TSUTAYA BOOKSTORE Korien: Japan's first combined store featuring BOOK & CAFE, SHARE LOUNGE, and TSUTAYA Conditioning
TSUTAYA BOOKSTORE Korien in Osaka, reopened in 2024 as Japan's first store integrating BOOK & CAFE, SHARE LOUNGE and TSUTAYA Conditioning, presents CCC's new retail model. (Updated March 21, 2025)
"The New Form of TSUTAYA" Experience-Based Complex Store
CCC has kept pace with the times and has proposed new lifestyles in a variety of ways. In 1983, we created new value to meet the needs of customers of the time, such as proposing a rental service at "TSUTAYA" so that people could easily enjoy movies and music that were packed with the lifestyle they aspired to.
So, what is the value that customers are looking for now? Diversifying lifestyles, the era of the individual, an aging society, well-being...
In times like these, CCC is leveraging the space-making know-how it has cultivated over the years to propose a "new form of TSUTAYA."For example, the "SHARE LOUNGE" offers a space that can be used as both a cafe and an office, and customers can customize how they use it. "TSUTAYA Conditioning" offers a place where you can exercise with the concept of "balancing your mind and body."
"TSUTAYA BOOKSTORE Korien" is a complex store that brings together these new values. The concept of this store is "a place where you can realize a fulfilling daily life," and it is the first store to combine the spatial value that CCC offers.
The first floor is a "BOOK & CAFE" style store with a bookstore and cafe. Here, you can enjoy a cup of coffee and take your time choosing popular books and magazines from a stock of approximately 60,000 volumes. We also carry stationery that can be used for everyday use or as gifts.
"SHARE LOUNGE" can be used for studying, working, or as a cafe
Entering the store entrance and climbing the stairs on the left, you will find the "SHARE LOUNGE" on the second floor, which combines the functionality of an office with the comfort of a lounge.
The SHARE LOUNGE has a total of 108 seats. With semi-private seats where you can concentrate alone and sofa seats where multiple people can talk, the cafe can be used not only for concentrating on work or study, but also as a place to enjoy conversation.
In addition to amenities such as free drinks, free food, and high-speed Wi-Fi, the SHARE LOUNGE offers a wide variety of books to stimulate your creativity, and is open to everyone from 1,100 yen for 60 minutes.
"TSUTAYA Conditioning" is based on the concept of "balancing the mind and body"
Next to it is the "TSUTAYA Conditioning" area. "TSUTAYA Conditioning" is a new gym that opened in 2017 with the concept of "balancing the mind and body.""TSUTAYA Conditioning" is not a place for intense exercise, but rather a space for conditioning. For example, there is a posture chair that stretches your entire body just by sitting on it, an exercise bike that you can exercise on while reading a book in the store, a stretching machine that allows you to easily stretch parts of your body that are difficult to stretch on your own, and an AI circuit machine that is equipped with the latest AI and allows you to exercise in a way that is suited to your body, so even beginners can easily move their bodies without any strain.
There is also an area where you can experience Pilates, which is gaining attention as an exercise that helps restore functional and beautiful posture to the human body. We offer women-only, small group, machine Pilates for beginners so that even those who have never tried Pilates can experience it with confidence. The lessons are small groups, so you can move your body efficiently while receiving careful advice from experienced instructors.
Interchangeable, allowing customers to use the service in a way that suits their lifestyle
The biggest feature of "TSUTAYA BOOKSTORE Korien" is that "TSUTAYA Conditioning" and "SHARE LOUNGE" are seamlessly located on the same floor.
Users of the "SHARE LOUNGE" can use some of the machines and conditioning chairs in "TSUTAYA Conditioning" during the usage hours. In addition, TSUTAYA Conditioning members can use the SHARE LOUNGE for up to 60 minutes per day free of charge. In addition, we also offer a combined plan that allows you to freely use the "SHARE LOUNGE" and "TSUTAYA Conditioning" without any restrictions (up to 8 machine Pilates lessons per month). You can work in the "SHARE LOUNGE" and then get some exercise in the "TSUTAYA Conditioning" to change your mood, or you can relax and read in the "SHARE LOUNGE" after working out in the "TSUTAYA Conditioning". There are various ways to use the space depending on your mood that day.
Complex stores like TSUTAYA BOOKSTORE Korien, which offers a variety of experiences including a bookstore, cafe, office, and gym, are one of the new store formats that TSUTAYA has adopted to adapt to the times.