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sadly college pretty much destroyed my love of books. now my attention span can pretty much just hold palahniuk stuff or US weekly and yelp reviews.
although this place has a great japanese magazine and manga collection, i love this place cuz of the cute japanese knick knacks, like notepads, pens, tiny staplers and crafts.
What i love most about this place is their T-shirt collection which includes Spicy Brown, one of my fave brands. They sell them for about 20 bucks, which is really reasonable. you'll often see their shirts being sold at anime conventions or japanese festivals. love their tofu robot and kokeshi doll shirts!
Kinokuniya appears to be the final Japanese bookstore in the Little Tokyo area but has no signs of leaving town anytime soon. Over the years, Kinokuniya outlasted their competition, most of whom relocated or closed down all together. Despite being a little on the pricey side, this bookstore has a lot of redeeming qualities.
Not only do they have a lot of Japanese magazines and media center, they also have expanded their manga and anime section to accommodate on the growing appeal of these products. Also, they have a very good selection of books about Asian culture, history, and art, which is by far the most comprehensive collection for a brick and mortar bookstore.
They also carry toys and even stationary and small craft items, but they are pricey. The bad exchange rates still has not impacted the magazine pricing, but the CDs have seen their prices raised by 5-8 dollars from a couple of years ago. Most full-albums are now really close to $40.
Every now and then they have very good discounts on different products. Several months ago, I got some very good but old CDs for 3 dollars each.
If there is still a book that is available in Japan, they can special order it for you with absolutely no problem or deposit. Also, they don't charge you anything extra. This is convenient for people who read Japanese novels or even collectors of idol photo books.
Parking is a pain though. On a busy day, the lot is barely capable of providing close to enough spaces for the volume of customers for the plaza. It is expensive as well, but Kinokuniya is forgiving and generous about giving you parking validation if you purchase something in the store.
Kinokuniya is the best Japanese bookstore in the area, actually I think it is the only Japanese bookstore here. It is easy to be number one when you're the only game in town, but they do well to maintain their good service and selection.
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This is my go to spot for my Japanese stationary and crafty items! They have such amazing things here! They have a great selection of crafty and fashion books (in Japanese and English but the Japanese ones are waaay better). Tons of great Japanese character stationary, folders, pens, etc.
Set aside some time to come here -- you could be a while.
Thank goodness for Kinokuniya... I always seem to end up here when I'm looking to come back to center --- whether I'm in LA, Japan, Singapore, the Philippines... You don't have to be Japanese to appreciate this bookstore. This place has got some charisma man. Here you can find unique books and magazines in both Japanese and English. I can find more hip-hop magazines here than anywhere else (what's up with that?). GREAT spot if you need to find a thoughtful gift --- quick! I have to keep telling myself that I have more important things to do (like eating at the delish ramen place down the street), or I'll never leave!
Amazin book selections both in english and jap. I love the whole little area and it's a always stoppping point for me. They have gothic lolita/cosplay/and straight lolita mags, and a ton of other things. Only place to find orginal ff soundtracks and the art books. They have a good ammount of craft items, and everyone there is always super friendly.
I love this place. It has a great selection of items, especially stationery. I could hang out here for hours. Actually, some of the items i get here are things you can't really find anywhere else and i get a lot of compliments from my friends when they come over asking "where did you get that???".
i get all my tattoo books and JAPANESE import magz.. u will love the gr8 selection here. after u r all done lookin like a nerd u can sit and n-joy some refreshing tea and great people that hang out down stairs..
I remember years ago I stumbled upon Kinokuniya on an afternoon trip to Little Tokyo. A friend and I parked across the street and hit up almost everystore within a three block radius. We came across Weller center, and my friend was looking for Japanese car magazines. Kinokuniya seemed like the obvious choice.
They have everything there! They sell books and magazines in English and Japanese. They have a fine pen and pencil collection, stationary and small gifts. On my way to the Shabu Shabu Downtown Showdown UYE at Kushi Shabu, I came across the bookstore once again. To my surprise, they were still open at 6pm. SCORE! I got myself a couple tee shirts and a handful of fine-point pens. (my fav!) Now that I know where it is, I will have no trouble getting back here. I will have to come back soon.
For those who don't know, there's more than one Kinokuniya. (The next closest one I'm aware of the Costa Mesa location.) This store is pretty much your standard Kinokuniya[1] - not modern like the one in NYC - some cramped aisles, but generally well-organized. If you need help finding something, staff are happy to oblige.
