New Kinokuniya location Opening in Georgia

Kinokuniya to open first Georgia store in Atlanta, the 21 st store in the USA

Kinokuniya Company Ltd. (Chairman and President Masashi Takai) is pleased to announce the opening of its Atlanta Store (Johns Creek, GA), in June 2023. This will be the 21 st Kinokuniya store in the USA. Its retail space will be the second largest in the country, following the New York Main Store, making this Atlanta bookstore a flagship for the southeastern USA.

The Atlanta metropolitan area, where Johns Creek is located, is the largest in Georgia, and the ninth largest metropolitan area in the USA. It is home to the headquarters of numerous world-class corporations, including Coca-Cola, Delta Air Lines, and CNN. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, admired as “the busiest airport in the world” operates there. Atlanta is world renowned for its business, politics, and culture, and was home to the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Since the opening of its first overseas store in San Francisco in 1969, Kinokuniya has continued to evolve over the years. The Atlanta Store will offer a wide range of books, especially manga, which has been gaining popularity in recent years, as well as high-quality, functional, and well-designed Japanese stationery and general merchandise, aiming to become a center of Japanese culture in the Atlanta area.

In addition, taking advantage of cooperative relationships with various companies, brands, and the local community, the Atlanta Store will actively develop exclusive products available only at Kinokuniya, and hold events such as author/artist signings. While absorbing the diverse cultures of the local Atlanta community and its residents, the store will be a space where people with different cultures and values can gather and stimulate each other’s intellectual curiosity. As it integrates into the local community, it will also serve as a foothold for business expansion in the Southeastern USA, which has seen remarkable population and economic growth in recent years.

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