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Self-Guided Tour / Central Library

Have fun exploring Waseda University Central Library, one of the largest university libraries in Japan! Answer the quiz, and win a special library folder!

◆Point of Departure: Near Grand Staircase on the 2nd floor, Central Library
◆Reception Time: Mon – Fri, 9 a.m. -7 p.m. 

*Self-Guided Tour is available from 9:00AM-5:00PM（Mon.-Fri.）until Thursday, April 11

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Try the Library Quiz! Spring 2024 / Online

Answer the online quiz and learn about the rules and services of Waseda University Library! See the Library website for details.

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Satisfy your appetite for food and knowledge! / Central Library

First appearance of food trucks in the square in front of the Central Library!

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【Exhibition】 Have you read this book yet? / Central Library

We will display books that no one has borrowed yet and the recommended books by library users.
This is a great chance to display your favorite (Oshi) books in the library!

◆Venue: The 2nd floor, Central Library

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【Exhibition】 A collection of library staff recommendations / Central Library

We will display books from the Central Library collection that the library staff especially recommends to new students.

◆Venue: The 2nd floor, Central Library

Self-Guided Tour / Toyama Library

Tour the Toyama Library and answer the quiz. Those who answer the quiz will receive a special Waseda University Library clear file.

◆Point of Departure : Reference Desk on the 1st floor, Toyama Library

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【Exhibition】 For freshmen entering this spring / Toyama Library

For freshmen entering this spring, we will introduce books that they should read while university students, useful materials for their upcoming campus life, and works by Waseda graduates. We will also hold a user-participation project in which we invite current students to submit ” book recommendation for freshmen” and post it on the board.

◆Venue: The 1st~3rd floor, Toyama Library

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【Exhibition】 Tokorozawa campus blessed with nature / Tokorozawa Library

Tokorozawa campus is located in the Sayama Hills,known as the green island of the metropolitan area. This exhibition introduces the campus environment, which is blessed with seasonal nature. Please come to Tokorozawa Library.

◆Venue: Group Study Area(1), Tokorozawa Library

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【Exhibition】 Sumiyoshi Hiroyuki’s Folding Screen “Courtiers Hawking in Spring and Winter”:
Draft Paintings Bring Gift to the Chosŏn Royal Court Back to Life / Center for Scholarly Information

“Courtiers Hawking in Spring and Winter” is a pair of folding screens created by Sumiyoshi Hiroyuki, an official painter to the Tokugawa shogunate, as a gift to the Chosŏn royal court. The Library’s collection includes the draft paintings for the spring section of the folding screens. As not only the completed work and the draft paintings for the winter section but also the roughly 200 pairs of the folding screens presented to the Chosŏn royal court and their draft paintings are now lost, they are extremely rare materials. In this exhibition timed to coincide with spring, we display all the draft paintings for spring alongside other interesting materials.

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