List of libraries in Tokyo having a good collection of photo books.<\/p>\n
Compiled by Philbert Ono, Last updated: March 1, 2011<\/p>\n
JCII Library<\/strong> JCII \u30e9\u30a4\u30d6\u30e9\u30ea\u30fc Photobook Diner Megutama<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u5199\u771f\u96c6 \u98df\u5802 Kawasaki City Museum Reading Room<\/strong> \u25a0\uff2a\uff32\u5357\u6b66\u7dda\u3001\u6771\u6025\u6771\u6a2a\u7dda\u3001\u6b66\u8535\u5c0f\u6749\u99c5\u304b\u3089\u30d1\u30b9\u3067\u7d04\uff11\uff10\u5206 Library at the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo (E.H. Norman Library)<\/strong> Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo; Art Library<\/strong> National Film Center Library<\/strong> Setagaya Art Museum Library<\/strong> (Setagaya Bijutsukan Library) Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography Library<\/strong> Yokohama Archives of History Reading Room<\/strong> JR\u95a2\u5185\u99c5\uff08\u5357\u53e3\uff09\u3001\u5e02\u55b6\u5730\u4e0b\u9244\u95a2\u5185\u99c5\u304b\u3089\u5f92\u6b69\u7d0415\u5206\u3002 Yokohama City Central Library<\/strong> (Yokohama-shi Chuo Toshokan) Yokohama Museum of Art, Art Library<\/strong> (Yokohama Bijutsukan Bijutsu Toshoshitsu)\u3000\u6a2a\u6d5c\u7f8e\u8853\u9928 \u7f8e\u8853\u56f3\u66f8 List of libraries in Tokyo having a good collection of photo books. Compiled by Philbert Ono, Last updated: March 1, 2011 JCII Library JCII \u30e9\u30a4\u30d6\u30e9\u30ea\u30fc Address: JCII Bldg. B1F, Ichiban-cho 25 Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN Phone: (03) 3263-7111 URL: http:\/\/www.jcii-cameramuseum.jp\/top_e.html Hours:… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-libraries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/photojpn.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/photojpn.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/photojpn.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photojpn.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photojpn.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=774"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/photojpn.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1190,"href":"https:\/\/photojpn.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774\/revisions\/1190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/photojpn.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photojpn.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photojpn.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAddress: JCII Bldg. B1F, Ichiban-cho 25
\nChiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN
\nPhone: (03) 3263-7111
\nURL: http:\/\/www.jcii-cameramuseum.jp\/top_e.html<\/a>
\nHours: 10:00-17:00, closed Sat., Sun., and national holidays
\nRemarks: This library is run by the JCII (Japan Camera and Optical Instruments Inspection and Testing Institute) which also operates the JCII Camera Museum and Photo Salon at the same location.\u00a0The library, which opened in June 1991, is in the basement floor below the Photo Salon. The library’s tiny reading room has magazine shelves full of current-issue photo magazines, some in English. The library has about 6,000 books and 450 magazine titles. It has all the past issues of Asahi Camera magazine, including the first issue published in 1926. Wonderful place to spend a rainy day. Unfortunately, it is closed on weekends even though the Photo Salon and Camera Museum are open.\u00a0Near Hanzomon Station (Hanzomon subway line) Exit 4.<\/p>\n
\nAddress:\u00a03-2-7-1F Higashi
\nShibuya-ku, Tokyo
\nPhone\/Fax:\u00a003-6805-1838
\nHours:\u00a0Weekdays- 11:30~23:00 (last order 22:00)
\nWeekends \/Holidays- 12:00~22:00(last order 21:00),\u00a0Closed:\u00a0Mondays (if Monday is a holiday, we will close on Tuesday).
\nEatery\u00a0near\u00a0Ebisu Station\u00a0with\u00a05,000 photobooks for customers to browse freely. From the collection of Iizawa Kohtaro, a well-known photo critic.<\/p>\n
\n(Kawasaki-shi Shimin Museum Tosho Esturan-shitsu)
\nAddress: \u795e\u5948\u5ddd\u770c\u5ddd\u5d0e\u5e02\u4e2d\u539f\u533a\u7b49\u3005\u529b1-2\uff08\u7b49\u3005\u529b\u7dd1\u5730\u5185\uff09
\nTodoriki 1-2, Nakahara-ku
\nKawasaki, Kanagawa, JAPAN 211-0052
\nPhone: (044) 754-4500
\nFax: (044) 754-4533
\nURL: http:\/\/www.kawasaki-museum.jp\/english\/<\/a>
\nHours: 9:30-17:00 (enter by 16:30), closed Mon. (open if a national holiday, closed Tue. instead), day after national holiday (open if Sat. or Sun.)
