KJ Distribution
Bookstores
Yohan, Japan’s monolithic distributor of foreign books and magazines, went bankrupt in July, 2008. Many bookstores were totally dependent on Yohan for foreign publications. It is taking time for other companies to step into the breach and distribute English magazines in Japan.
At non-profit KJ we are doing our best to keep our magazine available in your area.
A list of stores appears here.
To never miss an issue of KJ and to save on the cover price, may we suggest you subscribe?
In
Japan:
Kyoto Bookstores (see also Kyoto shops below)
Avanti Book Center (31 Higashi-Kujo Nishi-Sanno-cho, Minami-ku 601-8003; Covers entire 6F of mall tower 'Avanti' on south [Hachijo-guchi] side of JR Kyoto Stn. Tel. 075-671-8987)
Book 1st Shijo-Omiya Store (Omiya Hankyu Bldg 1F, Shijo-dori Omiya Nishi-iru, Nishiki Omiya-cho, Nakagyo-ku. Tel: 075-803-4819)
Book 1st Kyoto Store (Koto Cross Hankyu Kawaramachi, Shimogyo-ku CALL FIRST: Tel. 075-229-8500)
Green-E Books (Kawabata Marutamachi Higashi-iru, 9-5 Higashi-Marutacho, Sakyo-ku 606-8395; northeast corner of intersection, 2F of building adjacent to Keihan Jingu-Marutamachi Exit 4. See online map. Tel/Fax 075-751-5033, http://www.greenebooks.net/ )
Junkudo Kyoto Bal (Kawaramachi Rokkaku-sagaru, 2-chome Yamazaki-cho, Nakagyo-ku 604-8031;
Kyoto Bal, east side of Kawaramachi-dori, block north of former Maruzen. Halfway between Sanjo and Shijo. Tel. 075-253-6460)
Junkudo Kyoto (Shijo-dori Tominokoji-kado, Shimogyo-ku 600-8005; on north side of Shijo-dori between Karasuma and Kawaramachi. Between underground passage exits 9 and 13. Tel. 075-252-0101)
Kinokuniya Movix Kyoto Store (In the Shin-Kyogoku Arcade: Shochikuza, 415 Sakuranomachi, Shin-Kyogoku dori Sanjo-sagaru, Nakagyo-ku, 604-8035 (075)229-6681)
Maruyama Shoten Takano Store (Takano Intersection in Sakyo-ku, opposite Izumiya Dept. Store, Tel: 075-702-4345)
Kyoto Shops, etc. (see also Kyoto bookstores above)
Kampo Museum shop (35, Minamigosho-machi, Okazaki Sakyo-ku, 606-8334 Subway: Take Tozai Line to Higashiyama Stn. & then walk north 15 mins. City bus: Take No. 5, 32 or 100 to ‘Dobutsuen-mae’ and then walk north 5 mins. Tel. 075-771-7130)
Kyoto Nama Chocolat Organic Tea House (3 min. walk from Okazaki-michi Bus Stop; Tenno-cho 76-15, Sakyo-ku 606-8335. Tel. 075-751-2678)
Website: http://www17.plala.or.jp/kyotochocolat/index_.html
Maki Shoten imported foods (On Higashioji, east of Shimogamo Jinja, 606-8212. Nearest Train: Mototanaka/Eizan Line. Tel. 075-781-3670)
Hiroshima
Junkudo Hiroshima (Fukuya Hiroshima-ekimae 10F, 9-1, Matsubara-cho, Minami-ku, 732-0822. Tel: 082-568-3000)
Kobe
Junkudo Kobe Sannomiya (2-4F, New Center 1-6-18 Sannomiya-cho 650-0021; South side of Sannomiya Center Street. Tel. 078-392-1001)
Kinokuniya Kobe (8-1-8 Onoe-dori, Chuo-ku 651-0088; 5F Sogo, south side of JR Sannomiya. CALL FIRST: Tel. 078-265-1607)
Osaka
Junkudo Temmabashi (1-1 Temmabashi-Kyomachi 540-0032; 7F Keihan City Mall, above Keihan Terminal. Former Matsuzakaya. CALL FIRST: Tel. 06-920-3730)
Kinokuniya Umeda (Hankyu Sanbangai 1-1-3 Shibata 530-0012; beneath Hankyu Umeda Terminal on the north side of JR Osaka Station. Tel. 06-372-5821)
Sapporo
Kinokuniya Sapporo Main (7 N5W5 Chuo-ku 060-0005; Sapporo 55, west side of Daimaru. Tel. 011-231-2131 or 241-0526)
Tokyo
Junkudo Ikebukuro (2-15-5 Minami-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku 171-0022. CALL FIRST: Tel: 03-5956-6111)
Kinokuniya Main Store 7F (3-17-7 Shinjuku 163-8636; Metro Promenade Exit B7. Tel. 03-354-0131)
Kinokuniya Shinjuku South Store 5F (Takashimaya Times Square, 5-24-2 Sendagaya, Shibuya-ku 151-0051; walk through Takashimaya. JR Shinjuku Shin-Minami Exit or South Exit. About 10 minutes from main store. Tel. 03-5361-3301)
KJ
#60 displayed prominently in Kinokuniya bookstore, Osaka
Beyond
Japan:
U.S.A.
Look for KJ especially in Barnes & Noble, and Borders,
and other
fine bookstores -- for example, City
Lights and A
Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books in San Francisco, and even Tower
Records in Honolulu.
Our Tea
issue (#71) can be ordered through Teance, here.
If
you'd like to see KJ in your favorite bookstore, please let them know
about us. We'd be happy to send a sample copy and distribution details.
Kyoto
Journal is currently available through the following wholesalers:
In
the USA:
Media
Solutions
1450 Sam Davis Road Suite 145, Smyrna, TN 37167
Tel: (615) 836-0058 Fax: (615) 836-0063
OneSource
Magazine Distribution
401 E 124th Ave, Thornton, CO 80241
Office: (303) 329-0300 Fax: (303) 329-3117
Small
Changes
316 Terry Ave. N., Seattle Wa 98109 USA
Ubiquity
Distributors
607 Degraw St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11217 USA
