Registered users can use the following services in the library:

User Registration

Some of the materials that are held in the Tokyo Main Library and/or the International Library of Children's Literature are available for the inter-site request.
For details, please inquire at the Information Desk.

Inter-site requests are accepted between 10:00 and 17:30.

You can reserve the materials in the closed stacks of the Kansai-kan in advance and claim them on the day of your visit without any request procedures.

• Way to reserve: Via the Internet or at the library
• Available day: One single day between three and eight library opening days after you made the reservation.

Example -- If you make a reservation on October 7 (Monday), you can reserve a day for your visit between October 10 (Thursday) and October 18 (Friday).

*Please note that in some cases, a requested material may not be available.

You can ask the nearest counter to put aside the item(s) you are reading and, on the next day, pick it (them) up again without any request procedures.
Please take the item(s) you wish to have put aside and your user card to the Circulation Counter or Asia Counter, and request the staff to hold and reserve it for you.

Requests for holding and reserving are accepted between 10:00 and 18:00.

*Note: You cannot request holding and reserving of the open-access materials in the General Collections Room and Asian Resources Room, nor any material you requested to be put aside the previous day.