While it's a standard Kinokuniya, it's anything but a standard bookstore. It's full of Japanese texts, periodicals, manga, stationery, art supplies, CDs, and oddities like movie-themed USB flash drives and animal-themed bibs - because you never know when you'll an animal-themed bib. There are somewhat expensive novelty tees in the front, which I almost bought, but couldn't convince myself to pony up the cash ($15? Next time!).
Even though I can't read Japanese to save my life, I still find myself here for kawaii kitsch, or to kill time before or after a meal.
[1] Since no photography is permitted inside (gee, it says so on the door), I did what any law-abiding citizen would do, and photographed the place from the outside.
Best selection of art/fashion books/mags ever. Seriously.
My vision has constant, multiple orgasms every time I step foot into the art section. I don't know how I keep it together without my head (or retinas) exploding. I'll probably end up going blind here and dying from a sensory overload. But damn, what a way to go out.
I've been getting my school supplies here ever since I was in high school. They have amazing pens, pencils, binders, etc. All from Japan and nicely designed . I also stumbled on a couple of books in the architecture section and graphic art section, including this amazing book on infographics.
They have a huge amount of Japanese fashion magazines, bento recipe magazines, nail art, cars, design, and those manga magazines that look like phonebooks.
-1 star because they're prices (for books) are higher that retail & I always end up just amazoning the books.
I hate Kinokuniya. 7 reasons.
1. They have all the Japanese fashion magazines I am looking for (if I'm doing research for young contemporary, Vivi is the bible. FN-Fashion News covers fashion shows from each major city concisely yet comprehensively. gapPress includes more detailed shots than FN but doesn't include a broad array of designers. MODEetMODE-hands down one of my favorites for haute couture...)
2. They have exclusive art books, photobooks.. not just from Japan. They carry an amazing selection of illustration books and magazines, including Apple. Hyung-Tae Kim created the illustration for its first issue on the cover. Doesn't get better than that... wait, it could... Apple is next to more magazines of its type, just begging to be bought.... by me.
3. You want to DIY something cool but absolutely useless? Go to the back of the bookstore. You'll find an entire shelf dedicated to knitting, crocheting, felting....some of which is baby clothes and amigurumi (knitted dolls).
4. They don't have a great music selection. GOOD. It's not Borders.
5. Cute and probably useless desk accessories, car window accessories, all of those you can get here. I almost bought an entire set of sushi magnets just because they looked so... so hip... but I don't.. really put anything on my refrigerator to begin with. Kinokuniya does that to people. It makes you want to buy things you probably don't need at all.
6. Going back to DIY, in terms of useful items, they have a ton of cookbooks (not just Japanese, though there are specialty Japanese cuisine books) and some uniquel graphic design and interior decorating books. Never mind that half the text is Japanese. The pictures alone are inspiring.
7. Manga. I don't read it anymore, but wow, they still carry X 1999! Fond memories of reading manga and then being lazy and not finishing the series.
I try to make it out to Kinokuniya at least once a month, as I need a constant feed of magazines and art books, and besides the Fashion Bookstore at the California Market Center, this is a GREAT resource.
So now you can see why I despise this place, as it has everything I could possibly need to inspire me, and isn't exactly financially beneficial.
5 stars, because this is the biggest and the best Japanese bookstore in the area.
(Of course, I wish it would be as comprehensive and current as some bookstores in Ginza, but for LA I can't complain and am really glad they're here.)
I have been coming to this bookstore to get my manga for the past 15 years, I would buy Ranma 1/2 all the time, and some Sailor moon with the orignal Japanese text...15 years ago. Now I didn't know what they said, so yay FAIL! :D But it helped with my reading.
Anyway, this place has gotten more kawaii pop over the years, which is fine, and they caryy lots of Asian cinema now and soundtracks. So this will make any weeaboo come in their pants :D
The books are organized well, so its not just manga. They ahve book sin English text as well, espeically about Japanese pop culture.
picture books of fashion., Good times.
They have t-shirts in the front. And some tote bags of the store itself. pretty fun.
They have good choices for the Gothic Lolitas. Trust me if it has to do with Japan, they should have it.
Just so you konw, expect lots of nerdy weeaboo fail. Cuz they fap to that place cuz of the manga and magazines.....since Jungle doens't sell any...
maybe the Jungle cosplay store does, but just Manga.
