Information for the Visitors
1. Reading Room
Documents at the Diplomatic Archives are open for reading with completion of application procedure.
2. Exhibition Room
Historical documents dating from the late Tokugawa Period to the 1951 Peace Treaty in San Francisco, as well as personal articles and documents of the late Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida, are on display in the Annex Exhibition Room, which is open to the public. Visitors are required to follow the rules of the Exhibition Room.
3. Copying Services
Persons allowed access to historical documents in the Archives may request copies, if these procedure are followed.
4. Opening Hours of the Reading Room and Exhibition Room
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, Yearend-New Year holiday (from December 28 to January 4), and days designated as provisional closed days of the Diplomatic Archives.
Map to the Diplomatic Archives
(10 minutes' walk from Roppongi Station of Oedo Subway Line, or 8 minutes' walk from Roppongi 1 Chome Station of Nanboku Subway line)
5-3, 1-chome, Azabudai, Minatoku, Tokyo, 106-0041 Japan
Telephone: 03 (3585) 4511
FAX: 03 (3585) 4514
Opening Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
5. Information on the Building
1. Main Building: A three-storied ferroconcrete structure with one basement
| Total building area: | 1,708 sq.m. Opened on April 15, 1971 |
| 3rd Floor: | Conference room, administrative office |
| 2nd floor: | Office of the Director, administrative office, auditorium |
| 1st floor: | Reading Room, administrative office, lobby |
| Basement: | Stacks area
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2. Annex building: A two-storied ferroconcrete structure (piled structure)
| Total building area: | 311 sq.m. Opened on July 5, 1988 |
| 2nd floor: | Exhibition Room, library, storage room, administrative office |
| 1st floor: | Entrance |
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