After joining this site, I actually came across a huge 3-story Japanese magazine/book store on 42nd street and 6th avenue (in Manhattan.) They have a huge selecton of Japanese magazines, books, and best of all - STATIONARY! I was in this place for like 2 hours on Friday looking through a lot of the stuff they had. They have pens, pencils, pencil cases, stickers, bags and so much more. there is a cafeteria on the 2nd floor (out of 3 floors). It is approximately 24,000 square feet so just imagine how huge this place must be - compared to nyc standards. It's a great store and I'll definitely be visiting it again soon.

I am putting this up in case anyone is interested in it.

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&safe=off&rls=com.microsoft:*&ei=ByTZSa-oFcPflQfrl52-DA&resnum=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=kinokuniya&near=New+York,+NY+10036&fb=1&split=1&gl=us&view=text&latlng=11463446558822618040&dtab=2&ei=CiTZSYzWIZuclQeM0um9DA&sa=X&oi=local_result&resnum=2&ct=result

(you have to copy and paste this entire url to see the google results for it - with address, reviews, etc)


fwiw,
- sh00k

Kinokuniya is indeed awesome.

Today i decided to visit it for the first time.

When i got inside and saw the pen selection....





I almost fainted...

I spent around $60 today!!

They had things i'd never come across before..

It is kinda pricey...but i think thats the only con.
I went to the one in Costa Mesa, the employees are very friendly and the shop is very clean and organized.

If the price was lower it'd be the perfect place...

LOL. i have only been to the one here in manhattan and the pen selection is breath-taking but the downside, at least to the one here, is that the pens are all scrunched up in like a 6-foot wide shelf. they have like 200 types of pens all next to eachother and it's tough to see what's what, etc.

as a plus - they have sample pens out so you can see how you write before you buy. unlike a place like staples where people even open up packages to write on the price-tags on the shelves.... LOL...

anyway, yeah, this place rocks. too bad i was in a rush. the next time im going, me and the pen isle are going to spend some quality time together... :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

lol...definitely agree.

The writing samples help me sort out the things i want. or else i would go bankrupt...

If i had all the time and money in the world, i think i would live there :lol: :lol:

costa mesa? as in Costa Mesa, California?? could you post that up? and isn't japanese stores like, kind of expensive? cause i have never gone to any stores where you can get good deals.

Yeah in costa mesa

heres the address:
3030 Harbor Blvd # G3
Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Heres the phone number:
(714) 662-2319

i believe there are two kinokuniyas in costa mesa, I've been to the one
above

so i'm planning on visiting the kinokuniya in costa mesa this weekend, and i know there is one in los angeles too. i want to visit them both but we'll see how it goes with timing and such. i don't know if my best friend is up for a "pen shopping only trip" instead of going to disneyland like originally planned haha.

i really hope i find some neat stuff. if i come back with handfuls i'll be sure to post some pictures. i'd love to go to the manhattan one as well though :D

DINSNEY LAND? ill just have the tickets :P

anyways theres some other stores near kinokuniya in costa mesa

i havent been to the one in L.A. though

do you possibly know the names of the other stores in costa mesa that are worth going to?

haha i'm hoping that disneyland isn't too crowded cuz of the 4th... but i guess we shall see. possibly i could entice my best friend to more fun stores then standing in 90 minute ride lines, sweating bullets with other "friendly" disneyland visitors.

The cafetria is on the 2nd floor?
Did the move it? Last time i went there, it was


Upstairs - cafeteria/dvds/manga w/e
"2nd" floor (goround floor) books/registers/bathrooms
downstairs (stationary pens pencil cases and whatever else they had.)


I hate how every time I wanna look at a certain section of pens, SOMEBODY has gotta be standing in my way! lol :) :) :lol:

Also - there's one in Nyack (Palisades Center or w/e it's called)
I wish one of the malls in freaking NJ had a Kinokuniya.

It used to be a Kinokuniya in Edgewater (AWWWESOME!!)
but now it's a SANSEIDO (still cool) - altho Sanseido has the points card :D

your description of the kinokuniya is right. and ROFLMAO @ ppl standing in your way! i have the same problem. i wanna scream MOVE ALREADY!@#!@#!@#!#@

ROTFL! i Know!

You see someone standing there, trying to look: MOOOOVE! :lol:
If i see someone next to me trying to look at the same place I'm looking, I move over.

I dunno if it's cause I don't get there often
but do you ever feel like you're forgetting something when you leave?
Like there's something else you should have gotten or picked up, but can't pinpoint it? :)

^_^
I always leave both Kinokuniya's vaguely thinking there's something else I could have gotten but I'm not sure what. =)

OH! SANSEIDO in Edgewater (595 River Rd) has something I've never seen in a Kinokuiya, ever.

SHITAJIKI

^o^

That's one thing that makes Sanseido different.

The Nyack store has KINOKUNIYA NJ price stickers on it. :P

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I dunno if it's cause I don't get there often
but do you ever feel like you're forgetting something when you leave?
Like there's something else you should have gotten or picked up, but can't pinpoint it? :)

^_^
I always leave both Kinokuniya's vaguely thinking there's something else I could have gotten but I'm not sure what. =)