So I guess the Japanese there sorta give the non asians dirty looks, PLEASE IF YOU ARE NOT ASIAN DO NOT ACT LIKE A FUCKING TARD AND TRY NOT TO ACT WAPANESE! IT IS EMBARRASSING!
But the staff is pretty friendly. So I say CHECK IT OUT! :D
Better book selection than the San Francisco branch, but worse toy selection. Only offered two types of Sonny Angels--WTF, man? No Tofu Robots in sight. Saw Cactus Dog, was intrigued, but it didn't break me! Cut stationary section and loved the children's area! I liked that they marked blind boxes so you know what was inside of them.
Final Verdict: I'd come here for books, but not the toys. Great book selection for little girls and boys! The staff is friendly and there to help, I knew I just needed to Yelp!
I followed my sister in here one night after a lovely meal and some sake at the Izakaya. She was running with the excitement of someone hoping to find some great Japanese art book she could only before get online. She was smiling with anticipation at all the glorious pencils, pens, paper and other art goodies she could get her hands on.
I could barely keep up with her as she booked it across the square. After those few bottles of sake and some pretty tall heels, you aren't so steady on your feet. "This is one of the reasons I love LA" ,she says. "Fabulous", I say, "but can you slow down though?".
We arrived to a very brightly lit, large store up on the second floor of a shopping plaza about ten minutes to closing. As she cruised up and down the library-like shopping aisles (stacked to the gills with books) I took a look around myself -- yeah, just as I thought. Yet another store where I can't read a word that is on the products.
She scooped up a few Mangas, a large art/design book and a few pencils. She looked around in dismay, knowing we had to spend and git since the counter boy had already turned the sign outside to "closed" (at least I am pretty sure that is what it said.)
I told her we would come back, that was the wonderful thing about this city -- not twenty minutes from our Valley apartment and it seems as if it's a completely different country where you can escape to -- eat, drink, spend and experience a whole other culture....and still get home in time for Ugly Betty and a glass of California Chardonnay.
I don't really know what the owners are doing here, but it doesn't matter, they know what they're doing.
This is a relatively large space to serve a very specific clientele of Japanese manga and anime lovers. So even though I feel a massive amount of space is wasted away, I shouldn't be selfish. There are still many sections devoted to popular fiction, art and architecture, and travel. They usually carry books directed towards a very specific audience (besides the aforementioned comic book nerds) especially LA guides, architecture handbooks, and Japanese culture.
Don't forget to make a sharp left turn when walking in. They have a great selection of children books from "Everyone Poops" to "The Very Hungry Caterpillar." They make me nostalgic every time, but only because I insist on reading the entire book as if I were a school teacher to any of my friends who are actually willing to accompany me inside.
A real treasure. This store is owned and operated by a Japanese national company. They have virtually every book and magazine you could ever want.
One poster complained that it is expensive. Not really anymore than anywhere else. Japanese books are expensive in general because of the typesett.
I stepped in here with my mom and we enjoyed looking at the Japanese cookbooks. Their selection of Japanese books, magazines, stationery was very impressive. We found our "bento" cookbook and browsed at the other subjects. The prices were slightly expensive but they have many titles exclusively from Japan. They also validate at the parking structure which is a plus.
Oh hel-LO there, foxy Japanese-book-reading lady. Fancy I haven't seen you here in these parts before.
Oh this?
This is just my Japanese fashion magazine. You know.
Since I can read in Japanese.
Yeah I know. I'm so cool.
I shop here for my Japanese-reading needs and I can't help it if these sexy people pick me up for my sexy reading-ness.
Yeah. I love it here.
While killing time before going to Curry House my GF and I decided to pop in here for a moment. While most of the books were undecipherable to me, I did find a few books that I wish I could have picked up such as a large coffee table book dedicated to the artwork of Yoshitaka Amano for the Vampire Hunter D anime, a collection of Banksy's work, and a few anime DVD's.
There are also quirky books that I'm pretty sure I wouldn't find in any American Bookstore. The first thing that comes to mind is the Gothic Lolita handbook. Everything you need to know to fit the Gothic Lolita lifestyle. Way more in depth than the MegaTokyo webcomic I follow. :P Oh and "Pink Box - Inside Japanese Sex Clubs". I'd definitely pick that book up....umm....for a friend...of course.
Love this place. They get all the art books for video games and japanese cartoons.If you need a current magazine from Japan or love manga come here. Huge selection of books about Japan and current Japanese culture. A lot of stuff is in English so don't worry. You can spend a good amount of time in here finding rare books you'd not find in borders or Barnes and Noble.
