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Announcement from Konan Library
Last Updated February 14, 2025
- Events scheduled to be held in February
- Events scheduled to be held in March
- About the use of meeting rooms
- I'm looking for an old photo
- Please use the "resting place"
Let's enjoy children's songs and picture books with parents and children! (3 times in total)
The children's songs, which are the basis of words, have been sung in a relaxed rhythm with beautiful Japanese.
Have a pleasant time while having fun. It will be held three times in a row.
Date and time/
1st: Thursday, February 6
2nd: Thursday, February 13
No. 3: Thursday, February 20
From 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
※You can participate only once. (A total of 3 times is recommended.)
Venue / Kaminagaya Community House 1F Multipurpose Room
Target: Children aged 0 to 2 years and their parents
Capacity / First 10 pairs each time
Application / From 9:30 am on Saturday, January 11, please visit Kaminagaya Community House or call (045-843-8950).
Lecturer: Kazuko Fujihira (Kanagawa Children's Plaza)
Hosted by Konan Ward Regional Promotion Division, Konan Library, Kaminagaya Community House
"Ohanashi Hiroba no Kai" talk party
Date and time: Saturday, February 8, 2025
(1)About 3 years old: From 2:30 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.
(2)From elementary school students: From 3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room on the 2nd floor of Konan Library
Free participation on the day (up to the first 20 people)
"Ohanashi Kuma-san" talk party
Date and time: February 14, 2025, Friday, February 28, 2025
(1)From the age of 0: From 10:00 a.m. to 10:20 a.m.
(2)From 2 years old: From 10:40 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Venue: elementary school student Corner on the 1st floor of Konan Library
Free participation on the day (up to the first 12 pairs)
Fun talk with parents and children
This is a meeting of children's songs and picture books by the librarian of Konan Library.
Date and time: Wednesday, February 19, 2025
From 10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Venue: elementary school student Corner on the 1st floor of Konan Library
Target: Infants and parents
Free participation on the day (up to the first 12 pairs)
"Ohanashi / Nikotto" talk party
Date and time: Sunday, February 23, 2025
(1)About 3 years old: From 2:30 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.
(2)About 5 years old: From 3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room on the 2nd floor of Konan Library
Free participation on the day (up to the first 20 people)
"Golden Pocket" talk party
Date and time: Thursday, February 27, 2025
(1)From the age of 0: From 10:00 a.m. to 10:25 a.m.
(2)From the age of 0: From 10:40 a.m. to 11:05 a.m.
(1)(2) The content is the same.
Venue: elementary school student Corner on the 1st floor of Konan Library
Free participation on the day (up to the first 12 pairs)
[Reception end] Reception has been closed because the number of story-telling courses for picture books for volunteers has been reached.
This course is for those who are active as story-telling volunteers and those who want to start their activities in Konan Ward.
Why don't you learn the tricks of reading aloud?
Date and time: From 10:30 am to noon on Thursday, March 6, 2025
Venue: Conference Room on the 2nd floor of Konan Library
Target: If you are volunteering to read aloud to preschoolers or elementary school students in Konan Ward or want to do a story-telling activity in the future, a school librarian.
Capacity: First 20 pairs
The reception has been closed because the capacity has been reached.
Spring Story Concert -To the World of Story with Reading and Music -
Date and time: From 5:30 pm to 6:15 pm on Sunday, March 16, 2025 (opening at 5:00 pm)
Venue: 1st floor of Konan Library
Target: From elementary school students to adults
Capacity: The first 45 people
Application: Acceptance by electronic application (outside site) from 9:30 on Tuesday, February 18
Performer: Tobi La (Ohanashi: Nahomi Iwata / Keyboard: Yoko Horiuchi / Percussion instrument: Naoko Oyama)
Host: Konan Library, Konan Kumin Cultural Center Himawari no Sato, Konan Ward Regional Promotion Division
"Ohanashi Hiroba no Kai" talk party
Date and time: Saturday, March 8, 2025
(1)About 3 years old: From 2:30 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.
