The Waseda International House of Literature (The Haruki Murakami Library)Waseda University

This is a facility for shared creation, a house of literature where everyone can meet. To enable those in Japan and overseas who love the works of Haruki Murakami—including those who until now have had only a passing interest—to use the facility, we will endeavor, in our preparation and planning, to encourage new discoveries by and exchange among the library’s users.

Reflecting one of Waseda University’s goals, that of turning the campus itself into a museum, we are hoping to welcome many visitors to this facility as a place where they can experience literature.

This facility is operated by the Waseda University Cultural Affairs Division and the Office of the Waseda International House of Literature, through the generous support of donations collected through Haruki Murakami Library Fundraising, with the aim of promoting the activities of researchers affiliated with WIHL.