{"id":81137,"date":"2014-05-16T17:07:56","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T08:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&p=49933"},"modified":"2016-04-01T02:50:56","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T17:50:56","slug":"visit-fukuoka-citys-libraries","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/visit-fukuoka-citys-libraries\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit Fukuoka City’s Libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"

With rainy season approaching, now\u2019s a great time to start discovering some of Fukuoka City\u2019s many libraries. The long list includes the Fukuoka Prefectural Library (Hakozaki, Higashi-ku), Fukuoka City Public Library Main Library (Momochihama, Sawara-ku) and its 10 branch libraries, along with other unique libraries.<\/p>\n

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Fukuoka City Public Library Main Library<\/p><\/div>\n

Boasting more than 1,250,000 books in stock, the Fukuoka City Public Library Main Library is also equipped with a movie hall Cin\u00e9-l\u00e0 (246 seats), and houses approx. 1,000 titles of Japanese and Asian films, as well as many domestic films that set in Fukuoka. It sometimes shows classic and international films too.<\/p>\n

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Fukuoka Prefectural Library houses government documents and company histories. Business seminars targeting mothers, retirees, or those interested in start-ups are sometimes held on the premises, and library staff can assist in finding books and documents. There\u2019s also a children\u2019s library on the first floor.<\/p>\n

Business-minded readers are sure to get a lot out of the BIZCOLI membership-based library which is organized and operated by the Kyushu Economic Research Center. Located on the 5th floor of Denki Bld. Kyosokan on Watanabe-dori, it offers various workshops which are useful for networking.<\/p>\n

Other unique libraries include the Fukuoka City Citizen Welfare Plaza (Fuku Fuku Plaza) in Arato, Chuo-ku, and the Fukuoka City Children’s Science & Culture Center Library in Maizuru, Chuo-ku. The former has books on social welfare service, and offers reading service for the visually impaired. The latter houses books for children (ranging from kindergarten aged through senior-high students). With so much on offer, you\u2019re sure to find a library that matches your interest and needs. Source: Nishinippon Shimbun 5\/9<\/p>\n

Fukuoka City Libraries<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Fukuoka Prefectural Library<\/strong>: 1-41-12 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku; over 800, 000 books
\n\u2022 Fukuoka City Public Library Main Library:<\/strong> 3-chome, Momochihama, Sawara-ku; over 1,250,000 books
\n\u2022 Fukuoka City Citizen Welfare Plaza (Fuku Fuku Plaza):<\/strong> 3-3-39 Arato, Chuo-ku; over 30,000 books
\n\u2022 Fukuoka City Children’s Science & Culture Center Library:<\/strong> 2-5-27 Maizuru, Chuo-ku; approx. 80,000 books
\n\u2022 BIZCOLI<\/strong> (membership req.): 2-1-82 Watanabe-dori Chuo \u2013ku, approx. 200,000 books
\n\u2022 Fukuoka City Public Library branches<\/strong>
\nHigashi Library: 1-12-1 Kasumigaoka, Higashi-ku, approx. 63,000 books
\nWajiro Library: 1-22-27 Wajirooka, Higashi-ku, approx. 77,000 books
\nHakata Library: 1-13-10 Sanou, Hakata-ku, approx. 67,000 books
\nHakata Minami Library: 2-3-1 Minami Honmachi, Hakata-ku, approx. 76,000 books
\nChuo Library: 2-5-8 Akasaka, Chuo-ku, approx. 65,000 books
\nMinami Library: 2-8-2 Shiohara, Minami-ku, approx. 67,000 books
\nJonan Library: 5-3-25 Katae, Jonan-ku, approx. 65,000 books
\nSawara Library: 2-2-1 Momochi, Sawara-ku, approx. 61,000 books
\nNishi Library: 1-4-39 Uchihama, Nishi-ku, approx. 60,000 books
\nSeibu Library: 607-1 Myoubaru, Nishi-ku, approx. 64,000 books<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With rainy season approaching, now\u2019s a great time to start discovering some of Fukuoka City\u2019s many libraries. The long list includes the Fukuoka Prefectural Library (Hakozaki, Higashi-ku), Fukuoka City Public Library Main Library (Momochihama, Sawara-ku) and its 10 branch libraries, along with other unique libraries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6391,"featured_media":49935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-81137","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/81137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6391"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81137"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}