(2)From elementary school students: From 3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room on the 2nd floor of Konan Library
Free participation on the day (up to the first 20 people)
"Ohanashi Kuma-san" talk party
Date and time: March 14, 2025, Friday, March 28, 2025
(1)From the age of 0: From 10:00 a.m. to 10:20 a.m.
(2)From 2 years old: From 10:40 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Venue: elementary school student Corner on the 1st floor of Konan Library
Free participation on the day (up to the first 12 pairs)
Fun talk with parents and children
This is a meeting of children's songs and picture books by the librarian of Konan Library.
Date and time: Wednesday, March 19, 2025
From 10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Venue: elementary school student Corner on the 1st floor of Konan Library
Target: Infants and parents
Free participation on the day (up to the first 12 pairs)
"Ohanashi / Nikotto" talk party
Date and time: Sunday, March 23, 2025
(1)About 3 years old: From 2:30 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.
(2)About 5 years old: From 3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room on the 2nd floor of Konan Library
Free participation on the day (up to the first 20 people)
"Golden Pocket" talk party
Date and time: Thursday, March 27, 2025
(1)From the age of 0: From 10:00 a.m. to 10:25 a.m.
(2)From the age of 0: From 10:40 a.m. to 11:05 a.m.
(1)(2) The content is the same.
Venue: elementary school student Corner on the 1st floor of Konan Library
Free participation on the day (up to the first 12 pairs)
Schedule of the talk party
2024 storytelling party calendar (second half) (PDF: 436KB) From October 2024 (2024) to March 2025 (2025)
- Announcements from Yokohama City LibraryYokohama City Library Top PagePlease take a look at it.
Personal use (currently closed)
★Opening of the summer season has ended.
The conference room is used for various purposes, such as library operations, talks and face-to-face readings.
In the future, we will consider it based on the usage of the entire building.
Group use
Only registered organizations can use the conference room once a month.
※Meeting room use registration groups are reading parties, research groups, lifelong learning groups, etc. in Yokohama City for the purpose of promoting reading activities, etc.
Organizations and groups that have submitted the “Konan Library Conference Room User Group Registration Application Form” for profit purposes.
Konan Library is looking for photos that will help you know the area.
Do you have any photos of old Konan Ward scenery on your album?
Please let the Konan Library know if you have any photos showing the buildings, streets, and life at that time, such as before and after regional development or before the housing complex was established.
The photos we are looking for are from Meiji, Taisho and Showa eras to around 1998, showing changes in the cityscape of Konan Ward, the status of regional development, and changes in civil life.
- The photos you provide are on the website.Yokohama's Memory (outside site)Will be released.
- It will also be used for panel exhibitions in the library.
- The photo will be returned after the data is taken in.
- If you donate, it will be saved at the library.
At Konan Library, the courtyard was opened to create a “resting place”.
I put benches, chairs and tables. You can eat and drink at the "resting place".
Available time is from 9:30 to 16:30.
It is not available when the library is closed.
In addition, please take your trash home. No smoking.
We look forward to your continued support.
Page for children "Konan and Shokan Kids Page!"
Usage guide
Opening hours, closed days
- Opening hours
- From Tuesday to Friday: From 9:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday, national holiday (holiday) day, December 28 from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
- January 4 is from noon to 5:00 p.m.
- Closed days
- Facility inspection date: Please refer to the library calendar.
- FY2024 inventory: From Tuesday, June 25 to Thursday, June 27
- New Year holidays: From Sunday, December 29, 2024 to Friday, January 3, 2025
About guidance of use
For details on registration and lending, please refer to the following page.
Overview of Konan Library
- Date of installation: January 21, 1987
- Total floor area: 1503.36 square meters
- Number of Collections: 112,785 (including 36,436 children's books)
- Number of books borrowed annually: 353,793 books (including 115,307 children's books)
- Number of visitors per year: 170,076 people
From "Library in Yokohama 2024"
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Board of Education Secretariat Konan Library
Telephone: 045-841-5577
Telephone: 045-841-5577
Fax: 045-841-5725
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