横浜市磯子図書館, Public library in Isogo-ku, Japan
Isogo Public Library is a public library on the basement floor of the Isogo Ward General Government Building in Isogo-ku, Yokohama. It holds 152,571 books, 44,852 of them children's books, and has a corner collecting works by Isogo-born writers such as Sakae Saito, Koji Nakano and Toru Terada.
The library opened in October 1974 on the fourth floor of the Isogo Center, created as the first branch of the Yokohama City Library system, which until then had only the library in Noge (now the Central Library). It moved in November 1999 to the basement floor of the Isogo Ward General Government Building, where it operates today.
A corner collects works by writers from Isogo Ward, including Sei Saito, Koji Nakano and Toru Terada. The library holds 152,571 volumes, 44,852 of them children's books, and offers public wireless LAN, which requires email authentication or advance registration.
Staff can help you locate books and materials, and there are enough tables and chairs throughout the space for comfortable studying. It is good to respect quiet areas and keep electronic devices silent to avoid disturbing other visitors.
The library holds a corner of works by writers from Isogo-ku, including Saito Sakae, Nakano Koji and Terada Toru. The collection of 152,571 volumes, 44,852 of them children's books, sits on the basement floor of the Isogo Ward General Government Building.
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