Tokyo Main Library
Information
- September 3, 2021
Last day of service in 2021 at the Tokyo Main Library to be Saturday, December 25 - September 1, 2021
Revised Copying Fees - August 2, 2021
Temporary suspension of library services during the transfer of library materials from the Tokyo Main Library to the Kansai-kan. - April 26, 2021
Relocation of periodicals - March 10, 2021
Termination of the National Union Catalog of Newspapers in Japan Database - September 4, 2020
Temporary suspension of library services during the transfer of library materials from the Tokyo Main Library to the Kansai-kan - May 27, 2020
Reopening of National Diet Library Facilities - May 18, 2020
Temporary Closure Extended to Wednesday, June 10, 2020 - April 10, 2020
Temporary Closure Extended to Wednesday, May 20, 2020 - March 30, 2020
Temporary Closure Extended to Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Library Holidays
Sundays, National holidays, the yearend and New Year's holidays and the third Wednesday of the month (for refiling).
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(Without reservation, you cannot enter the Tokyo Main Library.)November 2021
- Library Holiday
- 3rd, 7th, 14th, 17th, 21st, 23rd, 28th
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 -
(Without reservation, you cannot enter the Tokyo Main Library.)December 2021
- Library Holiday
- 5th, 12th, 15th, 19th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
For the yearly schedule of Library closure, please see the Library Calendar.
Library Open Hours
| Opening hours | 9:30-19:00 (17:00 on Saturday) |
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| Requests for closed stack materials | 9:30-18:00 (16:00 on Saturday) |
| Same-day Photoduplication Requests (Printouts of electronic resources on the same day) | 10:00-18:00 (16:00 on Saturday) |
| Later date photoduplication requests (sent by mail) | 10:00-18:30 (16:30 on Saturday) |
* Some special materials rooms have different service hours. For more information, please see the guide, "Special Materials Rooms and Reading Rooms".
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1-10-1 Nagata-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8924 JAPAN
Tel : +81-3-3581-2331
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