Oregon]]
-**[[Edgewater, New Jersey|Edgewater]], [[New Jersey]]
-**[[Carrollton, Texas|Carrollton]], [[Texas]]
-**[[Plano, Texas]]
-**[[Austin, Texas]]
-**[[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]]
-**[[Katy, Texas]]
 *{{KHM}}
 **AEON Mall Sen Sok, [[Phnom Penh]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indochina.tours/top-13-bookstores-libraries-phnom-penh/|title=Top 13 Bookstores & Libraries in Phnom Penh|website=Indochina.tours|date=February 20, 2019|access-date=December 17, 2021}}</ref>
 *{{IDN}}[[File:Jakarta Kinokuniya art books section.jpg|thumb|Books Kinokuniya store located in [[Sogo]] [[Pondok Indah Mall]], Jakarta]]
-**[[Sogo]] [[Plaza Senayan]], [[Jakarta]] (store closed on April 1, 2021)
+**Central Market [[Pantai Indah Kapuk|PIK]] 2, [[Jakarta]]
+**[[Sogo]] [[Plaza Senayan]], Jakarta (store closed on April 1, 2021)
 **[[Seibu Department Stores|Seibu]] [[Grand Indonesia]], Jakarta
 *{{MYS}}
 **[[Suria KLCC]], [[Kuala Lumpur]]
+**[[Seibu Department Stores|Seibu]] [[The Exchange TRX]], Kuala Lumpur
-*{{THA}}
+*{{PHL}}
-** [[CentralWorld]], [[Bangkok]] (Former [[Isetan]] Zone; Isetan Department Store closed on August 31, 2020 while Kinokuniya Bookstore still open as usual)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/CentralwOrld/photos/a.164177299747/10158189434084748/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/158324029747/10158189434084748 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title=Kinokuniya at Central World is still open, I miss you! Want to see it, come and find it!|website=Facebook.com|access-date=September 2, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
+**[[Mitsukoshi BGC]], [[Bonifacio Global City]], [[Taguig]] (store opened on November 17, 2022)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/lifestyle/shopping/95097/japanese-store-books-kinokuniya-is-now-in-the-philippines/story|title=Japanese store Books Kinokuniya is now in the Philippines|date=November 18, 2022|work=[[GMA Network]]|access-date=November 18, 2022|language=en-PH|first=Bianca|last=Geli}}</ref>
-** [[Siam Paragon]], Bangkok
+**[[SM Mall of Asia]], [[Pasay]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Agus |first=Ianna Gayle |date=December 16, 2023 |title=Fully Booked opens 2nd store in collab with Japan's Kinokuniya |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/12/16/23/fully-booked-opens-2nd-store-in-collab-with-japans-kinokuniya |access-date=February 2, 2024 |work=ABS-CBN News}}</ref>
-** [[EmQuartier]], Bangkok (Relocated from [[The Emporium (Bangkok)|Emporium]])
-*{{AUS}}
+*{{SGP}}
-**[[The Galeries Victoria]], [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]]
+**[[Ngee Ann City]], [[Orchard Road]]
+**[[Bugis Junction]], [[Bugis, Singapore|Bugis]]
+**[[Liang Court]], [[Clarke Quay]] (store closed on April 21, 2019)
+**[[Jem (shopping mall)|JEM]], [[Jurong East]] (store closed on May 9, 2022)
 *{{TWN}}
 **[[Breeze Center]], [[Taipei]]
-**[[Dayeh Takashimaya Department Store]], [[Tianmu, Shilin District|Tianmu]], Taipei
+**[[Dayeh Takashimaya Department Store]], [[Tianmu, Shilin District|Tianmu]], Taipei (closed March 2022)
 **Kuan San [[Sogo]], [[Taichung]]
 **[[Hanshin Arena Shopping Plaza]], [[Kaohsiung]]
+*{{THA}}
+** [[CentralWorld]], [[Bangkok]] (Former [[Isetan]] Zone; Isetan Department Store closed on August 31, 2020 while Kinokuniya Bookstore still open as usual)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/CentralwOrld/photos/a.164177299747/10158189434084748/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/158324029747/10158189434084748 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title=Kinokuniya at Central World is still open, I miss you! Want to see it, come and find it!|website=Facebook.com|access-date=September 2, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
+** [[Siam Paragon]], Bangkok
+** [[EmQuartier]], Bangkok (Relocated from [[The Emporium (Bangkok)|Emporium]])
 *{{UAE}}
-**[[Dubai]], [[Dubai Mall]]- It is advertised under the title ''''Book World by Kinokuniya''''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://soranews24.com/2015/08/12/otaku-oasis-of-anime-and-manga-discovered-in-the-dubai-mall-%E3%80%90photos%E3%80%91/|title=Otaku oasis of anime and manga discovered in the Dubai Mall 【Photos】|date=August 11, 2015|work=SoraNews24|access-date=October 3, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>
+**[[Dubai]], [[Dubai Mall]] - It is advertised under the title ''''Book World by Kinokuniya''''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://soranews24.com/2015/08/12/otaku-oasis-of-anime-and-manga-discovered-in-the-dubai-mall-%E3%80%90photos%E3%80%91/|title=Otaku oasis of anime and manga discovered in the Dubai Mall 【Photos】|date=August 11, 2015|work=SoraNews24|access-date=October 3, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>
 **Abu Dhabi, The Galleria, Al Maryah Island
-*{{SGP}}
+*{{USA}}
+**[[Little Tokyo, Los Angeles|Little Tokyo]], [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]
-**[[Ngee Ann City]], [[Orchard Road]]
+**[[Japantown, San Francisco|Japantown]], [[San Francisco]], [[California]]
-**[[Bugis Junction]], [[Bugis, Singapore|Bugis]]
+**[[San Jose, California|San Jose]], [[California]]
-**[[Liang Court]], [[Clarke Quay]] (store closed on April 21, 2019)
-**[[Jem (shopping mall)|JEM]], [[Jurong East]]
+**[[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]], [[California]]
+**[[Torrance, California|Torrance]], [[California]]
+**[[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
+**[[Arlington Heights, Illinois|Arlington Heights]], [[Illinois]]
+**[[Edgewater, New Jersey|Edgewater]], [[New Jersey]]
+**[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]]
+**[[Beaverton, Oregon|Beaverton]], [[Oregon]]
+**[[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]]
+**[[Austin, Texas|Austin]], [[Texas]]
+**[[Carrollton, Texas|Carrollton]], [[Texas]]
+**[[Katy, Texas|Katy]], [[Texas]]
+**[[Plano, Texas|Plano]], [[Texas]]
+**[[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]]
 == See also ==

Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	United States Japan Israel
Academics	CiNii