Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Kinokuniya Sort Of Back In Little Tokyo With Second Pop-Up Location

 
Kinokuniya
232 East 2nd St Suite C
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Hours: 11am -8pm (daily)
Phone: (213) 687-4481
 
The Kinokuniya Japanese bookstore is back in Little Tokyo as a pop-up. You can now get magazines at the Little Tokyo location, but if you want more you got to head to the other pop-up at The Bloc.
 
"While the location at The Bloc offers English books, stationery, and collectibles, this new location stocks manga, magazines, and novels in Japanese!"- Kino's Insta
 
We're so unhappy with this mess and know just as much as you do. With a store employee we though they'd have a permanent location back in Little Tokyo by now. Why Kinokuniya had to move from Weller's Court, where it had been for decades, can only be assumed to be an increase in rent. But,  Kinokuniya hasn't given any info as why it left. If you have anything on that be sure to email us, thingstodoinla1 (@) gmail.com, you've gotta change it back to a regular email if your serious about sharing info.
 
On a nicer note, it's much easier for you to grab those two English edition issues of Popeye and Brutus we talked about.
 
 

 
I've only skimmed through them digitally, but their pretty great for anyone wanting to visit.