National Diet Library
The National Diet Library is the national library of Japan and among the largest libraries in the world. It was established in 1948 for the purpose of assisting members of the National Diet of Japan in researching matters of public policy.
- Opening hours:
Monday–Friday: 9:30 AM–7:00 PM
Saturday: 9:30 AM–5:00 PM - Type: Library
- Description: national library in Japan
- Also known as: “Biblioteca Nacional de Japón”, “Kokuricu Kokkai Tosokan”, “Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan”, “National Diet Library - Tokyo Main”, “National Diet Library, Japan”, “NDL”, “the National Diet Library of Japan”, “Ulusal Diyet Kütüphanesi”, “НПБ”, “国会図書館”, “国立国会図書館東京本館”, “日本国家图书馆”, “日本国立国会图书馆”, “日本國家圖書館”, “日本國立國會圖書館”, and “東京本館”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Tokyo Imperial Palace and National Theatre of Japan.
Tokyo Imperial Palace
Castle
National Theatre of Japan
Theater building
Parliamentary Museum
Museum
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nagatachō and Hayabusachō.
Hirakawachō
Quarter
Photo: Lombroso, Public domain.National Diet Library
- Categories: national library, parliamentary library, library building, and education
- Location: Chiyoda, Tokyo, Tokyo, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
35.67863° or 35° 40′ 43″ north
Longitude
139.74434° or 139° 44′ 40″ east
Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)
Open location code
8Q7XMPHV+FP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“National Diet Library” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Biblioteek van die Japannese Parlement”
- Albanian: “National Diet Library”
- Arabic: “مكتبة البرلمان الوطني”
- Armenian: “Ազգային խորհրդարանական գրադարան”
- Asturian: “Biblioteca Nacional de la Dieta”
- Azerbaijani: “Yaponiya milli parlament kitabxanası”
- Bashkir: “Японияның милли парламент китапханаһы”
- Basque: “Dietako Liburutegi Nazionala”
- Belarusian: “Нацыянальная парламенцкая бібліятэка Японіі”
- Belarusian: “Нацыянальная парлямэнцкая бібліятэка”
- Bhojpuri: “नेशनल डायट लाइब्रेरी”
- Bosnian: “Nacionalna parlamentarna biblioteka Japana”
- Bosnian: “National Diet Library”
- Bulgarian: “Национална парламентарна библиотека”
- Catalan: “Biblioteca Nacional de la Dieta del Japó”
- Chinese: “国立国会图书馆”
- Chinese: “國立國會圖書館”
- Czech: “Národní parlamentní knihovna Japonska”
- Danish: “Nationale parlamentsbibliotek”
- Dutch: “Bibliotheek van het Japanse parlement”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مكتبة اليابان الوطنيه”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مكتبه اليابان الوطنيه”
- Esperanto: “Nacia Biblioteko de Dieto”
- Finnish: “Japanin parlamentin kirjasto”
- French: “bibliothèque nationale de la Diète”
- French: “Bibliothèque nationale de la Diète”
- Galician: “Biblioteca Nacional da Dieta”
- German: “Nationale Parlamentsbibliothek”
- Greek: “Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη της Δίαιτας της Ιαπωνίας”
- Greek: “Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη της Δίετας της Ιαπωνίας”
- Hebrew: “ספריית הדיאט הלאומית”
- Hungarian: “Japán Országgyűlési Könyvtár”
- Hungarian: “Országgyűlési Könyvtár”
- Iloko: “Nailian a Biblioteka ti Dieta”
- Indonesian: “Perpustakaan Parlemen Jepang”
- Italian: “Biblioteca della Dieta nazionale del Giappone”
- Italian: “Biblioteca della Dieta Nazionale del Giappone”
- Japanese: “国立国会図書館・東京本館”
- Japanese: “国立国会図書館”
- Javanese: “Pabukon Legislatif Jepang”
- Korean: “국립국회도서관 도쿄본관”
- Korean: “국립국회도서관”
- Korean: “일본 국립국회도서관”
- Latin: “Bibliotheca Diaetae Nationalis”
- Ligurian: “Bibliotêca da Diêta Naçionâle do Giapón”
- Ligurian: “Bibliotêca da Diêta Naçionâle do Giapón”
- Literary Chinese: “國立國會圖書館”
- Lithuanian: “Japonijos nacionalinė parlamento biblioteka”
- Macedonian: “Национална парламентарна библиотека”
- Malay: “Perpustakaan Diet Kebangsaan”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kok-li̍p Kok-hōe Tô͘-su-koán”
- Mongolian: “Японы Үндэсний парламентын номын сан”
- Northern Frisian: “National Diet Library”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Det nasjonale parlamentsbiblioteket”
- Norwegian: “Det nasjonale parlamentsbiblioteket”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Bibliotèca Nacionala de la Dieta”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Bibliotèca Nacionala de la Dièta”
- Persian: “کتابخانه شورای ملی ژاپن”
- Polish: “Narodowa Biblioteka Parlamentarna Japonii”
- Portuguese: “Biblioteca Nacional da Dieta”
- Romanian: “Biblioteca Națională a Dietei”
- Russian: “Национальная парламентская библиотека (Токийское отделение)”
- Russian: “Национальная парламентская библиотека”
- Scots: “Naitional Diet Leebrar”
- Scots: “Naitional Diet Leebrary”
- Scottish Gaelic: “National Diet Library”
- Serbian: “Nacionalna parlamentarna biblioteka Japana”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Biblioteka nacionalnog dijeta”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Biblioteka Nacionalnog Dijeta”
- Sicilian: “Bibblioteca Nazziunali dû Parramentu giappunisi”
- Sindhi: “قومي ڊائيٽ لائبريري”
- Sindhi: “نيشنل ڊائيٽ لائبريري”
- Sinhala: “ජාතික ව්යවස්ථාදායක පුස්තකාලය”
- Slovenian: “Japonska nacionalna knjižnica”
- Spanish: “Biblioteca Nacional de la Dieta”
- Swedish: “Nationella parlamentsbiblioteket”
- Tatar: “Yaponiäneñ milli parlament kitapxanäse”
- Tatar: “Япониянең милли парламент китапханәсе”
- Turkish: “Japonya Millet Meclisi Kütüphanesi”
- Turkish: “Millî Diyet Kütüphanesi”
- Ukrainian: “Національна парламентська бібліотека Японії”
- Urdu: “پارلیمانی کتب خانہ جاپان”
- Venetian: “Biblioteca de ła Dieta nasionałe del Japon”
- Vietnamese: “Thư viện Quốc hội Nhật Bản”
- Waray (Philippines): “Nasodnon nga Sulod-Barasahan Dieta”
- Welsh: “Llyfrgell y Diet Cenedlaethol”
- Wu Chinese: “国立国会图书馆”
- Yue Chinese: “國立國會圖書館”
- “नेशनल डायट लाइब्रेरी”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Nagatacho 1 and Hirakawacho 2.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: 周辺図 and 国立国会図書館お知らせ.
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