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2025 Nobel Prize in Literature awardee

A special section for Hungarian author Laszlo Krasznahorkai is earmarked at Books Kinokuniya's flagship store in Tokyo's Shinjuku area on Oct. 9, 2025, shortly after he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2025.

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2025 Nobel Prize in Literature awardee

A special section for Hungarian author Laszlo Krasznahorkai is earmarked at Books Kinokuniya's flagship store in Tokyo's Shinjuku area on Oct. 9, 2025, shortly after he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2025.

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Books written by soccer players selling well

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a host of books written by active and retired soccer players on sale at Kinokuniya Co.'s main store in Shinjuku, Tokyo, on June 5, 2014. The books are popular with readers looking for stories of self-improvement and motivation, as with business books, according to some commentators.

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Kinokuniya's expanded foreign language book section

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken May 29, 2014, shows the expanded foreign language book section of Kinokuniya Co.'s Shinjuku South Store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward. The renovated section opened the same day.

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Murakami's new short story collection

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a copy of Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami's latest work, a collection of short stories entitled "Onna no Inai Otokotachi" -- which can be translated as "Men Without Women" -- at the Kinokuniya bookstore in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in the early hours of April 18, 2014, soon after its release at midnight. Publisher Bungeishunju Ltd. said 300,000 copies have already been printed due partly to the strength of pre-orders.

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Murakami's new short story collection

TOKYO, Japan - Women hold copies of Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami's latest work, a collection of short stories entitled "Onna no Inai Otokotachi" -- which can be translated as "Men Without Women" -- at the Kinokuniya bookstore in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in the early hours of April 18, 2014, soon after its release at midnight. Publisher Bungeishunju Ltd. said 300,000 copies have already been printed due partly to the strength of pre-orders.

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Murakami's new short story collection

TOKYO, Japan - Women hold copies of Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami's latest work, a collection of short stories entitled "Onna no Inai Otokotachi" -- which can be translated as "Men Without Women" -- at the Kinokuniya bookstore in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in the early hours of April 18, 2014, soon after its release at midnight. Publisher Bungeishunju Ltd. said 300,000 copies have already been printed due partly to the strength of pre-orders.

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'1Q84' arrives in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Joie Reinstein, a 30-year-old fashion editor, buys an English translation of Haruki Murakami's latest novel ''1Q84'' at Kinokuniya bookstore in New York on Oct. 25, 2011. The book hit New York bookstore shelves that day two years after the best-selling novel was released in Japanese.

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3rd volume of Haruki Murakami's '1Q84' goes on sale

TOKYO, Japan - An employee at the Kinokuniya bookstore in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward lays out copies of the new part of Haruki Murakami's novel ''1Q84'' on the shelves on the evening of April 15, 2010, after the store was closed. Some of the bookstores in Tokyo, Osaka and Yokohama started to sell the best-selling writer's third volume of the novel at midnight the same day, while the copies were to hit the shelves on April 16.

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3rd volume of Haruki Murakami's '1Q84' goes on sale

TOKYO, Japan - An employee at the Kinokuniya bookstore in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward lays out copies of the new part of Haruki Murakami's novel ''1Q84'' on the shelves on the evening of April 15, 2010, after the store was closed. Some of the bookstores in Tokyo, Osaka and Yokohama started to sell the best-selling writer's third volume of the novel at midnight the same day, while the copies were to hit the shelves on April 16.

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'Manga' titled 'One Piece' enjoys unprecedented popularity

TOKYO, Japan - Copies of the latest 56th volume of the ''manga'' comic titled ''One Piece'' are put on sale Dec. 4, 2009, at Forest in Kinokuniya bookstore's main office in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward.

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New audio equipment filling market niche for seniors

TOKYO, Japan - A man checks radios for elderly people at the flagship bookstore of Kinokuniya Co. in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on July 9.

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(2)Large bookstores mushrooming across Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Kinokuniya bookstores (left) will have to compete with a new big bookstore to be opened by Junkudo Co. in late October on two floors of the Mitsukoshi Ltd.'s department store in Tokyo's Shinjuku district (right).

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(2)Japanese translation of 4th Harry Potter book on sale

TOKYO, Japan - A witch-costume-clad Yuko Matsuoka, translator and publisher in Japan of the widely popular ''Harry Potter'' book series, hands the Japanese translation of ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' to a customer at Kinokuniya bookstore in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Oct. 23. Some large Tokyo bookstores opened earlier than usual so readers could purchase the fourth installment of the series.

