In 1969, Kinokuniya moved into overseas markets, opening their first foreign store in San Francisco. Stores followed in Singapore, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Sydney, and Taipei. These stores became sources for Japanese books abroad, and global outposts of Japanese culture.
一九六九年，紀伊國屋跨足海外，第一站就在美國舊金山開設分店，後陸續於新加坡、曼谷、吉隆坡、雅加達及雪梨、台北等地設立分店，讓大量的日文書漂洋過海，成為日本文化傳播全球的灘頭堡。