{"id":11530,"date":"2025-10-02T10:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T01:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/culture\/wihl\/?p=11530"},"modified":"2025-10-02T12:30:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:30:30","slug":"wihls-off-site-exhibition-at-toyama-library-wasedas-strange-house-of-literature%ef%bc%8flibrary-week-autumn-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/culture\/wihl\/other-en\/11530","title":{"rendered":"WIHL\u2019s off-site exhibition at Toyama Library: Waseda\u2019s Strange House of Literature\uff0fLibrary Week Autumn 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

WIHL\u2019s off-site exhibition at Toyama Library Waseda\u2019s Strange House of Literature\uff0fLibrary Week Autumn 2025<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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This autumn, again, we hold an exhibition introducing the International House of Literature at Toyama Library, in collaboration with the welcome events for first-year students at Waseda University, Library Week
\n\u203bDetails for Library Week can be found here<\/a><\/p>\n

Do you know that the International House of Literature (IHL), commonly known as the Haruki Murakami Library, is located on the Waseda Campus? It’s a white building surrounded by a strange-shaped wooden canopy, but what exactly is inside?<\/p>\n

This \u201cHouse of Literature\u201d opened in 2021, after novelist Haruki Murakami, an alumnus of Waseda University’s Faculty of Letters, came to deposit and donate his valuable personal collection to his alma mater.
\nThe International House of Literature functions as a library where anyone can leisurely read books, a museum offering exhibitions on a wide range of themes beyond literature, and a cultural exchange facility hosting numerous internationally diverse events. This exhibition focuses on one of its functions, the \u201clibrary,\u201d briefly introducing some of the Haruki Murakami works available at the Library and the fascinating world of translations spreading overseas.<\/p>\n\n