List of libraries in Japan

This is a list of libraries in Japan. As of 2008, there were 3,106 public libraries in Japan (including private libraries).

National libraries

• National Diet Library (国立国会図書館, Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan)
  • Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library (国立国会図書館関西館, Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan Kansai-kan)
• International Library of Children's Literature (国際子ども図書館, Kokusai Kodomo Toshokan)

Public libraries

Prefectural libraries

Hokkaidō region

• Hokkaido Prefectural Library (北海道立図書館, Hokkaidō-ritsu Toshokan)

Tōhoku region

• Aomori Prefectural Library (青森県立図書館, Aomori-kenritsu Toshokan)
• Iwate Prefectural Library (岩手県立図書館, Iwate-kenritsu Toshokan)
• Miyagi Prefectural Library (宮城県図書館, Miyagi-ken Toshokan)
• Akita Prefectural Library (秋田県立図書館, Akita-kenritsu Toshokan)
• Yamagata Prefectural Library (山形県立図書館, Yamagata-kenritsu Toshokan)
• Fukushima Prefectural Library (福島県立図書館, Fukushima-kenritsu Toshokan)

Kantō region

• Ibaraki Prefectural Library (茨城県立図書館, Ibaraki-kenritsu Toshokan)
• Tochigi Prefectural Library (栃木県立図書館, Tochigi-kenritsu Toshokan)
  • Tochigi Prefectural Ashikaga Library (栃木県立足利図書館, Tochigi-kenritsu Ashikaga Toshokan)
• Gunma Prefectural Library (群馬県立図書館, Gunma-kenritsu Toshokan)
  • Gunma Prefectural Braille Library (群馬県立点字図書館, Gunma-kenritsu Tenji Toshokan)
• Saitama Prefectural Library (埼玉県立図書館, Saitama-kenritsu Toshokan)
• Chiba Prefectural Library (千葉県立図書館, Chiba-kenritsu Toshokan)
  • Chiba Prefectural Central Library (千葉県立中央図書館, Chiba-kenritsu Chūō Toshokan)
  • Chiba Prefectural West Library (千葉県立西部図書館, Chiba-kenritsu Seibu Toshokan)
  • Chiba Prefectural East Library (千葉県立東部図書館, Chiba-kenritsu Tōbu Toshokan)
• Tokyo Metropolitan Library (東京都立図書館, Tōkyō-toritsu Toshokan)
  • Tokyo Metropolitan Central Library (東京都立中央図書館, Tōkyō-toritsu Chūō Toshokan)
  • Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Library (東京都立多摩図書館, Tōkyō-toritsu Tama Toshokan)
• Kanagawa Prefectural Library (神奈川県立図書館, Kanagawa-kenritsu Toshokan)
  • Kanagawa Prefectural Kawasaki Library (神奈川県立川崎図書館, Kanagawa-kenritsu Kawasaki Toshokan)

Chūbu region

• Niigata Prefectural Library (新潟県立図書館, Nīgata-kenritsu Toshokan)
• Toyama Prefectural Library (富山県立図書館, Toyama-kenritsu Toshokan)
• Ishikawa Prefectural Library (石川県立図書館, Ishikawa-kenritsu Toshokan)
• Fukui Prefectural Library (福井県立図書館, Fukui-kenritsu Toshokan)
• Yamanashi Prefectural Library (山梨県立図書館, Yamanashi-kenritsu Toshokan)
• Nagano Prefectural Library (県立長野図書館, Kenritsu Nagano Toshokan)
• Gifu Prefectural Library (岐阜県図書館, Gifu-ken Toshokan)
• Shizuoka Prefectural Central Library (静岡県立中央図書館, Shizuoka-kenritsu Chūō Toshokan)
• Aichi Prefectural Library (愛知県図書館, Aichi-ken Toshokan)

Kinki region

• Mie Prefectural Library (三重県立図書館, Mie-kenritsu Toshokan)
• Shiga Prefectural Library (滋賀県立図書館, Shiga-kenritsu Toshokan)
• Kyoto Prefectural Library (京都府立図書館, Kyōto-furitsu Toshokan)
• Kyoto Prefectural Library and Archives (京都府立総合資料館, Kyōto-furitsu Sōgō Shiryōkan)
• Osaka Prefectural Library (大阪府立図書館, Ōsaka-furitsu Toshokan)
  • Osaka Prefectural Central Library (大阪府立中央図書館, Ōsaka-furitsu Chūō Toshokan)
  • Osaka Prefectural Nakanoshima Library (大阪府立中之島図書館, Ōsaka-furitsu Nakanoshima Toshokan)
• Hyogo Prefectural Library (兵庫県立図書館, Hyōgo-kenritsu Toshokan)
• Nara Prefectural Library and Information Center (奈良県立図書情報館, Nara-kenritsu Tosho Jōhōkan)
• Wakayama Prefectural Library (和歌山県立図書館, Wakayama-kenritsu Toshokan)
  • Wakayama Prefectural Kinan Library (和歌山県立紀南図書館, Wakayama-kenritsu Kinan Toshokan)