\nRemarks: Although the library (on the 3rd floor) has a small reading area and almost no open stacks, its book collection is quite extensive. You have to check the library’s card catalog (for photography, check the drawers labeled 07) to see what you want. The card catalog is in Japanese. Fill out the form and give it to the library clerk who will retrieve the book for you. Nothing can be checked out of the library.\u00a0A few minutes by bus (for Shimin Museum) from Musashi Kosugi Station (JR Nanbu Line or Toyoko Line). It is within a large park called Todoriki Ryoku-chi.<\/p>\n
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\nAddress: Akasaka 7-3-38
\nMinato-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN
\nPhone: (03) 3408-2101
\nURL: http:\/\/www.canadainternational.gc.ca\/japan-japon\/library-bibliotheque\/index.aspx?lang=eng&menu_id=19&menu=L<\/a>
\nHours: 10:00-12:30 & 13:00-16:30, closed Sat., Sun., Japanese & Canadian national holidays
\nRemarks: The library, which is open to the public, houses Asia’s largest collection of books, magazines, newspapers, videos, and microfilm on Canada. Also visit the art gallery while you’re there.\u00a0On Aoyama-dori near Aoyama 1-chome subway station on the Ginza and Hanzomon Lines.<\/p>\n
\n(Tokyo-to Gendai Bijutsukan Bijutsu Toshoshitsu)
\nAddress: \u6771\u4eac\u90fd\u6c5f\u6771\u533a\u4e09\u597d4-1-1\uff08\u6728\u5834\u516c\u5712\u5185\uff09
\nMiyoshi 4-1-1
\nKoto-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN 135-0022
\nPhone: (03) 5245-4111
\nURL: http:\/\/www.mot-art-museum.jp\/tosho\/<\/a>
\nHours: 10:00-18:00, closed Mon. (open if a national holiday and closed on Tue. instead), and year end and New Year’s
\nRemarks: Opened in March 1995, this huge museum has various facilities including an Art Library. The library has over 45,000 art books, over 50,000 art exhibition catalogs, and over 3,300 periodicals. It also has a good collection of photography-related books in the open and closed stacks. Some in English. Great place to sit and read.\u00a0You can use the computer database to search for what you want by subject, title, or author. A library clerk can help you with this. After you find the book in the computer database, you can have the librarian fetch it from the closed stack. This can be done only during 10:00-17:30. Also, you can use the photocopying machine only during these hours as well. Nothing can be checked out of the library, so you have to do your reading in the library.\u00a0Note that you cannot bring any bags inside the library. It must be stored in the locker right outside the library. Smoking, eating, and drinking are also not allowed.\u00a0In Kiba Park, a 15-min. walk from Kiba Sta. on the Tozai subway line or 15-min. walk from Kikukawa Sta. on the Shinjuku subway line.<\/p>\n
\n(Tokyo Kokuritsu Kindai Bijutsukan Kyobashi Bunkan Film Center Library)
\nAddress: \u6771\u4eac\u90fd\u4e2d\u592e\u533a\u4eac\u6a4b3-7-6
\nTokyo Kokuritsu Kindai Bijutsukan Kyobashi Bunkan Film Center
\nKyobashi 3-7-6
\nChuo-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN 104-0031
\nPhone: (03) 3561-0823
\nFax: (03) 3561-0830
\nURL: http:\/\/www.momat.go.jp\/FC\/Lib\/nfclib.html<\/a>
\nHours: 12:30-18:30, closed Sun., Mon., national holidays, inventory period, Dec. 28 to Jan. 4.
\nRemarks: Many books and magazines on movie-making, cinema, and motion pictures are found here in the National Film Center Library in the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. The Center itself stores thousands of movies, newsreels, animation, TV movies, posters, and motion picture stills.\u00a0Near Kyobashi Station (Ginza subway line).<\/p>\n
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\nKinuta Koen 1-2
\nSetagaya-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN 157-0057
\nPhone: (03) 3415-6011
\nFax: (03) 3415-6413
\nURL: http:\/\/www.setagayaartmuseum.or.jp\/index_e.html<\/a>
\nHours: 10:00-18:00, closed Mon. (open if a national holiday and closed on Tue. instead), year end and New Year’s
\nRemarks: The art library, free to the public, is small but there are enough books to keep you occupied for hours. Catalogs from past photo exhibits at the museum are included.\u00a0From Shibuya Station, ride the Tokyu Shin-Tamagawa Line (Hanzomon subway line) (don’t ride the kyuko express) to Yoga Station. About a 20 min. walk from Yoga Station. The walk is pleasant, along a tree-lined road. Signs in English clearly point the way to the expansive Kinuta Family Park where the museum is located. Buses also run from Chitose Funabashi Station and Seijo Gakuen-mae Station on the Odakyu Line.<\/p>\n
\n(Tokyo-to Shashin Bijutsu-kan Toshoshitsu)
\nAddress: \u6771\u4eac\u90fd\u76ee\u9ed2\u533a\u4e09\u7530\u4e00\u4e01\u76ee13\u756a3\u53f7 \u6771\u4eac\u90fd\u5199\u771f\u7f8e\u8853\u9928\u56f3\u66f8\u5ba4
\nYebisu Garden Place, Mita 1-13-3
\nMeguro-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN 153-0062
\nPhone: (03) 3280-0099
