Takeo City Library and Historical Museum

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Takeo City Library and Historical Museum

Enjoy reading in an unconventional library with a spacious reading room while drinking coffee.

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Takeo City Library is a new type of library featuring a café and the Tsutaya bookstore where visitors can purchase books, magazines, and other interesting items. Making good use of wood, the structure has a warm and cozy feeling in its expansive reading room. An enormous number of books fill the impressive bookshelves built from the floor to the ceiling.

Today, Takeo City Library and Historical Museum has also turned into one of the major tourist attractions in Takao City. Both local citizens and tourists are taking advantage of this library and spending time in their own way, including searching through guidebooks for travel information about Takao and relaxing with a nice cup of coffee. The library organizes various events such as lectures, workshops, and a market day.

Its Historical Museum stores over 16,000 works donated by the Nabeshima Clan who used to control Takao and regularly holds special exhibitions regarding local history. The adjacent Children's Library with around 20,000 books also arranges family gathering opportunities including reading events which provide many fun activities for children and adults rather than only searching for books.

Highlights

  • Search travel information about Takao City in an unconventional library.
  • Learn the local history at the Historical Museum.
  • Check the Kyushu Pancake Café on the second floor of the adjacent Children's Library.

Photos

  • An impressive collection of 250,000 books

    An impressive collection of 250,000 books

  • The exterior of the Takao City Library

    The exterior of the Takao City Library

  • Enjoy discovering a new book

    Enjoy discovering a new book

  • Adjacent Takao City Children’s Library

    Adjacent Takao City Children’s Library

  • The Takao City Children’s Library with its huge open space.

    The Takao City Children’s Library with its huge open space.

Reviews

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  • 薛玉美

    這突破傳統~引進民間書店&咖啡館~更接地氣~貼近大家生活的魅力空間哦~

Details

Name in Japanese
武雄市図書館・歴史資料館
Postal Code
843-0022
Address
5304-1 Takeochotakeo, Takeo City, Saga
Telephone
0954-20-0222
Closed
Open every day
Business Hours
9:00am-9:00pm
Admission
Free
Access
15-minute walk from Takeo Onsen Station on JR Sasebo Line
Official Website
Official Website (English)