From the NDL to Tokyo Metro Kokkai-gijidomae Station, Exit 2 Elevator to the Ground Level (Verbal Descriptions of Walking Directions)

1. With your back to the automatic doors at the entrance of the Annex, proceed forward about 4 meters in the 12 o'clock direction until you reach another set of automatic doors.
   (Note: There are no braille blocks between those two automatic doors.)
2. Exit the automatic doors and you will be outside. Proceed forward about 4 meters in the 12 o'clock direction until you reach a turn toward 3 o'clock.
3. At the turn of the braille blocks, turn in the 3 o'clock direction and walk about 23 meters until you reach another 9 o'clock turn.
   (Note: There is a ceiling after about 21 meters in the 3 o'clock direction.)
4. At the turn of the braille blocks, turn in the 9 o'clock direction and walk about 8 meters until you reach the automatic doors. Braille blocks are discontinued about 1 meter before and after the automatic doors. Enter through the automatic doors and you will be inside the building.
5. Proceed forward about 15 meters until you reach the second set of automatic doors. Exit the automatic doors and you will be outside.
   (Note: There are two intersections heading in the 3 o'clock direction along the way.)
6. With your back to the automatic doors, proceed forward about 60 meters in the 12 o'clock direction until you reach stairs going up with a handrail. The handrail is about 1 meter on your left if you have walked along the braille blocks.
   (Note: The ceiling continues almost until you reach the stairs. About 2 meters after the ceiling disappears, you will reach the stairs. On the way, in about 10 meters, there is an intersection heading in the 9 o'clock direction.)
7. Proceed up the stairs 14 steps until you reach the T-shaped braille blocks. Continue forward about 4 meters in the 12 o'clock direction until you reach more T-shaped braille blocks. The gate of the National Diet Library is located here. Braille blocks are discontinued about 1 meter before and after the gate.
8. Proceed forward about 1 meter in the 12 o'clock direction until you reach braille blocks. Continue forward about 2 meters until you reach a 3 o'clock turn.
9. At the turn of the braille blocks, turn in the 3 o'clock direction and walk about 5 meters until you reach T-shaped braille blocks.
10. At the T-shaped braille blocks, turn in the 9 o'clock direction and walk about 3 meters until you reach more T-shaped braille blocks.
11. At the T-shaped braille blocks, turn in the 3 o'clock direction and walk forward down a gentle downhill slope for about 40 meters until you reach an intersection branching in the 12 and 3 o'clock directions.
    (Note: On the way, in about 20 meters, there is an intersection heading in the 9 o'clock direction.)
    (Caution: If you reach the T-shaped braille blocks after passing the intersection heading in the 12 o'clock direction, you have traveled too far. Do not proceed beyond this point as it is an entrance/exit for cars. At the T-shaped braille blocks, turn in the 3 o'clock direction and you will come to a street light pole and a signboard.)
12. At the intersection, turn in the 3 o'clock direction and walk about 4 meters until you reach a 9 o'clock turn.
13. At the turn of the braille blocks, turn in the 9 o'clock direction and walk about 25 meters until you reach another 9 o'clock turn.
    (Note: On the way, in about 15 meters, there is an intersection heading in the 3 o'clock direction to the South Entrance of the NDL.)
14. At the turn of the braille blocks, turn in the 9 o'clock direction and walk about 4 meters until you reach T-shaped braille blocks.
15. At the T-shaped braille blocks, turn in the 3 o'clock direction and walk about 65 meters until you reach a 2 o'clock turn.
    (Note: On the way, in about 30 meters, there is an intersection heading in the 3 o'clock direction.)
16. At the turn of the braille blocks, turn in the 2 o'clock direction and walk about 1 meter until you reach an intersection branching in the 12 and 8 o'clock directions.
17. At the intersection, turn in the 8 o'clock direction and walk about 4 meters until you reach a crosswalk with traffic signals. The name of the crossroads is Kokkai Toshokan Mae ('In front of the National Diet Library').
    (Note: The traffic signal of the crosswalk is acoustic and sounds like baby chicks chirping when it is safe to cross.)
18. Proceed forward through the crosswalk for about 23 meters until you reach a sidewalk.
    (Caution: Braille blocks are not laid out in the center of the crosswalk. On the way, in 10 to 12 meters, there is the median strip. There is a step that goes up about 3 cm when entering the median, and a step that drops about 3 cm when exiting. There are curbstones on both sides, and the distance between them is about 3 meters.)
19. At the sidewalk, proceed forward about 3 meters in the 12 o'clock direction until you reach an intersection branching in the 10 and 2 o'clock directions.
20. At the intersection, turn in the 2 o'clock direction and walk about 8 meters until you reach another intersection branching in the 10 and 2 o'clock directions.
21. At the intersection, turn in the 10 o'clock direction and walk about 380 meters until you reach another intersection branching in the 3 and 10 o'clock directions.
    (Note: For 380 meters, there is no crosswalk in the direction you want. On your left side is the property of the National Diet Building. You will find intersections heading in the 9 o'clock direction to its gate while walking. On your right side is a row of trees with a road on the other side. You will also find intersections heading in the 3 o'clock direction to parking spaces and crosswalks. There are nine intersections indicated by braille blocks in the 380 meters.)
22. At the intersection, turn in the 10 o'clock direction and walk about 9 meters until you reach dotted braille blocks.
23. After passing the dotted braille blocks, braille blocks will stop for about 7 meters.
    (Note: On your left side will be the gate of the National Diet Building.)
    (Caution: After the braille blocks end, there is a step that drops about 3 cm. There is a gentle downhill incline towards the road on your right from the gate on your left.)
24. Proceed forward about 7 meters in the 12 o'clock direction until you reach more dotted braille blocks.
    (Caution: There is a step that goes up about 3 cm where the dotted braille blocks restart.)
25. At the dotted braille blocks, proceed forward about 10 meters in the 12 o'clock direction until you reach a 10 o'clock turn.
    (Note: On the way, in about 4 meters, there is an intersection heading in the 1 o'clock direction to a crosswalk.)
26. At the turn of the braille blocks, turn in the 10 o'clock direction along the linear braille blocks until you reach dotted braille blocks. Proceed forward along the dotted braille blocks for about 10 meters.
    (Note: Exit 1 of Kokkai-gijidomae Station is on your left while you are walking along the dotted braille blocks. There are stairs and an escalator at Exit 1. There are no braille blocks between the stairs and the dotted braille blocks. The escalator goes up and down in different directions depending on the time of day.)
27. After passing the dotted braille blocks, walk forward down a gentle downhill slope for about 70 meters along linear braille blocks. Then, you will find more dotted braille blocks.
28. Proceed forward along the dotted braille blocks for about 1 meter and turn in the 9 o'clock direction. Braille blocks will be discontinued for about 1 meter at this point.
29. Proceed forward about 1 meter in the 12 o'clock direction until you reach braille blocks.
30. Continue forward about 4 meters until you reach a 3 o'clock turn.
31. At the turn of the braille blocks, turn in the 3 o'clock direction and walk about 1.5 meters until you reach the elevator doors. Here is the entrance to the elevator to the ground level at Exit 2 of Kokkai-gijidomae Station.

You have reached your destination.