\nFax: (03) 3280-0033
\nURL: http:\/\/tokyophotomuseum-library.opac.jp\/<\/a>
\nHours: 10:00-18:00, closed Mon. (open if a national holiday and closed on Tue. instead), and year end and New Year’s
\nRemarks: The museum’s small, cozy library is on the 4th floor. It is open free to the public. It has a large collection of photography-related books and magazines in Japanese and other languages. Most of the collection is in the closed stacks. You can use the computer to search for what you want by subject, title, or author. A library clerk can help you with this.\u00a0After you find the book in the computer database, you can have the librarian fetch it from the closed stack. This can be done only during the following hours: 10:00-11:30 and 13:00-17:30. Also, you can use the photocopying machine only during these hours as well. Nothing can be checked out of the library, so you have to do your reading in the library.\u00a0Note that you cannot bring any bags inside the library. It must be stored in the locker right outside the library. Smoking, eating, and drinking are also not allowed.\u00a0From Ebisu Station (East exit), take the Sky Walk (moving sidewalk) to Yebisu Garden Place, a new shopping, restaurant, and hotel complex.<\/p>\n
\n(Yokohama Kaiko Shiryokan Esturan-shitsu)
\nAddress: \u795e\u5948\u5ddd\u770c\u6a2a\u6d5c\u5e02\u4e2d\u533a\u65e5\u672c\u5927\u901a3
\nNihon Odori 3, Naka-ku
\nYokohama, Kanagawa, JAPAN 231-0021
\nPhone: (045) 201-2100
\nFax: (045) 201-2102
\nURL: http:\/\/www.kaikou.city.yokohama.jp\/en\/reading-room.html<\/a>
\nHours: 9:30 – 17:00 (enter by 16:30), closed Mon., year-end and New Year’s, inventory days
\nRemarks: Established in June 1981, this museum includes a large collection of picture postcards and 19th century vintage photos of Yokohama and Kanagawa. The exhibition floor shows how Yokohama was opened up to the West. The building used to be the British Consulate. Exhibitions center on the history of Yokohama’s opening to overseas trade. The reading room is excellent for Yokohama photography research.\u00a0The Reading Room has many Yokohama-related materials. The perfect place to do research on “Yokohama Shashin.” Old picture postcards, photographs, English and Japanese newspapers, and books can be requested for viewing. A 100-yen admission is charged for Reading Room entry. For the exhibits, admission is 200 yen.\u00a012-min. walk from Kannai Station on the JR Keihin Tohoku Line. You can also get off at Sakuragi-cho Station and take bus No. 8, 11, 20, or 58. Get off at Kencho-mae. The Archives is right across from the Kanagawa Prefectural Office (Kencho). Small admission charged.<\/p>\n
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\nOimatsu-cho 1, Nishi-ku
\nYokohama, Kanagawa, JAPAN 220-0032
\nPhone: (045) 262-0050
\nFax: (045) 262-0052
\nURL: http:\/\/www.city.yokohama.jp\/me\/kyoiku\/library\/e_index.html<\/a>
\nHours: 9:30 – 19:00 (till 17:00 on Sat., Sun., Mon., and national holidays), closed once a month (irregular), Dec. 29 – Jan. 3, and inventory days.
\nRemarks: Large public library where you can borrow books to take home. Many materials on Yokohama, one of the birthplaces of photography in Japan.\u00a05-min. walk Keihin Kyuko Hinode-machi Station. Also 10-min. walk from Sakuragicho Station.\u00a0\u30fb\u4eac\u6d5c\u6025\u884c\u65e5\u30ce\u51fa\u753a\u99c5\u4e0b\u8eca5\u5206\u00a0\u30fbJR\u3001\u6771\u6a2a\u3001\u5e02\u55b6\u5730\u4e0b\u9244\u7dda \u685c\u6728\u753a\u99c5\u4e0b\u8eca10\u5206<\/p>\n
\nAddress: \u795e\u5948\u5ddd\u770c\u6a2a\u6d5c\u5e02\u897f\u533a\u307f\u306a\u3068\u307f\u3089\u30443-4-1
\nMinato Mirai 3-4-1, Nishi-ku
\nYokohama, Kanagawa, JAPAN 220-0012
\nPhone: (045) 221-0300
\nFax: (045) 221-0317
\nURL: http:\/\/www.yaf.or.jp\/yma\/artinfomation\/index\/<\/a>
\nHours: 10:00 – 18:00 (enter by 17:30), closed Thu. (open if a national holiday), the day after a national holiday, and the year end and New Year’s
\nRemarks: The very large Art Library (Bijutsu Tosho-shitsu) is open to the public free of charge. It has a separate entrance from the museum so you do not need to pay museum admission to enter. Opened in Nov. 1989, the library has many art-related books, reference materials, catalogs, microfilm, and periodicals in open and closed stacks. In terms of floor space, this library is the largest (935 sq. m) among those listed here. Very spacious with many chairs and tables. There are many photography books and magazines including English ones. Library materials cannot be borrowed outside the library. A copy machine is provided. Bags, etc., must be put into the locker before you enter the library. Only writing materials are allowed in.\u00a0Walk from Sakuragi-cho Sta. and get on the moving sidewalk for the Landmark Plaza. Enter and walk straight through the Landmark Plaza and exit on the other side. Go left and walk a little more. You will then see the museum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"