Best Library

A City Library With Beautiful Dotted WindowsKanazawa Umimirai Library

It has won some prizes such as '25 most beautiful libraries in the world'. Inside the library with windows like dots on the white wall, the 2nd and 3rd floor are very open for the stairwells. There're three different sizes for the windows and the sun light comes from them beautifully to wrap the room gently.◎To take pictures of the inside, you need to fill in the application and meet some conditions. You can use for free because it's a city library. Open: weekdays 10:00-19:00, holidays 10:00-17:00. Regular holiday: Wednesdays

Like A Palace! A Baroque Style Prefectural LibraryOsaka Prefectural Nakanoshima Library

It was built 100 years ago and well-known as a retro building. It's a library on active service, and anyone can look around the central hall. The sublime open staircase with stained glass on its ceiling, and I'm going to be taken in the classical world.

<Takeo, Saga Pref.> A Beautiful Place Where We Forget To Be In A LibraryTakeo City Library

This library can change our image of Takeo, a calm onsen town. We can enjoy also TUTAYA and Starbucks at the first floor.

Good Reading Time In Ogi Island. A Library Remodeled From An Old Japanese HouseOGIJIMA LIBRARY

At Ogi, an isolated island of Takamatsu, a nongovernmental library was born. Holding a coffee in one hand, feel breeze in the island and enjoy the reading time passing slow. Here's a gathering place for islanders, and also people from outside can become familiar easily with this nice place.

"Reading Books in the Woods" Relaxing LibraryKumo no Ue Library

"Yusuhara Kumo no Ue Library" in Yusuhara Town, Kochi Prefecture. The stylish design that uses plenty of wood and the unique bookshelves that image terraced rice fields are eye-catching. You can enjoy reading in a comfortable space that makes you feel like you are in the forest.