2025-4-17 National Diet Library expected to be crowded before and after Golden Week holidays

During the Golden Week holidays, the National Diet Library will be closed as follows:

• Sunday April 27, Tuesday April 29, and Saturday May 3 to Tuesday May 6

If you are planning to visit the NDL either immediately before or after Golden Week, please be aware that we expect the library to be very crowded due to a large influx of visitors.

Please give yourself plenty of time for your visit.

User registration is required to request library materials from the closed stacks.

In particular, new user registration at the NDL is taking much longer than usual because of the large numbers of visitors.

Please be aware that when the library is crowded, the reception desk might close earlier than scheduled. Please come to the library early in the day if you intend to request new user registration.

Please refer to "Opening Hours & Library Holidays" for detailed information on library hours.