{"id":203,"date":"2006-07-18T19:14:43","date_gmt":"2006-07-18T11:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/2006\/07\/18\/guide-to-kinokuniya-in-singapore\/"},"modified":"2006-12-02T23:22:10","modified_gmt":"2006-12-02T15:22:10","slug":"guide-to-kinokuniya-in-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/2006\/07\/18\/guide-to-kinokuniya-in-singapore\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide to Kinokuniya in Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"

Honey & Clover<\/strong> Vol. 8 rocked!!! (Okay, so I’m almost a year late…)<\/p>\n

For no particular reason, I shall talk about Kinokuniya in Singapore today. Bear with me here…<\/p>\n

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\nNote: This image has nothing to do with Kinokuniya<\/p>\n

As you probably know, Kinokuniya is a Japanese bookstore chain. The main branch is in Shinjuku in Tokyo. Here’s picture of its signboard<\/a> because I somehow forgot to take the rest of the building when I was there…<\/p>\n

Currently there are Kinokuniya branches in Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Australia and the United States.<\/p>\n

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Out of the the three Kinokuniya branches in Singapore, the Ngee Ann branch at Orchard Road has the best selection of books in general, the Liang Court branch has the best selection of Japanese manga and light novels and the smallest branch at Bugis is… let’s pretend it doesn’t exist.<\/p>\n

Outside of Japan, Kinokuniya is notoriously expensive compared to most other bookstores, but it’s one of the few means to obtain Japanese books in those countries without resorting to online orders. Kinokuniya takes custom orders and helps you source for the books you want through its Japanese branches. Best of all, they don’t charge extra for this service.<\/p>\n

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\nOrder slips, they symbolize my money soon to be gone<\/p>\n

I usually have a few order slips with me in my wallet all the time. They are sort of like good luck charms (well, more like bad luck for my wallet).<\/p>\n

My current orders are:<\/p>\n