(large) building; public building; hall
ryokan; traditional Japanese inn
movie theatre; movie theater; cinema
aquarium (building); oceanarium
superintendent; director; curator; chief librarian
Western-style house (esp. one built in the Meiji or Taisho periods)
inside a library, museum, cinema, etc.; on the premises
main building (as opposed to an annex, outbuilding, etc.); this library; this museum; this theatre
meeting hall; assembly hall
reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries); guest house; State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto)
annex (to a building); annexe; extension; supplementary building
trading company (esp. a Japanese outpost of a foreign firm); trading house; firm; factory
martial arts stadium; (Nippon) Budokan (indoor arena in Tokyo)
closing (for the day; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); closing down (of a library, museum, cinema, etc.)
public hall; community center; community centre
inn with hot spring facilities; hot spring inn; hot spring ryokan; onsen ryokan
old building; older building
entry (into a library, museum, etc.); entering
western annex; west building
suffix for building numbers
museum; reference library; archive; record office
western style-house (esp. those built before WWII)
residence; mansion; estate; dwelling
museum (esp. in memory of a person or event); memorial hall
opening (for that day's business; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); opening (of a new library, museum, cinema, etc.)
new building; annexe; annex
National Diet Library; Library of Congress
closing time (library, museum, etc.)
city meeting hall; civic hall; community center
children's center; child welfare residential facility
public announcement (in a department store, etc.); announcement over an (indoor) public address system
city library; municipal library; public library
main library; central library
historical archive; library of historical records
personnel (of public building)
day on which a museum, library, etc. is closed; closed day
admission fee (for a museum, etc.)
parsonage; rectory; vicarage
coming to an embassy, theatre, library, etc.
Western style residences built mostly for early foreign settlers during the end of the Shogunate and the Meiji era
returning to one's residence; returning to one's quarters; returning to one's lodgings; returning home
visitor (to a museum, library, etc.)
northern annex; north building
student union; student center; students' hall
annex (to a building); annexe
Diet members' office building
university library; college library
closure (of a library, museum, etc.)
chief factor; chief trader
outside a library, museum, etc.; off the premises
contemporary art museum; museum of contemporary art
leaving (a library, museum, etc.); exiting
exhibition building; pavilion
southern annex; south building
public records office; archives
modern art museum; museum of modern art
single-theater; independent (cinema); art-house (film)
Japan House; Japan Building; Nihonkan
produce museum; commercial museum
visitor (to a museum, library, etc.)
electronic library; digital library; e-library; virtual library
being in an embassy, aquarium, museum, etc.; being enrolled
closure (of a cinema, museum, etc.); closing down; shutting down; closed-down cinema (museum, etc.)
traditional inn priding itself on its cuisine; Japanese-style restaurant with an attached inn
diplomatic mission; overseas diplomatic establishment
The Decagon House Murders (1987 novel by Yukito Ayatsuji)
mobile library; bookmobile
movie theater; movie theatre; cinema
mansion used by foreign visitors to Japan (Nara to Heian period)
general building; multi-purpose building
Rokumeikan era (ca. 1883-1887); period of Westernization in Meiji-era Japan, marked by Western-style balls at the Rokumeikan
Library of Congress; parliamentary library
movie theater showing a (particular) movie; cinema showing a film
music hall; entertainment hall
National Archives of Japan
cultural museum; museum of culture
folk museum; local history museum
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
archives (building); record office; museum
Japanese Consulate General
museology; museum studies
Kyoto National Museum of Modern Arts; National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
traditional inn in a popular tourist area
Osaka Prefectural Museum of Yayoi Culture
traditional love hotel; traditional Japanese inn specially for couples
prefectural meeting hall; civic center; community hall
central building; central wing
museum of modern literature
Museum of Modern Art, Gunma
bookmobile; mobile library
astronomical science museum; planetarium
settlement house; neighborhood house; voluntarily run welfare facility
(foreign) embassy in Japan
military officer attached to embassy
Japan Library Association
Osaka Municipal Museum of Art
Nippon Foundation Library
National Library of Medicine; NLM
Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura
Nara Prefectural Museum of Art
Museum of Modern Art, Saitama
Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art; IPMA
Kawaguchiko Museum of Art
first-run theater; first-run theatre
sister museum; sister building; sister pavilion
traditional inn priding itself on its cuisine; Japanese-style restaurant with an attached inn
entry pass (to a building); admission card; visitor's pass
Demaecan (Japanese home delivery company)
Osaka Human Rights Museum
Kasama Nichido Museum of Art
National Central University Library
Japan Association of National University Libraries; JANUL
Japan Society of Library and Information Science; JSLIS
National Museum of Natural Science
University of Library and Information Science
Tsukuba University Library digitized Information Public Service; TULIPS
this library; this museum; this theatre; this hall
Shiseikan Hall University
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Japan Medical Library Association; JMLA
Osaka Prefectural Library
International Library of Children's Literature
Chiba Prefectural Central Museum; Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba
Japan Nursing Library Association; JNLA
Japan Tourist Hotel Association
Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art
IPDL, Industrial Property Digital Library
Shimane University Library
National Museum of Western Art; NMWA
University of Tsukuba Library
National Library of Korea
Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art
National Agricultural Library
Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka
US National Library of Medicine; NLM
(indoor) botanical garden; botanical conservatory
Mie Prefectural Art Museum
Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art
American National Archives
library and information science
information centre (center)
exhibition hall for promoting tourism and local products
Chiba Prefectural Library
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art
Kyoto Prefectural Insho-domoto Museum of Fire Arts
Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art, Toyama
Miyakonojo City Museum of Art
archive science; archival studies
Civil Engineering Library, Japan Society of Civil Engineers
Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama
Akita Museum of Modern Art
Tokushima Modern Art Museum
American Library Association
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions; IFLA
Himeji City Museum of Art
Museum of Modern Art, Shiga
agriculture, forestry and fishing industries training institute
Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of Art
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art
Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art
Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art
museum material; museum piece
Utsukushigahara Open-Air Museum
Ikeda Public Museum of Art
Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts
Sakura City Museum of Art
Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art
Miyazaki Prefectural Museum of Art
Tokyo Metropolitan Library
Taipei Public Library; TPL
Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art
Tamagawa Modern Art Museum
Fukui Prefectural Museum of Art
Saga Prefectural Art Museum
Fukuoka Prefectural Museum of Art
Toyoshina Museum of Modern Art
Fukui Prefectural Museum of Cultural History
Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art; KMMA
Ibaraki Prefectural Library
Shoji Ueda Museum of Photography
Akita Senshu Museum of Art
chain movie theaters; chain movie theatres
Tokushima Prefectural Library
Art Museum of Toyama-kenmin-kaikan
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
Ota Memorial Museum of Art
Tokyo Fuji Art Museum; TFAM
Hirafuku Memorial Art Museum
Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art
Hayashibara Museum of Art
Yatsugatake Museum of Art
Seikan Tunnel Memorial Hall Line
library edition (of a book)
Kiyosato Kitazawa Museum of Art
Shotokan (style of karate)
Tokiwa Museum of Historical Materials
eastern annex; east building
municipal community centre; ward residents hall
museum (esp. with collections of old objects)
renting a public hall, community centre, etc.
Kohikan (Japanese coffee shop chain)
Shuchikan Academy (a fictional school in the Fortune Arterial visual novel)
Kenritsu Bijutsukanmae Station