Links

Library

• Tokyo Metropolitan Library  http://www.library.metro.tokyo.jp/index.html
Tokyo Metropolitan Library's Home Page
You can refer to user information and simultaneously search for materials in 3 libraries: Center Library, Hibiya Library, Tama Library.

• National Diet Library's home page  http://www.ndl.go.jp/
You will find user information listed by the Tokyo Main Library, the Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library, and the International Library of Children's Literature, as well as Diet Parliament records and exhibitions presented on the Web.

• Public Libraries  http://www.jla.or.jp/link/public.html
A listing of URLs for the public libraries in Japan.

• University Libraries  http://www.libra.titech.ac.jp/libraries_Japan.html
A listing of URLs for the university libraries in Japan, a total of 661 sites (as of Dec. 2005).

Collection Search

• Cross-search the libraries in Tokyo  http://metro.tokyo.opac.jp
This enables you to cross-search materials in public libraries in 48 wards, cities, and towns in the Tokyo metropolitan area (as of Dec. 2005).

• "NDL-OPAC" National Diet Library Online Public Access Catalog  
  http://opac.ndl.go.jp/index.html
This online catalog enables you to search Japanese and foreign books, magazines,newspapers, and audiovisual materials in the National Diet Library.

• "Webcat Plus" National Institute of Informatics  
  http://webcatplus.nii.ac.jp/about/top.html
This system enables users to search for relevant words by keyword input and to look for books or materials that include those words. The results will be returned with a list of university libraries that have those books and materials.

Minato City Portal Site

• A public Web site of Minato Ward  http://www.city.minato.tokyo.jp/
There are links to the "Minato Monthly" and the Minato Industry and Tourism Network's "Minato a la carte."

• The Minato Ward Board of Education  http://www.city.minato.tokyo.jp/kyoiku/
This is a public Web site with Information about school education, lifetime education, and various educational facilities.

• Minato Information File  http://www.city.minato.tokyo.jp/joho/index.html
Here you will find administrative materials, plans, and statistics created by Minato Ward.

• Minato City Maps (Wagamachi Minato City Guide)  http://www.city.minato.tokyo.jp/sisetsu/map.html
This guide contains facility information and area maps and can provide aerial photos.

Serial publications (electronic versions)