K-BOOKS shops in Japan

ケイブックス

K-BOOKS splits a district into shops rather than floors: each one is given over to a single thing, and the sign on the door tells you whether the lift is worth taking. Ikebukuro has more than a dozen — doujinshi for women, stage actors, concerts, idol goods, K-pop, games, character goods, one for anything cute — and Akihabara a smaller set. Everything is second-hand, graded and priced by condition, and the buying counter usually closes an hour before the shop. Stock turns with what is airing, so the same shop is worth a second visit.

24 shops in 3 prefectures, with facts read on their official page.

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Tokyo (東京都)

K-BOOKS Akihabara Main Store & Men'sK-BOOKS 秋葉原本館・MEN'S館Akihabara · 3F · Mon–Fri 12:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 11:30–20:00Facts from the official websiteMangaFigures
K-BOOKS Ikebukuro Cast-kanK-BOOKS 池袋キャスト館Ikebukuro · 2F · Mon–Fri 12:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 11:30–20:00Facts from the official websiteFigures
K-BOOKS Ikebukuro Chara-kanK-BOOKS 池袋キャラ館Ikebukuro · 1F · Mon–Fri 12:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 11:30–20:00Facts from the official websiteFigures
K-BOOKS Ikebukuro Chara-kan PlusK-BOOKS 池袋キャラ館プラスIkebukuro · 1F · Mon–Fri 12:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 11:30–20:00Facts from the official websiteFigures
K-BOOKS Ikebukuro Chara-kan SquareK-BOOKS 池袋キャラ館スクエアIkebukuro · 1F · Mon–Fri 12:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 11:30–20:00Facts from the official websiteFigures
K-BOOKS Ikebukuro Chara-kan Square 2K-BOOKS 池袋キャラ館スクエア2Ikebukuro · 1F · Mon–Fri 12:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 11:30–20:00Facts from the official websiteFiguresManga
K-BOOKS Ikebukuro Douga-kanK-BOOKS 池袋動画館Ikebukuro · 2F · Mon–Fri 12:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 11:30–20:00Facts from the official websiteFigures
K-BOOKS Ikebukuro Doujin-kanK-BOOKS 池袋同人館Ikebukuro · 2F · Mon–Fri 12:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 11:30–20:00Facts from the official websiteMangaFigures
K-BOOKS Ikebukuro Fancy-kanK-BOOKS 池袋ファンシー館Ikebukuro · 1F · Mon–Fri 12:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 11:30–20:00Facts from the official websiteFigures
K-BOOKS Ikebukuro GAME-kanK-BOOKS 池袋GAME館Ikebukuro · 1F · Mon–Fri 12:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 11:30–20:00Facts from the official websiteFigures
K-BOOKS Ikebukuro GAME-kan PlusK-BOOKS 池袋GAME館プラスIkebukuro · 2F · Mon–Fri 12:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 11:30–20:00Facts from the official websiteFigures
K-BOOKS Ikebukuro GAME-kan αK-BOOKS 池袋GAME館αIkebukuro · 1F · Mon–Fri 12:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 11:30–20:00Facts from the official websiteFigures
K-BOOKS Ikebukuro Idol-kanK-BOOKS 池袋アイドル館Ikebukuro · 1F · Mon–Fri 12:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 11:30–20:00Facts from the official websiteFigures
K-BOOKS Ikebukuro K-POP-kanK-BOOKS 池袋K-POP館Ikebukuro · 1F · Mon–Fri 12:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 11:30–20:00Facts from the official websiteFigures
K-BOOKS Ikebukuro K-POP-kan PlusK-BOOKS 池袋K-POP館プラスIkebukuro · 2F · Mon–Fri 12:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 11:30–20:00Facts from the official websiteMangaFigures
K-BOOKS Ikebukuro Live-kanK-BOOKS 池袋ライブ館Ikebukuro · 1F · Mon–Fri 12:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 11:30–20:00Facts from the official websiteFigures
K-BOOKS Ikebukuro Live-kan AnnexK-BOOKS 池袋ライブ館アネックスIkebukuro · 1F · Mon–Fri 12:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 11:30–20:00Facts from the official websiteFigures
K-BOOKS Ikebukuro Live-kan PlusK-BOOKS 池袋ライブ館プラスIkebukuro · 2F · Mon–Fri 12:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 11:30–20:00Facts from the official websiteFigures
K-BOOKS Ikebukuro Live-kan αK-BOOKS 池袋ライブ館αIkebukuro · 1F · Mon–Fri 12:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 11:30–20:00Facts from the official websiteFigures
K-BOOKS Ikebukuro Oshikatsu-kanK-BOOKS 池袋推し活館Ikebukuro · 2F · Mon–Fri 12:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 11:30–20:00Facts from the official websiteFigures
K-BOOKS Ikebukuro Otome-kanK-BOOKS 池袋乙女館Ikebukuro · B1F · Mon–Fri 12:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 11:30–20:00Facts from the official websiteMangaFigures
K-BOOKS Ikebukuro Select-kanK-BOOKS 池袋セレクト館Ikebukuro · 1F · Mon–Fri 12:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 11:30–20:00Facts from the official websiteFigures

Aichi (愛知県)

K-BOOKS Nagoya Frontier-kanK-BOOKS 名古屋フロンティア館1F · Closing days not listed 12:00–20:00Facts from the official websiteMangaFigures

Osaka (大阪府)

K-BOOKS Namba Ichiban-kanK-BOOKS なんば壱番館Den Den Town (Nipponbashi) · 1F · Closing days not listed 12:00–20:00Facts from the official websiteMangaFigures

How this list is built

Branches come from the chain’s own shop list, with the date of the last check on each shop page. Nobody pays to be listed. How we check and rank, in full.