Books Kinokuniya - Wikipedia

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 ... BooksKinokuniya FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Japanesebookstorechain Thisarticleneedsadditionalcitationsforverification.Pleasehelpimprovethisarticlebyaddingcitationstoreliablesources.Unsourcedmaterialmaybechallengedandremoved.Findsources: "BooksKinokuniya" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(September2019)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage) BooksKinokuniyaCompanyinShibuya,Tokyo ShinjukuBranchofBooksKinokuniyainShinjuku,Tokyo BooksKinokuniya(紀伊國屋書店,KinokuniyaShoten)isaJapanesebookstorechainoperatedbyKinokuniyaCompanyLtd.(株式会社紀伊國屋書店,Kabushiki-gaishaKinokuniyaShoten),foundedin1927,withitsfirststorelocatedinShinjuku,Tokyo,Japan. Itsnametranslatesto"BookstoreofKiiProvince".ThecompanyhasitsheadquartersinMeguro,Tokyo.[1] Oneofthecompany'sgoalshasbeentocatertotheinterestsofnotonlylocalJapaneseclients,buttoawider,morediverseclientele.ThisiswhyitsinternationalbookstoreshavefocusedonsupplyingawiderangeofbothJapaneseandEnglishbooks.[2] Contents 1History 2Store 3Overseasstores 4Seealso 5References 6Externallinks History[edit] KinokuniyawasoriginallyalumberandcharcoaldealerinYotsuya;andafterthe1923GreatKantōearthquake,thebusinesswasmovedwestwardtoanewlocationinShinjuku,whereitwasrefashionedintoabookstorebyformerpresidentMoichiTanabe,openingwithastaffoffiveinJanuary1927.[3]HenameditafterKiiProvince,giventhathisancestorwasaservantoftheKii-Tokugawafamily;theyarenotrelatedtotheEdoPeriodmerchantKinokuniyaBunzaemon.Onthesecondfloorwasanartgallery. ThebuildingburntdowninMay1945duringanairraid,butreopenedinDecember1945.Overthenextfewyears,moreKinokuniyashopsopenedaroundJapan.In1964,headquarterswasestablishedinShinjuku(thecurrentShinjukuMainStoreBuilding).Thebookstorewasninestoriesandhadtwoundergroundfloors. In2016,adocumentrevealingdiscriminatoryhiringpracticesbythecompanyinthe1980ssurfacedwhenitwaspublishedbytradeunions.[4] ThecompanyownstheKinokuniyabuildingofSanFrancisco'sJapanCentermallandhasdrawncriticismforcontinuingtochargetenantsfullrentduringtheCOVID-19pandemic,puttingbusinessesinSanFrancisco'shistoricJapantownatrisk.[5] Store[edit] KinokuniyaisthelargestbookstorechaininJapan,with56shopsaroundthecountry,incitiessuchasTokyo,OsakaandFukuoka.Overall,ithasmorethan80storesinJapanandoverseas. ItsfirstoverseasstoreopenedinSanFranciscoin1969.SeveralotherbookstoreshavesinceopenedintheUnitedStates,incitiesincludingLosAngelesandNewYork.ItthenventuredintotheAsia-Pacificmarket,openingitsfirststoreinSingapore(LiangCourtStore)in1983.ShopsinTaiwan,Indonesia,MalaysiaandThailandfollowedsuit.In1996,KinokuniyalaunchedthefirstoutletinAustralia,locatedinSydney'sNeutralBay.ItlatermovedtoitspresentlocationinGeorgeStreetintheCentralBusinessDistrict. Since2000,KinokuniyaintheUShascapitalisedonthegrowingpopularityofJapaneseTV/animebystockingbothEnglish-andJapanese-languagebooksandmanga,aswellasotherJapaneseTV/anime-relatedparaphernalia.TheNewYorkCitybranchinRockefellerCenterwasthebest-known,encompassing,lengthwise,anentirecityblock.AnewstorehasrecentlyopenedonAvenueoftheAmericas,nearBryantPark,replacingtheoldstore,whichclosedattheendof2007.Thebookstorelocatedat1073SixthAveincludesthreefloors.Alongwithmangaandanime,thetopfloorhasanin-storecafewithproductsfromnearbyCafeZaiya,[6]wherecustomersareofferedarangeofbubbleteas,cakesandbentoboxes.