Location: 313 Vineyard Town Center, Morgan Hill, CA 95037
Next door to Togos and across the parking lot from Starbucks.
Hours: Tue-Fri: 12-7pm, Sat: 12-6pm, Sun 12-5pm
Subject to change; if you are in doubt, please call ahead.
Phone: 408-778-5285
Website: www.anime-101.com
Art gallery and shop selling clothing, toys, books, and comics (including manga).
618 Shrader St.
San Francisco CA 94117
Mon-Fri 11:30-8, Sat. 11-8, Sun 12-7
(415) 876.4773
Official Website: www.gr-sf.com
The highlight destination for many anime and manga fans especially those visiting the city, Kinokuniya Book Store is the best place to find Japanese books and magazines. They also sell a selection of movies, music, clothing, trinkets, toys, and anime goods (including calendars).
The Japantown store was recently remodeled with the addition of a brand new downstairs shop dedicated to manga in both English and Japanese.
There are two branches in the Bay, one located in San Francisco Japantown and the other in San Jose (Kinokuniya is a large chain bookstore with locations all over Japan, but there are only six branches in the entire United States).
San Francisco
Address: 1581 Webster St., San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone: 415-567-7625
Fax: 415-567-4109
E-mail: sf@kinokuniya.com
San Jose
Address: 685 Saratoga Ave., San Jose, CA 95129
Phone: 408-252-1300
Fax: 408-252-2687
E-mail: san_jose@kinokuniya.com
For more information or to order books online visit: www.kinokuniya.com
Mikado Kids opened their store in the Tanforan shopping mall last summer having moved from their previous locations in the SF Japantown and Daly City Westfield malls. Their shop is bright, large, organized, and fully stocked with new anime goods — including official cosplay items — and toys of all kinds. They have an especially great selection of licensed anime/video game t-shirts and plush toys (Totoro, Domo, and Nintendo characters), and they also sell the full line of Sanrio merchandise (including a ton of Hello Kitty!). If you’re looking for some more “vintage” items, the back area has a shelf of older anime CDs and art books, and I also saw a small stack of single issue comics around (looked like mostly “Battle Angel Alita: Last Order” and “Ghost in the Shell: Man Machine Interface”).
If there’s an import item they don’t have, you can speak to them about placing a special order.
Location:
Tanforan Shopping Mall, 2nd Floor
1150 El Camino Real
San Bruno, CA 94066
Hours:
Monday-Saturday: 10:00am-9:00pm
Sunday: 11:00am-7:00pm
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