| 1927: |
[January] |
Moichi Tanabe, former president of Kinokuniya opened a bookstore with five employees at Shinjuku 3-chome, Tokyo, a two-story wood-built store with sales floor space of 125m2 (1,349sq.ft.) and an art gallery on the 2nd floor. |
| 1945: |
[May] |
Store burnt down in air raid. |
| [December] |
Store reopened. |
| 1946: |
[January] |
Incorporated. |
| 1947: |
[May] |
A two-story wood-built store with a total floor space of 495m2 (5,328sq.ft.) and an art gallery on the 2nd floor newly built. |
| 1949: |
[April] |
Book Import Section established and import of foreign books commenced. |
| 1951: |
[January] |
Company reorganized. General Affairs, Japanese Book Sales, Japanese Book Purchase, and Foreign Book Departments established. |
| 1955: |
[August] |
Publication business began with “Man of Everest,” Kinokuniya’s first publication after the war. |
| 1956: |
[April] |
Osaka Sales Office opened. |
| 1957: |
[March] |
Sapporo Sales Office (now Hokkaido Sales Department) opened. |
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[May] |
Sendai Sales Office, Hiroshima Sales Office, and Fukuoka Sales Office opened. |
| 1958: |
[December] |
Otemachi Building Store opened. |
| 1959: |
[September] |
Kyoto Sales Office opened. |
| 1960: |
[October] |
Toyama Sales Office opened. |
| 1962: |
[April] |
Nagoya Sales Office (now Chubu Sales Dept.) opened. |
| 1963: |
[June] |
Okayama Sales Office opened. |
| 1964: |
[March] |
Headquarters (Shinjuku Main Store Building) having nine stories and two underground floors, with total floor space of 11,748m2 (126,454sq.ft.), completed. |
| 1965: |
[June] |
Shibuya Store opened. |
| 1967: |
[December] |
Izukogenso Resort House for employees completed. |
| 1968: |
[April] |
Chiba Sales Office opened. |
| [June] |
Yokohama Sales Office opened. |
| 1969: |
[February] |
San Francisco Store opened. |
| [November] |
Kobe Sales Office and Tamagawa Takashimaya Store opened. |
| [December] |
Umeda Store (now Umeda Main Store) opened. |
| 1970: |
[September] |
Shizuoka Sales Office opened. |
| [November] |
Kanazawa Sales Office (now Kanazawa Sales Dept.) opened. |
