Libraries in Tokyo
255 libraries are mapped in Tokyo, from the main city library to branch libraries, mobile library stops and the street bookcases where books are swapped for free. Where the data says so, you also get opening hours and whether the building is step free.
Named libraries in Tokyo
- 方南図書館
- 杉並区立永福図書館
- 2号館
- 中野区立南台図書館
- 世田谷区立代田図書館
- 和田図書サービスコーナー
- 桜上水北図書サービスコーナー
- 文理学部図書館
- 佼成図書館
- 立正佼成会付属佼成図書館
- 世田谷区立 梅丘図書館Su-Mo 09:00-20:00; Tu-Sa 09:00-21:00; PH 09:00-17:00; Dec 29-Jan 03 off · Step free
- HONKE下北沢
- 杉並区立成田図書館Step free
- 世田谷区立上北沢図書館
- 渋谷区立西原図書館
- 杉並区立高井戸図書館Step free
- 杉並区立高円寺図書館Step free
- 渋谷区立本町図書館
- 区立経堂図書館Tu-Sa 09:00-21:00; Su-Mo,PH 09:00-20:00
- 大宅壮一文庫
- 中野区立本町図書館
- 高円寺駅前図書サービスコーナー
- 入口
- 希望丘まちかど図書館
- 渋谷区立富ケ谷図書館
Showing 25 of the 30 named points. The map has all 255, including the 225 that carry no name in OpenStreetMap.
Questions
- Where is the nearest library in Tokyo?
- Allow location access and the map centres on you with the closest of the 255 mapped libraries around it, or pan to any area and search there. Tap a marker for its position, opening hours when known, and walking directions.
- Are the libraries in Tokyo free to use?
- Public libraries normally are, both for reading on site and for using the toilets, wifi and workspace. Borrowing usually needs a library card, which is typically free for residents.
- Are opening hours shown?
- Where OpenStreetMap has them. Branch libraries often keep shorter and more variable hours than the main library, and some have self service hours outside staffed times, so confirm before a special trip.
- What is a public bookcase?
- A street cabinet or shelf where anyone can take a book and leave one, sometimes called a little free library. They are included here alongside proper libraries, and they are the kind of small fixture only OpenStreetMap bothers to map.
- Where does this libraries data come from?
- From OpenStreetMap, a map built by volunteer surveyors and maintained continuously. It is the best available source for small fixtures like this one, because they are the things commercial map providers do not bother collecting.
- Something is missing or wrong. Can I fix it?
- Yes, and it is the fastest way to get it corrected. Edit the point on openstreetmap.org and the change flows through to this page on the next refresh. There is no separate database here to correct.
- Is the list of libraries in Tokyo complete?
- It is as complete as the local survey effort. Densely mapped cities are close to exhaustive; elsewhere expect gaps. The map is always the fuller view, since the list on this page only names the points that have a name.
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