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Step inside the General Library located at the Hongo Campus of the University of Tokyo and let us transport you to another world. Experience the grandeur and explore the wonders within. The General Library’s vast collection of books, historic objects and majestic architecture makes it a place not just for study, but for inspiration.

To find out more about the library and the objects within, visit - https://www.lib.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/libr...

00:00 Main entrance
00:41 Memorial room [1st floor]
01:07 Calligraphy "Nanki Collection" written by Yoshinobu Tokugawa, the last shogun of Tokugawa shogunate [1st floor]
01:21 Portrait of Dwarkanath Tagore donated by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first president of India, who visited the University of Tokyo in 1957 [1st floor]
01:26 Oil painting "Women Gathering" by Nakamura Takuji [1st floor]
01:45 Busts of Victor Hugo and Louis Pasteur donated by University of Paris in 1933 [3rd floor]
01:51 Asian Research Library [4th floor]
01:55 Decorative ceiling [4th floor]
02:01 Fountain in front of the library
02:06 Porch light [Main entrance]
02:13 Reliefs on the wall [Main entrance]
02:20 Grand staircase
02:36 Hall [3rd floor]
02:45 Reliefs on the ceiling and chandeliers [3rd floor]
02:59 Grand reading room [3rd floor]
03:39 Library Plaza [Annex]

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