Chūgoku region

• Tottori Prefectural Library (鳥取県立図書館, Tottori-kenritsu Toshokan)
• Shimane Prefectural Library (島根県立図書館, Shimane-kenritsu Toshokan)
• Okayama Prefectural Library (岡山県立図書館, Okayama-kenritsu Toshokan)
• Hiroshima Prefectural Library (広島県立図書館, Hiroshima-kenritsu Toshokan)
• Yamaguchi Prefectural Library (山口県立山口図書館, Yamaguchi-kenritsu Yamaguchi Toshokan)

Shikoku region

• Tokushima Prefectural Library (徳島県立図書館, Tokushima-kenritsu Toshokan)
• Kagawa Prefectural Library (香川県立図書館, Kagawa-kenritsu Toshokan)
• Ehime Prefectural Library (愛媛県立図書館, Ehime-kenritsu Toshokan)
• Kochi Prefectural Library (高知県立図書館, Kōchi-kenritsu Toshokan)

Kyūsyū region

• Fukuoka Prefectural Library (福岡県立図書館, Fukuoka-kenritsu Toshokan)
• Saga Prefectural Library (佐賀県立図書館, Saga-kenritsu Toshokan)
• Nagasaki Prefectural Nagasaki Library (長崎県立長崎図書館, Nagasaki-kenritsu Nagasaki Toshokan)
• Kumamoto Prefectural Library (熊本県立図書館, Kumamoto-kenritsu Toshokan)
• Oita Prefectural Library (大分県立図書館, Ōita-kenritsu Toshokan)
• Miyazaki Prefectural Library (宮崎県立図書館, Miyazaki-kenritsu Toshokan)
• Kagoshima Prefectural Library (鹿児島県立図書館, Kagoshima-kenritsu Toshokan)
  • Kagoshima Prefectural Amami Library (鹿児島県立奄美図書館, Kagoshima-kenritsu Amami Toshokan)
• Okinawa Prefectural Library (沖縄県立図書館, Okinawa-kenritsu Toshokan)

Municipal libraries

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Aichi Prefecture

• Tsuruma Central Library, City of Nagoya (名古屋市鶴舞中央図書館, Nagoya-shi Tsuruma Chūō Toshokan)

Special libraries

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• E.H. Norman Library, Embassy of Canada
• Gunma Prefectural Braille Library (群馬県立点字図書館, Gunma-kenritsu Tenji Toshokan)
• Japan Braille Library (日本点字図書館, Nippon Tenji Toshokan)

University libraries

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• Keio University Media Center (慶應義塾大学メディアセンター, Keiō Gijuku Daigaku Media Center)
• Nagoya University Library (名古屋大学附属図書館, Nagoya Daigaku Fuzoku Toshokan)
• Tenri Central Library (天理大学附属天理図書館, Tenri Daigaku Fuzoku Tenri Toshokan)
• Tokyo Institute of Technology Library (東京工業大学附属図書館, Tōkyō Kōgyō Daigaku Fuzoku Toshokan)
• University of Tokyo Library (東京大学附属図書館, Tōkyō Daigaku Fuzoku Toshokan)
  • General Library, The University of Tokyo (東京大学総合図書館, Tōkyō Daigaku Sōgō Toshokan)
  • Komaba Library, The University of Tokyo (東京大学駒場図書館, Tōkyō Daigaku Komaba Toshokan)
  • Kashiwa Library, The University of Tokyo (東京大学柏図書館, Tōkyō Daigaku Kashiwa Toshokan)
  • Medical Library, The University of Tokyo (東京大学医学図書館, Tōkyō Daigaku Igaku Toshokan)
  • Libraries for Engineering and Information Science & Technology, The University of Tokyo (東京大学工学・情報理工学図書館, Tōkyō Daigaku Kōgaku Jōhō Rikōgaku Toshokan)
  • University Library for Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo (東京大学農学生命科学図書館, Tōkyō Daigaku Nōgaku Seimeikagaku Toshokan)
  • The Library of Economics, University of Tokyo (東京大学経済学図書館, Tōkyō Daigaku Keizaigaku Toshokan)
  • Pharmaceutical Sciences Library, The University of Tokyo (東京大学薬学図書館, Tōkyō Daigaku Yakugaku Toshokan)
• Waseda University Library (早稲田大学図書館, Waseda Daigaku Toshokan)