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Kinokuniya Book Store in Tokyo

Photo taken April 22, 2022, shows a Kinokuniya Book Store in Tokyo's Shinjuku area.

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(2)Japanese translation of 4th Harry Potter book on sale

TOKYO, Japan - A witch-costume-clad Yuko Matsuoka, translator and publisher in Japan of the widely popular ''Harry Potter'' book series, hands the Japanese translation of ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' to a customer at Kinokuniya bookstore in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Oct. 23. Some large Tokyo bookstores opened earlier than usual so readers could purchase the fourth installment of the series. (Kyodo)

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'Manga' titled 'One Piece' enjoys unprecedented popularity

TOKYO, Japan - Copies of the latest 56th volume of the ''manga'' comic titled ''One Piece'' are put on sale Dec. 4, 2009, at Forest in Kinokuniya bookstore's main office in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. (Kyodo)

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Ashinoyu hot spring

An overall view of the Ashinoyu Spa. The centre is the inn Matsuzakaya. To its right is Yoshidaya. To the left rear is Kinokuniya, and to the front of Kinokuniya is Iseya, to the left is Kameya, and the farthest left is probably Daikokuya. Compared to the photo numbered 5-18, there are fewer houses, so it must be a photo taken before that.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number26‐30‐0]

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Ashinoyu hot spring

The building on the right is Matsuzakaya, and in the centre is Kinokuniya. Ashino Spa was destroyed by fire directly after this photo was taken in 1872, so this is a rare photo that captures the scenery before that time. It is also seen in The Far East vol. 2-15.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number19‐45‐0]

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Kinokuniya inn at ashinoyu hot spring

A representative Japanese-style hotel in Ashinoyu Hot Springs, the Kinokuniya was built in the middle of the Meiji era. The board reads KI-NO-KUNI- HOTEL , showing that there were many foreigners as guests. President Grant of the United States also stayed in this hotel. The building to the left still exists today.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number5‐19‐0]

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Ashinoyu hot spring

An overall view of the Ashinoyu Hot Springs. In the centre is the inn Matsuzakaya, and to its right is Yoshidaya. In the left rear of Matsuzakaya is Kinokuniya. In front of Daikokuya is Kameya, and to the right is Iseya. The resort is located at the highest point of the Tokaido in Hakone.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number5‐18‐0]

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Ashinoyu hot spring

A view of the Ashinoyu hot springs before the great winter fire of 1872. The right rear is Matsuzakaya, further inwards is Yoshidaya, left from the front is Yamatoya, Daikokuya and Kinokuniya. The central building is the Tokoan (Kumano Gongen) frequently visited by novelists and calligraphers such as Shinen and Sekiryo during the Edo era.==Date:Before 4th year of Meiji, Place:Hakone, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number3‐39‐0]

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3rd volume of Haruki Murakami's '1Q84' goes on sale

TOKYO, Japan - An employee at the Kinokuniya bookstore in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward lays out copies of the new part of Haruki Murakami's novel ''1Q84'' on the shelves on the evening of April 15, 2010, after the store was closed. Some of the bookstores in Tokyo, Osaka and Yokohama started to sell the best-selling writer's third volume of the novel at midnight the same day, while the copies were to hit the shelves on April 16. (Kyodo)

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3rd volume of Haruki Murakami's '1Q84' goes on sale

TOKYO, Japan - An employee at the Kinokuniya bookstore in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward lays out copies of the new part of Haruki Murakami's novel ''1Q84'' on the shelves on the evening of April 15, 2010, after the store was closed. Some of the bookstores in Tokyo, Osaka and Yokohama started to sell the best-selling writer's third volume of the novel at midnight the same day, while the copies were to hit the shelves on April 16. (Kyodo)

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'1Q84' arrives in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Joie Reinstein, a 30-year-old fashion editor, buys an English translation of Haruki Murakami's latest novel ''1Q84'' at Kinokuniya bookstore in New York on Oct. 25, 2011. The book hit New York bookstore shelves that day two years after the best-selling novel was released in Japanese. (Kyodo)

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New coronavirus

The flagship store of bookstore chain Kinokuniya in Tokyo's Shinjuku area reopens on May 7, 2020, after the end of the Golden Week holiday season. The store had been closed under a nationwide state of emergency over the coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

The flagship store of bookstore chain Kinokuniya in Tokyo's Shinjuku area reopens on May 7, 2020, after the end of the Golden Week holiday season. The store had been closed under a nationwide state of emergency over the coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo