Tokyo Main Library
Notice for Visitors
Information
- May 8, 2025
National Diet Library is experiencing a high volume of new user registrations and requests for upgrades from simple to official registered user - April 17, 2025
National Diet Library expected to be crowded before and after Golden Week holidays - February 7, 2025
We are experiencing a high volume of new user registrations and requests to change user information - June 22, 2023
Elimination of entry restrictions of the Tokyo Main Library - August 1, 2022
Tours of the Tokyo Main Library are once again available on a limited basis - 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 - 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
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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May 2025
- Library Holiday
- 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 11th, 18th, 21st, 25th
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 -
June 2025
- Library Holiday
- 1st, 8th, 15th, 18th, 22nd, 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
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) |
|---|---|
| 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".
Address
1-10-1 Nagata-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8924 JAPAN
Tel : +81-3-3581-2331
Tel : +81-3-3581-2331