Books Kinokuniya – In the Spirit of Kaizen…

Books Kinokuniya was founded by Moichi Tanabe on 22^nd January 1927 in Shinjuku, Tokyo.

Our international venture began with the opening of Books Kinokuniya, San Francisco Store in 1969. To-date, we have 17 bookstores in the United States, including 16 others around the world: Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Australia, Taiwan, and the United Arab Emirates. We also have 6 corporate sales offices spread throughout Asia Pacific and the US, as well as 3 export/liaison offices in New York, London and Taiwan.

Ever entrepreneurial and embodying the spirit of kaizen, Books Kinokuniya is committed to provide excellent services and create a pleasant ambience in our bookstores, so as to satisfy and delight all our customers.

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In Japanese & English

On Books Kinokuniya, Singapore

Books Kinokuniya opened a mega-sized flagship store in Singapore on 8th August 1999. Located at level 3 of Takashimaya S.C., our Main Store was a favourite destination for many local as well as regional booklovers. 15 years later, on 1st November 2014, we began a new chapter in bookselling as we had to relocate the store to its current premises on the fourth floor of the same building.

Kinokuniya Singapore Main Store now occupies an impressive 38,000 sq. ft. of retail space on one floor and houses an extensive collection of more than 500,000 quality titles from all over the world in various languages that include English, Japanese, Chinese and French. Aside from books and magazines, our merchandise line-up also showcases an ever expanding range of selective non-book items such as stationery, Blu-ray/DVDs, CDs, collectible toys/figurines, games, novelties, and more! Taking pride as a cross-cultural cum multi-experiential hub, a dedicated events space in our Main Store has hosted numerous book launches by local, regional and international authors, manga and comic pop-ups, drawing and cooking demonstrations, cast and mascot appearances, and the like.

Appealing to a youthful crowd of Gen Z students and millennial executives, Kinokuniya Bugis Junction stocks a comprehensive range of front-list essential reads in categories such as Local & Asian literature, contemporary & young adult fiction, manga/comics/light novel, etc. Although relatively smaller in size, this satellite store exudes a unique charm that keeps the hip, chic and trendy heading to it to satiate their booktoking, netflixing, popular culture needs.

Beyond our retail bookstores:

Kinokuniya Webstore was launched in September 2014 to take care of your literary needs – anytime, anywhere! Place your online orders with us when you can’t get enough at our physical bookstores.

The Kinokuniya Privilege Card membership programme was launched in August 2004. Members stand to enjoy 10% off their off-and-online purchases with Books Kinokuniya, Singapore, which makes it a truly rewarding benefit for booklovers.

Kinokuniya Corporate Sales Office is another important pillar of our total business and serves as the co-ordinator for knowledge and information dissemination to libraries, academic institutions, organizations and corporations in Singapore and the region, supporting their research and development needs.

NBC Stationery & Gifts (Japan) was founded as a postcard company in 1963. In December 1983, it made its debut in Singapore with a retail corner within the first Books Kinokuniya store in Liang Court Shopping Centre, specializing in unique, quality Japanese stationery and gift items. The brand now has two standalone stores as well as two store-in-store around the city centre.

Always re-inventing itself, Books Kinokuniya continuously strives to serve the local & regional reading and bookstore-loving population better.

Information correct as of 16 October 2024.