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Ok so this will put in my blog but is strickly my boys domain! They read the blog as this is our family history. We have come here since store was around about 2012 and continue now into the bigger new store in our capital city of Vannes.  

We have come here for many years , and enjoy it very much. One of the places the whole family took part with the boys who listen to videos in Japanese! . Needless to tell you again, many posts on this city. However, briefly mentioned the store and is time to showcase it in one post. Therefore, here is my small contribution to the Japanim store of Vannes!

The Japanim store was at 14 bis rue Emilie Burgault for several years, but it has grown and the space was very tight, Now they move to 3 Place Joseph le Brix.  My boys have gone to the new store already as they are regular customers,,,, and today was my turn to visit and pay all those Christmas gifts lol !! Pic below my boys and Dad going in!!!

Japanim, 3 Place Joseph-Le Brix in Vannes. Open Tuesday to Saturday, 10h  to 12h30 and 13h30 to 19h.

Japanim quadruple its surface by moving to rue Joseph-Le Brix. It offers 12,800 mangas. A literary genre booming since confinement. It’s a low-key bookstore that only manga fans know about. Established rue Burgault since 2001, Japanim has just left its 23 m2 premises to move into a former 80 m2 clothing store, rue Joseph-Le Brix, in front of Monoprix (see post).

Of the six stores opened by Julien Pelletier (owner)  in the west of France ,from Saint-Brieuc to Nantes, via Rennes, Vannes is one of the most profitable per square meter. The Japanim network has adapted and offers sections dedicated to adults (seinen) and teenagers (shōnen). Julien Pelletier intends to organize, in the coming months, dedications, in particular with French authors. “We can touch them more than the Japanese. There are currently a dozen of them working well, including Tony Valente, who has already been to Vannes and a series of which has been adapted in Japan. “

The old store was tight hardly a place to move about, a bazaar really. This new store is great, spacious, and loaded no need to search inventory for a manga , most are on display complete! The service is great as my boys are known there with the manager, of course! I was there today for their chosen Christmas gifts, I left ruin but happy! Their mom Martine would have been proud of spending money today so do I. I am blessed with wonderful good young men, 3 of them!!

Are you into mangas? if do you need to come to this store while in the area. The service and selection is excellent. Japanim of Vannes that is…

Manga lovers will be delighted thanks to Japanim, a Breton chain of bookstores exclusively specialized in manga and other Asian comics (20th Century Boys, Brothers, Naruto, YuGiOh, Cantarella …). You will also find artbooks, VHS and DVD animations as well as goodies. Japanim applies the 5% discount that the Lang Law allows on all items through a loyalty card.

Their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/JapanimVannes/

There you go folks, a nice setup store, friendly knowledgeable staff, and a great location in old town Vannes. A killer combination that even I will not hesitate to go again; just hope not buying again lol! This is Japanim, the manga king. Hope you enjoy it as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all!

Well this is one classic department store came to meet in Paris and was lucky to have one in Versailles ! As we moved west to the coast in the Morbihan dept 56 our capital city where I worked is Vannes. Therefore, on my run with collègues came to see it again in old town Vannes and voilà, the rest is history for us at Monoprix of Vannes!

We have come here for many years , do not recall exactly but must have been since 2011 or 2012 and enjoy it very much. One of the places the whole family took part for our misc shopping spree while enjoying the quant medieval ambiance around it in  Vannes. Needless to tell you again, many posts on this city. However, briefly mentioned the store and is time to showcase it in one post. Therefore, here is my small contribution to the Monoprix of  Vannes!

The Monoprix store of Vannes located at Place Joseph le Brix, is open Monday to Saturday from 9h to 19h and Sunday from 9h30 to 12h30. The largest store of ​​Vannes ,when it was inaugurated in March 1967, it has kept a special place in the city center. the modest Utyl at the bottom of the rue du Mené, it is partly to her that we owe the creation of the Monoprix on the land which until then housed the community of Le Mené and their chapel Notre-Dame-du-Mené. The nuns wanted to sell, and voilà.  On the day of the inauguration, the whole of Vannes was present and discovers with wide eyes the 6,000 m2 of the immense building and its 1,800 m2 of shelves on two levels.

Created in 1932 in the context of the crisis of the 1930s, the first Monoprix store opened on the initiative of Max Heilbronn, a French resistance fighter. Its goal was to offer the population a store at a low price. The concept was very popular and the Monoprix stores quickly spread across France. Today, more than 200 French cities have it, and the brand also has more than 80 stores in other countries in Europe, Africa and Asia.

But if the concept was at the base of offering articles at reduced prices, the brand decided to change its positioning in the early 2000s. Indeed, to face the competition, the idea was to embark on offering more upscale products. Despite this radical change of position, success was evident. There are therefore currently very good quality products, especially those of the brand’s , in fact, Monoprix has its own food, cosmetic, textile and cleaning brands.

The official Monoprix on the Vannes store: https://www.monoprix.fr/monoprix-vannes-vannes-56000-s/47.6597931830647,-2.75709876453306/%20%2056000%20%20VANNES

There you go folks, a by now familiar landscape while shopping in France. The Monoprix of Vannes is nice and already overcrowded but a nice underground parking too! We come here once in a while still, and we remember my dear late wife Martine love it!! Hope you too and do come visit, the area around it is awesome for walks and shopping/eating.

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all!!!!