News of Midori Library

The entire Yokohama City Library will be closed on Tuesday, February 25 for facility inspection.
Please return books on closed days to book return box beside the library entrance.
Please refer to the opening hours and closed days of Yokohama City Library for the schedule of annual closed days.

The event may be canceled, reduced, or postponed due to measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, but we appreciate your understanding.

Midori Library Event Page (Updated January 1, 2025)
Midori Library Theme Exhibition Page (Updated January 10, 2025)

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The library agency of Yokohama City Library will open in La Port Yokohama (7-minute walk from Kamoi Station on Tsuzuki Ward   and JR). For more information, please refer to the following page.

The location of books in the Adult Library has been partially changed.
Until now, there was a book on "Language" in No. 25, but moved to No. 22. The "Japanese Reportage" in No. 22 moves to No. 21, and the "Japanese Essay" in No. 21 moves to No. 20.

The monument at the entrance of Midori Library, which was created by the professors and students of Yokohama Sou Masaru Hanabusa to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the opening of Midori Library in 2015, is regularly remodeled into new panels and delights visitors.
This panel was replaced on Wednesday, November 18, 2020, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the opening of Midori Library. The theme of this work is "From physical expression representing flying birds to spatial expression". During the COVID-19 pandemic, the students and teachers worked hard to create it. Colorful birds fly and bright panels full of dynamism will brighten the viewer's mind. Please come to the museum and enjoy the wonderful works of the students.
Dr. Noboru Hayama, a professor of the Department of Early Childhood Education, Faculty of Children's Education at So Masaru Hanabusa, who instructed the work, gave a message included in the theme of the work.
"Childcare workers are required to think and act from the child's perspective. It is an issue to try to experience the reality with modeling expression. You will experience children's understanding by replacing them with modeling expressions. So first, I tried to express a bird that moves with my body. The experience gives you an image. And if you express it based on that image, the resistance of expression is surprisingly small. That's because the experience that can be targeted moves your heart. Then, regardless of whether you are good or bad, it will be an attractive expression. This time, I was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, but I found what I could do in it, and it became an expression that made use of familiar materials such as newspapers and insert advertisements. I made it with the desire to survive without losing this evil. "

In recognition of its long-standing commitment to elementary school studenｔ services, Midori Library was awarded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology as an excellent practice school, library, and organization for children's reading activities in fiscal 2019. In Yokohama City, two schools, Enokigaoka Elementary School and Susukino Junior High School, and one of the Aoba Story Festival Executive Committee, were also selected.
The award ceremony was held on Monday, April 23, 2019, at the National Olympic Memorial Youth Center (3-1 Yoyogi Jinzonocho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo).
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) commends the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to schools, libraries, and organizations (individuals) who practice distinctive and outstanding practices every year to contribute to the further promotion of reading activities.

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