Tokyo Main Library

• Attention! Information for Visitors to the Tokyo Main Library

• 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
• March 16, 2020
  Temporary Closure Extended to Monday, March 30, 2020
• March 4, 2020
  Urgent Notice of Temporary Closure from March 5 to March 16
• March 2, 2020
  Temporary suspension of library services during the transfer of library materials from the Tokyo Main Library to the Kansai-kan.
• July 31, 2019
  Tokyo Main Library will be crowded during the summer season

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Sundays, National holidays, the yearend and New Year's holidays and the third Wednesday of the month (for refiling).

• (Without reservation, you cannot enter the Tokyo Main Library.)
  April 2021

  Library Holiday

  4th, 11th, 18th, 21st, 25th, 29th

  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.)
  May 2021

  Library Holiday

  2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 9th, 16th, 19th, 23rd, 30th

  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.

* Some special materials rooms have different service hours. For more information, please see the guide, "Special Materials Rooms and Reading Rooms".

• Collections of the Tokyo Main Library
• Special Materials Rooms & Reading Rooms

• Access
• Visitor Qualification
• Information for Visitors

• National Diet Library Tokyo Main Library User Guide (with Errata, PDF: 1.85MB)
• Registered User System and Library Services (PDF: 321KB)
• Quick Guide
• On-site User Guide of the Tokyo Main Library
• Floor Plan
• Photoduplication Service
• Reference Service

• Services for Persons with Disabilities (Tokyo Main Library Visitor Information)

• Events of the Tokyo Main Library
• Tours of the Tokyo Main Library

• Contact Us

1-10-1 Nagata-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8924 JAPAN
Tel : +81-3-3581-2331