Kinokuniya Bookstore - Beaverton — Attraction in Beaverton

Intro - It's pretty hard to find bookstores like these, but this does it good.

Merchandise - I'm not really a book or magazine person, but they've got tons of those, plus some neat little knickknacks and things of that nature. Plastic figurines, school supplies, posters, even Ghibli movies. It's all pretty nice.

Service - I'll try to avoid letting bias creep in here, as I have gotten to know one of the employees here a little bit. But the service is great. Not top-notch or anything, but definitely good. The employees are very kind people.

Atmosphere - What can I say? It's like that of a bookstore. It's pretty small, but I can't take issue with that. The one in downtown Seattle is colossal compared to this one.

Cost - Expensive. You'll definitely notice the prices are high. Are the things not worth their price there, though? No, I don't think so. Just be careful with how much you spend, it can get high pretty quick. However, they do offer membership for $25 a year, earning you a 10% discount and a free $10 gift card for every $300 spent.

Summary - A nice little store to visit every so often. Go check it out, you'll like it if you're into the kind of stuff they sell, which is like I said, books, magazines, school/art supplies, and...

I can't believe that this is another place I have neglected to post a review about. I loved this quaint bookstore, since they sell merchandise that is unique in comparison to other bookstores. They carry books in Japanese & English. If they do not carry a specific book you could always ask one of the helpful & friendly cashiers if their warehouse have the item in-stock which they can either order or pre-order the item for you and have it delivered at the store if you like free of charge. This store did moved their items around and added merchandise & removed selling some merchandise which is not uncommon thing that stores do. My favorite is the membership card you pay $25.00 which if memory serves is good for a year which you get a 10% off on items & occasionally get 20% off on membership appreciation day. I forgot to mention they have manga, magazines, fiction, non-fiction books, stationary, pens, pencils, gift items, figurines, other school supplies, stickers,...

I've never purchased anything here but I appreciate the fact that Kinokuniya is still around in an age when book stores are having a difficult time staying in business. I've never bought anything but my wife buys books and magazines, my daughter buys their pens and stationary, and my parents are big book buyers.

I can't really say what they have on hand here because I can't read Japanese but there is a large area for books, a smaller area for magazines, another area for pens, stationary, odds/ends, and another section dedicated to anime and anime-related products.

The staff is always friendly and helpful, the store is always clean and well organized, and they're always seems to be something for everybody. Please don't go anywhere - we always stop by this location when we're in Oregon and same for the one in Downtown L.A. when we're...