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Central Library : Today is closed. (Detailed Opening Hours)
Tama Library : Today is closed. (Detailed Opening Hours)
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Event Central Library
Tokyo Heritage Week 2023 Tokyo Metropolitan Library Exhibition, "Depictions of Edo Castle"
Event Central Library
"Compelled to Collect: From the Scrapbooks of Dedicated Collectors": the Online Exhibition Participating in Tokyo Heritage Week 2022
Tokyo Metropolitan Library
The Tokyo Metropolitan Library actually consists of two libraries: the Central Library and the Tama Library.
There are 2.79million volumes in the libraries. The proportion of foreign language books is about 10%, and an eminent collection in Tokyo.
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Central Library
A Rich Collection of Materials and High Quality Services Useful for Research Activities
The Tokyo Metropolitan Central Library has a collection of some 2.25 million volumes of materials, one of the largest collections among public libraries in Japan. Of the total, around 350,000 volumes are freely accessible on open stacks.
※Individual users are not allowed to take materials out of the library- Opening
Hours - Mon.-Fri.: 10:00a.m.-9:00p.m.
Sat., Sun., Holidays: 10:00a.m.-5:30p.m.
*The opening time varies in the Special Collection Room.
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Tama Library
The Tokyo Magazine Bank and the Services for Children and Young Adults
The central functions of the Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Library are the "Tokyo Magazine Bank", which provides services drawing on the distinctive features of magazines, and the "Services for Children and Young Adults", which promotes children's reading activities in Tokyo.
※Individual users are not allowed to take materials out of the library- Opening
Hours - Mon.-Fri.: 10:00a.m.-9:00p.m.
Sat., Sun., Holidays: 10:00a.m.-5:30p.m.
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