Kinokuniya Shoten Umeda Honten

Before I discover Junkodo, this was the first bookstore I frequent to.
It’s conveniently located in Hankyu Sanbangai so easy access to trains and restaurant after an arduous book searching.

The bookstore which has been since my childhood. I was able to find the book here which was not found in the bookstore of my rural home town. My mother purchased the world children’s story series here for my older brother and me when we were children. There would not be door-​to-​door parcel delivery service in those days. It took her for one hour to bring them home, not discouraged by weight. The bookshelf of the parents’ house has children’s story series now, too. In the days of a child, as soon as I could read characters, I devoured the books without eating and sleeping. It was a good old memory for me. Literacy rate in Japan is 99%. Let’s read more books, everybody!
I’m sorry to make a sermon. I relied on this book store concerning an application of Eiken or STEP. An application sheets of Eiken are put in the large bookstore. I passed without any difficulty the pre-​first grade of Eiken, but I failed in the first grade for consecutive ten times. It originated in unacceptable A and gradually fell with B, C and revived until A failure finally, but it became difficult year by year and I gave it up. Then I took an exam of TOEIC instead. I scored 870 points in TOEIC about 15 years ago.
I am also sorry that I was derailed. This bookstore is very large. Besides, it is one floor here though most other large book stores are several-​storied and the corners are divided according to a genre. Therefore it is a difficult point that a book is hard to be found. Besides, I am sorry the sales clerks always look busy, and I hesitate to ask them to search for the book I want.
The merit is that an event of a famous writer takes place. If you are interested, let’s come here to check it.