[2]ThemiddlefloorconcentratesonbooksinbothJapaneseandEnglishwhilethedownstairsareawithawidevarietyofartsuppliesandcards. BooksKinokuniyaisknownfortheimmensesizeofitsbookshops.Formorethan10yearsinitsstoreinNgeeAnnCity,Singapore,wasthelargestbookshopinSouthEastAsia,untiltheopeningofthenewGramediaflagshipstoreinJakartain2007. FellowinternationalbookstorechainPageOne(headquarteredinSingapore)beganasthemagazineagentforKinokuniyabutlaterbecameindependent. OnSeptember22,2017,KinokuniyaopeneditsfirstbranchinVietnamviaHanoi.[citationneeded] InMarch2019,Kinokuniya'sSingaporeanbranchannouncedthattheLiangCourtstorewillbeclosedonApril21,2019,[7]whilethePlazaSenayanoutletofKinokuniya'sIndonesianbranchclosedinApril1,2021.[8] Overseasstores[edit] BooksKinokuniyastorelocatedinBreezeCenter,Taipei BooksKinokuniyastorelocatedinSiamParagon,Bangkok BooksKinokuniyastorelocatedinTheGaleriesVictoria,Sydney Overseas,thereare29storesintotal.Theyarelocatedin:  UnitedStates ArlingtonHeights,Illinois NewYorkCity,NewYork LittleTokyo,LosAngeles,California Japantown,SanFrancisco,California SanJose,California SantaMonica,California Torrance,California Seattle,Washington Beaverton,Oregon Edgewater,NewJersey Carrollton,Texas Plano,Texas Austin,Texas Portland,Oregon Katy,Texas  Cambodia AEONMallSenSok,PhnomPenh[9]  IndonesiaBooksKinokuniyastorelocatedinSogoPondokIndahMall,Jakarta SogoPlazaSenayan,Jakarta(storeclosedonApril1,2021) SeibuGrandIndonesia,Jakarta  Malaysia SuriaKLCC,KualaLumpur  Thailand CentralWorld,Bangkok(FormerIsetanZone;IsetanDepartmentStoreclosedonAugust31,2020whileKinokuniyaBookstorestillopenasusual)[10] SiamParagon,Bangkok EmQuartier,Bangkok(RelocatedfromEmporium)  Australia TheGaleriesVictoria,Sydney,NewSouthWales  Taiwan BreezeCenter,Taipei DayehTakashimayaDepartmentStore,Tianmu,Taipei KuanSanSogo,Taichung HanshinArenaShoppingPlaza,Kaohsiung  UnitedArabEmirates Dubai,DubaiMall-Itisadvertisedunderthetitle'BookWorldbyKinokuniya'.[11] AbuDhabi,TheGalleria,AlMaryahIsland  Singapore NgeeAnnCity,OrchardRoad BugisJunction,Bugis LiangCourt,ClarkeQuay(storeclosedonApril21,2019) JEM,JurongEast Seealso[edit]  Booksportal  Tokyoportal  Companiesportal References[edit] ^"Headquarters&MainContactsArchived2011-08-03attheWaybackMachine."BooksKinokuniya.RetrievedJuly25,2011."Dept.GeneralAffairsDept.3-7-10ShimomeguroMeguro-ku,Tokyo153-8504" ^abKravitz,Melissa."HowJapanesebookstoreKinokuniyahasevolvedintoa'destination'".Amny.com.RetrievedDecember17,2021. ^Seidensticker,Edward.(1990).TokyoRising:TheCitySincetheGreatEarthquake.NewYork: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(inJapanese).RetrievedAugust6,2018. ^Tsai,Luke(October20,2020)."JapanCenterRestaurantsGrappleWithanUncertainFuture".Sf.eater.com.RetrievedDecember17,2021. ^"CafeZaiyahomepage".CafeZaiya. ^"KinokuniyaatLiangCourttocloseafter36years,finaldayofoperationsonApril21,2019".Mothership.sg.RetrievedDecember17,2021. ^"JakartabibliophilesmournimminentclosureofKinokuniyastoreinPlazaSenayan|CoconutsJakarta".Coconuts.co.March29,2021.RetrievedApril3,2021. ^"Top13Bookstores&LibrariesinPhnomPenh".Indochina.tours.February20,2019.RetrievedDecember17,2021. ^"KinokuniyaatCentralWorldisstillopen,Imissyou!Wanttoseeit,comeandfindit!".Facebook.com.ArchivedfromtheoriginalonFebruary26,2022.RetrievedSeptember2,2020. ^"OtakuoasisofanimeandmangadiscoveredintheDubaiMall【Photos】".SoraNews24.August11,2015.RetrievedOctober3,2018. 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