Kanazawa Ward Reading Activities Promotion Project

Reading activities are "important in learning words, improving sensibilities, enhancing expressiveness, creativity, etc., or enriching them, and acquiring the ability to live a deeper life."

Based on this philosophy, the "Ordinance on Promotion of Reading Activities for Yokohama Citizens" was enacted in June 2013 and came into effect on April 1, 2014.

From 2019 to 5, the "Second Yokohama Citizen's Reading Activity Promotion Plan" has been formulated to promote reading activities for all Yokohama citizens from infants to the elderly.

Every November is "Citizen's Reading Activity Promotion Month".
During this period, Kanazawa Ward held events at each library as a "reading festival" with the cooperation of Kanazawa Library, district centers, community houses and community care plazas, university libraries and specialized libraries in the ward. Please come and visit us.

In order to support reading activities, Kanazawa Ward posted facilities that rent out and read books and hold talks.
We have created a "Kanazawa Ward Reading Facility Map".

Reading facility map (PDF: 846KB)

• Tomioka Namiki District Center (outside site)
• Nokendai District Center (outside site)
• Kamariya District Center (outside site)
• Rokuura District Center (outside site)
• Yanagimachi Community House (outside site)
• Namiki Community House (outside site)
• Rokuura Minami Community House (outside site)
• Oda Community House (outside site)
• Tomioka Community House (outside site)
• Daido Community House (outside site)
• Nishikanazawa Community House (outside site)
• Hakkei Community House (outside site)
• Elderly Welfare Center Haruarashi Kanazawa (outside site)
• Tomioka Community Care Plaza (outside site)
• Nishikanazawa Community Care Plaza (outside site)
• Yokohama City University Academic Information Center / Medical Information Center (outside site)
• Kanto Gakuin University Library (outside site)
• Kanagawa Prefectural Kanazawabunko Library Reading Room (only browsing) (outside site)
• Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology Yokohama Research Institute Library (outside site)
• Fisheries Research and Education Organization Natl. Res. Inst. of Fisheries Science Library (only for viewing) (outside site)
• Mobile library is Makaze
• Nohanakan of Kanazawa Nature Park (only for viewing) (outside site)
• Namiki Nursery School, Kirara Nursery School, Kanazawa Puyoko Nursery School, Aozora Yatsu Nursery School, Kanazawa Sakura Nursery School, Nijiiro Nursery School Kanazawabunko, Nijiiro Nursery School Kamariya, Kamariya Nursery School, Kanon Nursery School, Kita Rokuura Ichii Nursery School, Minami Rokuura Nursery School

　※Please search for the details of each nursery school from this (Engashi support ★ Yokohama childcare (outside site)).　

• Kanazawa district center (outside site)
• Local child care support base Tokotoko (outside site)
• Yanagimachi Community Care Plaza (outside site)
• Kamariya Community Care Plaza (outside site)
• Nokendai Community Care Plastic (outside site)

The Kanazawa Library regularly holds various reading activity events.
Kanazawa Library mascot character "Reed-kun" will guide you.