Staff isn' that helpful because of language issues, there accents are usally too thick or they don't inderstand you too well. You'll be able to get what you want it's just a slighty annoying they don't know english that well.
Parking sucks because your in little tokyo, find a meter or a pay parking lot, they'll cost you.
This place totally makes me totally want to learn Japanese just so I can read all the manga and magazines. Although they do have manga in English, it is nothing compared to what they have in stock for native language speakers; I am totally envious. They do have all other types of novels and books but I didn't really venture into that area too much. If you stop by Kinokuniya, check out the movies section up near the cash register. They have a decent selection of titles that I usually only see in reviews online or in magazines. Glad to know there is some where I can go without having to order a movie online and pay shipping costs.
Every time I go to Downtown LA, I always make an excursion to Kinokuniya Bookstore. They have plenty of selection when it comes to books in Japanese, and even some books in English about Japan, Japanese culture, or translation. They also have a large stationary section with plenty of cute notebooks, calligraphy pens, and colorful highlighters that I always seem to add to my cart. The import magazines here are the best domestic price I have found. They only charge a little extra above the Japanese Yen price, instead of say, at Marukai or online they might charge an extra $10. They have a large selection of learning Japanese language books and cookbooks, which is what I come here the most for.
A 5 star bookstore? Not really, because the store is very small and crampy. There are too many comic books and it seems more like an anime and comic book store with some Japanese books. This brings plenty of creepy nerds in who are dressed in cosplay on a Monday morning. (and any day, for the record). There are plenty of rude customers to walk right in front of you as your looking at books without saying excuse me. (usually the nerds wandering out of their comic book section). The staff isn't the friendliest or most helpful. Yep, every time I leave Kinokuniya I come out with plenty of lovely books and an empty wallet, but plenty of horror stories about who I saw here- yikes!
I love poking around book stores though I tend not to buy books anymore due to space constrictions.
But Kinokuniya is more than an average bookstore. They have art supplies (Japanese brushes, pretty decent handmade papers, etc), stationery goods and of course a ton of both Japanese and English language books and magazines.
There's also a huge pen selection. I think it's larger than their cutesy journal selection! To accompany that, they also seem to have an inordinate amount of pen/pencil pouches and cases. Ah, to be a student again, I would have gobbled up this stuff.
All I could think while viewing the Tarepanda (this stuff is still popular?) and other character-themed products was "kawaii!!" This is probably a fan boy or fan girl's dream store.
I was most interested in the crazy amount of Japanese fashion magazines. Beautiful pictures, a different sense of style and even the Japanese versions of American magazines like Glamour or Vogue were cooler.
This is a great place to hang out while waiting for a table at the many eateries in the multi-level mall.
I really love my Japanese stationery and office supplies, and this place is full of them. All sorts of pens, pencils, erasers, pencil cases.... I had fun just trying them all. They also have a large selection of Japanese books and magazines.
Kinokuniya needs a makeover. This place still rates 4-stars because it serves a niche for the LA community in need of awesome Japanese fashion magazines, stationary/crafts, and literature. However, compared to its sister locations -- in New York and Seattle, heck even San Francisco -- this bookstore was a little too cluttered and outdated in my book.
It's a definite stop in LA's small Japantown and the book clerks were very helpful to this out-of-town visitor in providing street directions. Also, another minus is its secretive location that my GPS device couldn't detect -- this place is in a shopping plaza off a main street. Call for directions.
My niece and I always pop in when we trek up to Little Tokyo. There's a great selection of Japanese pens, stationery, and accessories in addition to all the books. I have to subtract a star due to the lack of service though. I always see plenty of clerks standing around, but they studiously ignore the customers.
Tear. Down the cheek. Sadness creeps. Bizarre fascination with pens that no adult should posses but somehow only the Japanese/Korean pen manufacturers can elicit.
More importantly they have a varied selection of Japanese fashion magazines and my favorite and hard to find "Spur" mag. If you are a true fashionista, you'll have heard of this magazine. I know for a fact that the head designer of J Crew religiously refers to it. The only other place in CA that you can get "Spur" is a Japanese bookstore in Anaheim. Even the almighty Amazon does not carry it. They did once but it was sold from a third party site which never fulfilled their commitments.
