Who We Serve

Kinokuniya is Japan’s largest bookstore chain and library solution company.
In the USA, we supply Japanese and English books, periodicals, and e-resources to academic and public libraries, schools, and campus stores.

Academic Libraries

Kinokuniya is a leading supplier of Japanese academic print books and e-Resources. We offer a wide range of products and solutions aimed at fulfilling the various needs of academic libraries.  Our services and expertise help libraries optimize their limited resource budgets, build rich collections specialized in their patrons’ research subjects, and streamline library operations for the expansion of library user services. 

Public Libraries

Public libraries located in large cities having a sizable Japanese community are expected to have a Japanese book collection. However, language barriers can make building such a collection difficult. Kinokuniya can arrange a tailormade selection of Japanese books as well as English books by utilizing up-to-date product and sales trend information, allowing public libraries to easily build unique collections that cater to their patrons within the limits of their book budget. 

 
 

Campus Bookstores

Thanks to the popularization of Japanese pop culture such as manga, games, and movies, Japanese is one of the popular foreign languages in colleges and universities. We supply Japanese language textbooks to campus bookstores at low cost with excellent customer service by taking advantage of the long-standing strong relationships we built with major textbook publishers, and a sales network covering both East and West coasts.

Japanese Schools 

There are many Japanese schools and Japanese Saturday schools across the USA. To help these schools provide the same curriculum as schools in Japan, we import Japanese educational materials that are used in elementary schools, junior high schools, and high schools in Japan. In addition, we handle educational e-Resources for schools.   

We also distribute Japanese language textbooks for local and international schools that offer Japanese language classes. Please contact us for more details.

 

*We also serve general bookstores, art bookstores, other retailers, and more. Please contact your nearest sales office for further information.

Our Locations

New York     

1073 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10018
T: (212) 869-1028 (ext. 109)
F: (212) 202-3611
nyso@kinokuniya.com

BH: Mon-Fri 10AM-6PM (ET)

San Francisco

Japan Center
1581 Webster Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
T: (415) 567-6787
F: (415) 329-3257
sales@kinokuniya.com

BH: Mon-Fri 10AM-6PM (PT)

If you are outside the USA, please contact our overseas branches.