Cultural Facilities

　If you are borrowing books for the first time, complete the necessary form and submit it at the counter. Anyone who lives, works or goes to school in the city or neighboring area (Musashino- shi, Chofu-shi, Koganei-shi, Nishi-tokyo-shi, Suginami-ku, Setagaya-ku) may register to borrow books. Please bring some form of identification with your address on it. You will be issued a library card.
To check out a book, bring your library card and the book(s) you wish to borrow to the counter. Up to 10 books may be checked out per person at all the libraries in total, for three weeks.

Mitaka Main Library (Main Building)

　3-3, Kamirenjaku 8-chome Tel: 43-9151

　Hours:9:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (Until 5:00 p.m. on Saturdays,Sundays and national holidays)

　Closed:Mondays and every 3rd Wednesday of the month

Tobu Library

　8-16, Mure 5-chome　Tel: 49-3851

　Hours:9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

　Closed:Mondays and every 3rd Wednesday of the month

Seibu Library

　6-47, Osawa 2-chome　Tel: 33-1311

　Hours:9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

　Closed:Mondays and every 3rd Wednesday of the month

Mitaka Ekimae Library

　13-10, Shimorenjaku 3-chome　Tel: 71-0035

　Hours:10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (Until 5:00 p.m. on Saturdays,Sundays and national holidays)

　Closed:Mondays and every 3rd Wednesday of the month

Shimorenjaku Library

　13-13, Shimorenjaku 6-chome　Tel:43-9159

　Hours:9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

　Closed:Wednesdays and 1st Monday of the month

* All libraries are closed during the year-end/New Year holidays (December 29 through January 3) and during specified inventory periods.

　Each hall (Main, East and West) offers various courses throughout the year. The facilities can also be used as a location for various educational and cultural group activities.

　This is a facility for traditional Japanese culture. The garden is Japanese-style, with a waiting area and a pond. The building serves as a center for practicing traditional Japanese arts such as the tea ceremony, flower arrangement, tanka poetry, haiku poetry and others as community activities.

Address: 10-48, Shimorenjaku 2-chome

Tel: 46-3922

　This facility is the center of art and creativity in Mitaka City. The facility provides residents opportunities to enjoy concerts, theater and art, and at the same time, the center can be used as a culture and art site where residents can practice, create and demonstrate their artistic skills.
　The center has such facilities as Concert Hall “Kaze” (with a seating capacity for 625 people), designed with an optimal environment for listening to classical music; Theater “Hoshi” (with a seating capacity for 250 people) for theater, music, dance, traditional Japanese arts and movies; art studios, galleries, rehersal studio and meeting rooms.

Address: 12-14, Kamirenjaku 6-chome

Tel: 47-9100 Administration Office 47-5122 Ticket Counter

　As a place for appreciating excellent works of art, this gallery has special exhibits about three times a year for a wide range of genres. The exhibition space can also be used as a place for showings personal works of art.

Address: 5F Coral Shopping Center, 35-1, Shimorenjaku 3-chome

Tel: 79-0033

　This Hall has a multi-purpose hall (with a seating capacity for 868 people) which can be used for all types of recitals, training practices and performances, as well as meeting rooms.

Address: 1-1, Nozaki 1-chome

Tel: 45-1151 (ext. 2555)

　The western-style home where literary artist Yuzo Yamamoto lived with his family from 1936 until 1946 was transformed into a memorial museum and is now open to the public. The museum boasts an exhibit of items that trace the achievements of Yamamoto, who is an Honorary Citizen of Mitaka City, and the building has been designated as a cultural asset of Mitaka City.

Address: 12-27, Shimorenjaku 2-chome

Tel: 42-6233

　Currently, there are cafes, a restaurant, a showroom and a clinic, among others, inside the plaza. There are facilities that can be reserved, such as the community business salon on the B1 floor and conference rooms on the seventh floor that can be used for conferences or exhibitions. The service counter for citizens and businesses of the Mitaka City Machizukuri Foundation is located on the second floor

Address: 38-4, Shimorenjaku 3-chome

Tel: 40-9911

Hours: Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (Saturdays and Sundays until 5:00 p.m.)

　The Mitaka Collaboration Center is a facility that supports activities and exchange programs of city residents, NPOs, resident activity groups and town assemblies/the residents’ associations (jumin kyogi-kai). At the same time, the Center promotes citizens’ participation to the city planning through collaboration by thinking of ways of creating new cooperative ties between residents and the city administration for the future.
　The first floor has space for city resident activities, while the second floor has meeting rooms (with capacities of 150 persons, 50 persons and 15 persons). Those who live or work in the metropolitan Tokyo area can use the facilities for a fee.

Address: 17-23 Shimorenjaku 4-chome

Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Closed: Tuesdays (Opened if Tuesday is a national holiday and closed the next day) and during the year-end/New Year holidays (December 29 through January 3).

Tel: 46-0048

　Located in Inokashira Park West, this museum was opened as a city facility. It has an animation exhibit focusing mainly on the works of Studio Ghibli, which is famous for such works by Director Hayao Miyazaki “Tonari no Totoro” and “Mononoke Hime.” The museum also produces and shows original works.
　A community bus runs between Mitaka Station and the museum.

Address: 1-83, Shimorenjaku 1-chome

Hours: 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Admission: ￥1,000 for adults and college students, ￥700 for high school and junior high school students, ￥400 for elementary school students, ￥100 for preschoolers (four years of age or older)

Tickets for Mitaka Citizens: There are tickets reserved for Mitaka Citizens to buy.

Inquiries: Mitaka City Tourism Association (Tel: 40-5525)

Closed: Tuesdays

Tel: 0570-055777

* Tickets for admission should be reserved beforehand. You can purchase the tickets at any Lawson convenience store.

　The National Astronomical Observatory Mitaka Campus functions as the headquarters of Japan’s astronomical research. On the vast premises, shrouded in a Musashino copse, there are stateof- the-art research facilities as well as old observatory facilities built between the Taisho and early-Showa periods. Part of the facilities, such as the historical observatory museum and Sun Spectrograph Room, are open to the public throughout the year. Visitors are also welcome on special open days and regular star parties held twice a month.

Hours: 10 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. *Please check in at the front gate upon arrival.

Closed: During the year-end/New Year holidays.

Location: 21-1, Osawa 2-chome

Tel: 34-3600

　The museum’s collection comprises approximately 5,300 examples of ceramics, dyed fabrics, and woodworking from Japan and other parts of Asia gathered by the university’s first principal, Hachiro Yuasa. In addition, the museum displays replicas of prehistoric items found on the university’s premises, such as stoneware, earthenware, and remains of stone-paved housing. There are special exhibitions and open lectures.

Hours: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (until 4:30 p.m. on Saturdays)

Closed: Sundays, Mondays, national holidays, Saturdays in March and July, university holidays and specified periods before exhibitions.

Location: 10-2, Osawa 3-chome

Tel: 33-3340

　At this facility, the historic culture of the Middle East is studied, and the results of such study are publicized. The permanent collection exhibition room guides you chronologically from the Old Stone Age to the age of the Ottoman Empire. The themebased exhibition room is divided into several corners with specific themes related to history and culture. There is also a special exhibition room.

Hours: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Closed: Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, during exhibit changeover and during the year-end/New Year holidays

Location: 10-31, Osawa 3-chome

Tel: 32-7111