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
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.
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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
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.
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