I have since moved from my beloved bookstore. Thus the tear. How will my ongoing quest to find the perfect, fine tipped .5 or .4 black pens be completed? I don't use them very often b/c to do so would "taint" the sanctity of the comfort and happiness those pens bring me. However, I'm not so lucky with my magazines. Yes, I looked through my sacred collection of magazines numerous times but I need a fix. You see they're being constantly produced because well, they're magazines and that's what they do and so my collection feels incomplete. It just seems dead and old like my soul.
Tear.
Kinokuniya is a Japanophile's browsing heaven. The inside is the same as the Kinokuniyas I've visited in Japan. The manga selection is dizzying to the point where a little lazy browsing can leech the minutes out of your day with considerable greed. And the manga is just one part of the store. The place is huge, stocked wall to wall to wall with Japanese print and miscellaneous sections of kawaii goods. If it had a frequent flier program like Asahiya in West L.A. Kinokuniya would be perfect. Five stars anyway.
After eating the painfully spicy #2 bowl of ramen at Orochon in unbearable 105 degree weather... (Don't ask, it was the s/o's idea to have lunch at Orochon) We ran through the sweltering heat quickly to get to the car. Saw Kinokuniya and I immediately grabbed his hand and ran into the bookstore to cool off, expecting the place to be blaring with a/c. I sincerely missed living in the bay area for days like this.
Just some random trivia: Books Kinokuniya (Kinokuniya means tree country) is a national chain in Japan... Coming to this particular store in J-Town brought me back to 1985, when this shopping center used to be called Weller Court. Kinokuniya was then in a different location on the bottom floor.
In 1985, there was a strange fad going on in Japan. Even though we were living here in the states at the time, we would hear about our (middle aged) male uncles getting perms/body waves to make their hair look fuller. Yes, even at that young age, it seemed very scary to me. But my dad got suckered into giving it a shot. (after much nagging from mom to go for it) Our family trekked to J-Town to a beauty salon in this same shopping center Kinokuniya was (still is) located.
Mom and I killed time inside Kinokuniya, as I poured through the manga and Doraemon comics... mom was catching up on her glossy fashion mags, imported from Japan. When the time came to meet dad and his new 'do in the courtyard we had all agreed to meet, we walked outside to find dad. He was standing alone by himself, as my mom first spotted him. Mom grabbed my hand and said, "my god... we need to hide from him. He looks ridiculous" We both ran behind a pillar.
And he did look ridiculous. And I felt really bad for him. If I were a man sporting that 'do, I'd conceal it with a hat.
Me: Mommy, it's a perm. Perms are for girls. Of course he looks ridiculous.
Mom: We need to fix this.
So we approach my poor dad who looked so embarrassed (and just for the record, he is the kindest, most generous soul in the universe, so I obviously would never want him to feel that way) The three of us walked back inside the salon and asked to give him a reverse perm. The Pompadour look was a bit much for him.
Any rate, back to the present day, this Kinokuniya relocated to the second level and added some fun items like glossy coffee table books, stationery, cool notebooks, great selection of 0.5mm mechanical pencils and pens, pencil cases, cool paper holders and binders and other random office supplies that you will probably use once a month but are just fun to have around.
This is a fantastic place to shop for all your Japanese book needs. Their magazine selection is immense and they have many different selections on hand. Plus, they'll order it for you if it's something they don't have. They also have a fairly hefty CD section.
I just wish they had more sheet music.
I'm am writing a review for this lovely establishment solely for the fact that they are the only other store besides Art Center College of Design's student store that carries PILOT HI-TEC-C pens.
The original pens are priced at $3.30, which is 30 cents more than ACCD's marked price. Also, ACCD discounts all purchases, so, if I remember correctly, their Hi-Tec-C's are $2.70...? (I used to work there). I can't remember how much the Cutie pens are (the shorty version), but the 3-pen Coleto barrel is $2.50. Not bad. They also carry the slimmer 2-pen barrel, if that's your thing. Each refill is something like $1.29, but don't quote me on that. I ended up with nine refills and three 3-pen Coleto barrels for around $20. Pricey, yes, but then again, this coveted pen is already expensive (and elusive) to begin with.
Also, this is the first Asian bookstore I've been to that actually carries packs (ie: 100-sheets) of A4 refill paper (amongst a wide range of sizes, as well). It's moderately priced, but if you're incredibly anal about the "right" paper and the "right" pen, this is your place, you disgusting (fellow) junkie.
All hail Kinokuniya for supporting stationary addictions!
