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Number of Libraries by Prefecture in Japan, 2011

As of 2011, there are 3274 libraries in Japan. More than 10% of them (394) are located in Tokyo metropolitan prefecture. Tokyo is the heaven of library. 

Figure : The number of libraries by prefecture, 2011

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Prefecture Number of Libraries
Total 3,274
Hokkaido 144
Aomori 33
Iwate 46
Miyagi 36
Akita 46
Yamagata 38
Fukushima 66
Ibaraki 59
Tochigi 49
Gunma 54
Saitama 160
Chiba 140
Tokyo 394
Kanagawa 83
Niigata 79
Toyama 57
Ishikawa 49
Fukui 37
Yamanashi 54
Nagano 116
Gifu 77
Shizuoka 96
Aichi 94
Mie 40
Shiga 50
Kyoto 69
Osaka 144
Hyogo 108
Nara 33
Wakayama 30
Tottori 30
Shimane 36
Okayama 61
Hiroshima 87
Yamaguchi 52
Tokushima 29
Kagawa 29
Ehime 44
Kochi 34
Fukuoka 115
Saga 29
Nagasaki 38
Kumamoto 45
Oita 35
Miyazaki 28
Kagoshima 63
Okinawa 38

Source is Statistics Bureau.

www.e-stat.go.jp/SG1/estat/List.do?bid=000001047459&cycode=0

www.e-stat.go.jp/SG1/estat/Xlsdl.do?sinfid=000020401898

 

Number of libraries per population

In terms of the number of libraries per population, Tokyo is in normal figure range. Residents in Kanagawa (next to Tokyo) and Aich are very unlucky, if they like books. 

Figure : The number of libraries per million residents by prefecture, 2011

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Prefecture Number of Libraries Number of Library per million residents
Yamanashi 54 63.0
Nagano 116 54.2
Toyama 57 52.4
Tottori 30 51.3
Shimane 36 50.6
Fukui 37 46.1
Kochi 34 44.9
Akita 46 42.8
Ishikawa 49 42.0
Gifu 77 37.2
Tokushima 29 37.2
Kagoshima 63 37.1
Yamaguchi 52 36.1
Shiga 50 35.4
Iwate 46 35.0
Saga 29 34.2
Niigata 79 33.4
Fukushima 66 33.2
Yamagata 38 32.7
Okayama 61 31.4
Ehime 44 30.9
Hiroshima 87 30.5
Wakayama 30 30.2
Tokyo 394 29.9
Oita 35 29.4
Kagawa 29 29.2
Okinawa 38 27.1
Gunma 54 27.0
Nagasaki 38 26.8
Hokkaido 144 26.2
Kyoto 69 26.2
Shizuoka 96 25.6
Kumamoto 45 24.8
Miyazaki 28 24.8
Tochigi 49 24.5
Aomori 33 24.2
Nara 33 23.6
Fukuoka 115 22.6
Chiba 140 22.5
Saitama 160 22.2
Mie 40 21.7
Ibaraki 59 19.9
Hyogo 108 19.3
Osaka 144 16.3
Miyagi 36 15.5
Aichi 94 12.7
Kanagawa 83 9.2

Source is Statistics Bureau.

www.e-stat.go.jp/SG1/estat/GL08020103.do?_toGL08020103_&tclassID=000001056525&cycleCode=0&requestSender=estat

www.e-stat.go.jp/SG1/estat/GL08020103.do?_xlsDownload_&fileId=000007266942&releaseCount=1

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