Kinokuniya Singapore Main Store

Books Kinokuniya's business in Singapore began with the opening of our first bookstore at Liang Court Shopping Centre in December, 1983. At that time, Books Kinokuniya was commonly regarded as a Japanese bookstore for the Japanese community residing in Singapore. However, much things have changed since then.

Kinokuniya Singapore's flagship store – Kinokuniya Singapore Main Store (SIMS) that opened on 8th August, 1999, stands at a massive 43,000 sq. ft. and provides an extensive collection of over 500,000 quality titles from all over the world including English, Japanese, Chinese, French and German publications. Size does matter when our customers expect an excellent range of books at reasonable prices. With the spruce up to its interior design – from the upgrading of light fixtures to the introduction of new book shelves – in phases between 2011 and 2012, Kinokuniya Singapore Main Store endeavours to give customers a refreshed book-shopping experience as they comb through our aisles in search of books. SIMS also takes pride in being a distinct cross-cultural hub that has hosted a diverse range of book launches by local, regional and international authors/artists, and other events such as cooking, origami and comic art demonstrations, cast appearances, etc., since our opening.