I can easily spend $30 without even thinking about it. This place has the best selection of Japanese stationary, pens, pencils, lead, erasers, manga...you name it. It's almost as if someone went to Japan, plucked a Japanese stationary store, and placed it in our very own Jtown in downtown LA. Everything is expensive...just like Japan! Nevertheless, it's worth it because unless you're in Japan, you can't get this stuff just anywhere.
If you're really anal about using the best pens and pencils, come to this place. For those who know, they have MONO erasers of all sizes and many different shades of lead!!!
Good: great selection of magazines and stationery.
Bad: only 2 hrs validation, based on how much you purchase
i come here every week to check out the new stationery... which was a horrible idea, because i'm a sucker for stationery. i'm also very fond of food, and unusually fond of stationery that looks like food. i ended up emptying my wallet on some new folders from the OYATSU MARKET line...like apollo chocolates and koala cookies. yes, i'm really five years old inside.
Sugoi!!!!!
I love coming to Kinokuniya...simply because I can get the imported magazines much cheaper than at some other book stores. Don't get me wrong, it's still ass expensive at about 20 dollars a pop (compared to 30-40 dollars). But, honestly, with magazines like Gap Press and M, it's worth it!
If you have nothing to do, coming to Kinokuniya will definitely occupy your time. Also, if you need copic markers and can't get to an art store, this place carries them as well...at the same prices!
Also, Curry House is across the way....so, once you put your name down on the waitlist....this is a great piace to kill time. Just don't loose track of time. Otherwise...NO CURRY FOR YOU!
This place is expensive, like all Japanese bookstores in California. There's a hell of a markup on stuff just for importing it! Things that cost 1500 yen retail for something like $24.50. Wow!! That's not quite the exchange rate! I'll wait till I go to Japan myself to buy books.
The stationery/pen/pencil selection is huge and really fun to dig through. There's other places to find these pens for less money, but usually you'd have to hit up a couple places to match the selection they have here.
They also have a great selection of English language books, mostly about Japan or Japanese culture.
But really why I give this place five stars is because they are very open with their restroom key. Los Angeles is one of the toughest places to find a good, clean, public restroom, but the room that Kinokuniya's key gives you access to is immaculate. The one at Mitsuwa a few blocks away is awesome too, but when you drank three bottles of water two hours ago, it's hard to wait until you walk all the way over there! They'll let you use the restroom even if you don't buy anything! Amazing!
Thanks for the key, bros!
I used to merely like this place before. I enjoyed browsing through their stationary section and their video game CD racks .Yes, I love the music of Sugiyama, Kondo, Toteki and Uematsu - wanna fight about it?
But then - I discovered - IT! The greatest album known to man! What they sing about, I cannot say. What their band name means, I have not been able to decipher. I only remember that I was compelled to purchase the CD SOLELY on the strength of their cover. I had, up to that point, never heard any of their music or heard of their group at all, for that matter. But if you love goofy, wackily (is that even a word?) arranged, bouncy, 1950's era Japanese pop as re-imagined by Raymond Scott or Scott Bradley then you should - nay - MUST own the 50th anniversary double CD set of the (cue drum roll) the Nippon Ichinon Daisakunen Musikenin "Crazy Cats!" I only hope and pray that a friendly Japanese or Otaku can serve as my Rosetta Stone and help me decipher what these guys are singing about. NO! Better to leave it as it is. I would rather hold onto my fragile dream then give way to gloomy reality.
Trust me, you have not heard or seen anything this bizarre and over-the-top happy this side of Super Mario Sunshine. My feeble words cannot do justice to this CD. I only urge you, the reader with adventurous and discerning musical taste, to go to Kinokuniya at once and buy this CD! You can't miss it - the cover features a kooky group photo of the band against a pink backdrop (PINK I TELLS 'YA!).
Thank you Kinokuniya. For making this CD available, you deserve the eternal praise and admiration of us mortals. Gloria in excelsis Kinokuniya!!!
Often times when I feel deprived of cute stationery, (which shouldn't be the case since I have lots.. maybe its a mental thing) this is the place where I STOCK up!
Everything is absolutely adorable! Yes it is expensive but that's what a boyfriend is for ;)!
I go here for Japanese fashion magazines (Famima doesn't really carry those anymore). My brother's favorite are the thick issues about garages. The art supplies and stationary are okay. My friend loves the paper, pencils, and pens. They also have a good selection of bento books that are well illustrated so you don't really need to read Japanese.
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