Address: 2-33-1 Marunouchi, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan
Phone: 055-226-2586 Fax: 055-226-2528
URL: http://www.lib.pref.yamanashi.jp/
| Tuesday-Friday | 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. |
| Saturday, Sunday and 'Golden Week' period | 9:00 a.m - 6:00 p.m. |
Monday, The last weekday monthly, New Year's holidays (December 28 - January 3), Inventory checkout period (10 days in April), National holidays (except November 3, 'Golden Week' period in April and May).
| Material | Maximum Number | Loan Period |
|---|---|---|
| Books/magazines | 10 copies | 15 days |
| Videos/DVDs | 3 items | 8 days |
The Library is available to anyone who resides, works or attends school in Yamanashi Prefecture.
You need to apply for a Library Card when you borrow materilas or use a laptop computer for the first time.
Please fill out the Registration Form and hand it in at the circulation counter.
On that occasion, please be sure to show your ID card, driver's licence, national insurance certificate, alien registration card, etc.
to confirm your name, address, etc.
If you change your name, address, phone number or office, please inform the library staff as soon as possible
so we can update your account.
To check out a book, please present your Library Card at the circulation counter on the first floor.
It is impossible to borrow reference books, periodicals and newspapers.
It is prohibited to lend materials borrowed from the Library to a third person.
To return library materials, please take them to the circulation counter during the open hours.
You may use the Book Post next to the main entrance to the Library when closed.
Please note that audio-visual materials can be returned directly to the counter.
All materials must be returned on or before the due date.
If the book you want is checked out to another user, you can place a hold on it by asking the Library staff in person or by phone.
You may renew the loan of the materials that you have on loan only once before the due date unless someone else has placed a hold on it. Please ask the staff either in person or by phone.
Materials in the Library can be copied in compliance with the Japanese copyright law at your own expense.
Monochrome copies cost 10 yen and color copies 50 yen per page.
Books not owned by the Library can be orderd from other libraries through this service. Please inquire at the counter.
Librarians provide assistance and instructions about the use of the Library and its information resources. If you require any further information on assistance, please ask the librarians at the counters on the 2nd and 4th floor.