Books Kinokuniya Yokohama Store — Local services in Yokohama

Best selection of English books you will find in Yokohama. The pricing was also surprisingly good, a lot of softcovers ranged from ¥1000-1500, so it’s certainly competitive with US prices for new books.

The selection is not exactly crazy but there is a wide variety of genres available, from modern to classic, and as long as you’re not too picky you will definitely find something worth reading. Lots of recent bestsellers are on display below, and popular books from the past decade are arrayed through the shelves. I saw personal favorites like The Name of the Wind and The Martian that I know would be awesome, and there was enough variety that I spent a decent amount amount of time perusing. Only downside was the fantasy and sci-fi was very limited, basically only the most well known titles like I mentioned really made it, there was a significantly larger focus on mystery, drama and the like. Specific sections for nonfiction and books adapted to tv was also of note, and a large language learning area from grade school to adult was featured...

Really poor selection of English books. Not worth visiting. Just the usual selection of bestsellers and books by Japanese authors. Majorly downsized compared to older reviewers - only two sets of shelves. Only Shinjuku Kinokuniya seems to have a...

Really impressive collection of English new lit, nonfiction and classics. I got so lost getting there. It’s 7th floor of SOGO department store, which is actually easy to find from Yokohama station but google maps was not...