#KADOKAWA’s Manga & Light Novel Library Reopens with 35,000 Books

KADOKAWA Culture Promotion Foundation held a renewal ceremony for the Manga & Light Novel Library on July 8, 2021, at Kadokawa Musashino Museum (KADOKAWA Culture Museum) in Tokorozawa Sakura Town, Saitama Prefecture.

As “the best library in Japan for reading light novels,” the library opened on August 1, 2020. It initially held about 25,000 volumes, including almost all of KADOKAWA’s light novels, selected comics, and children’s books.

As a result of the increase in the number of books in its collection, the renovation of the building’s interior decorations and shelves in accordance with the Light Novel Archive Project, as well as the cooperation of publishers other than KADOKAWA, the collection has increased by 10,000 volumes to about 35,000 volumes. Now, 18 Japanese publishers are cooperating with this world’s largest light novel library. If you are a researcher of Japanese light novels, this is the must-go place for you!

 

 

 

In conjunction with this renewal open, the Da Vinci Store’s “Manga and Light Novel Library” satellite store opened on the same floor (1st floor of the Kadokawa Musashino Museum), where you can purchase light novels and related goods.

 

 

KADOKAWA Musashino Museum:

 

 

当館ではこれからも各社ライトノベル等の既刊・新刊を収集し、アーカイブ構築を目指します。

他、今回のリニューアル内容です。

・ラノベキャラのバナーで入口上部を装飾

・1階がマンガ、中2階が小説作品と配架位置を変更

・館前にラノベや関連グッズが買える「ダ・ヴィンチストア サテライト店」開店 pic.twitter.com/ifzcj3pHm9

— 角川武蔵野ミュージアム (@Kadokawa_Museum) July 8, 2021

Source: KADOKAWA press release