Oya Soichi Bunko

The catalog mainly comprises popular magazines, including apparel, cosmetics, gossip, lifestyle, cooking, health, hobbies, sports, arts, music, literature, entertainment, and travel.

As such, his library is an invaluable resource for scholars and reporters interested in the popular culture of the past 130 years in Japan.

Users are not permitted in the stacks in the Oya Soichi Bunko Libraries; instead, librarians retrieve articles upon request.

Members of Oya Soichi Bunko can also request that articles be faxed at a cost of ¥600 per page plus a service charge.

Second, the Oya Soichi Library Magazine Index System enables users to find over 2,700,000 articles from 1988 to the present.

Lastly, the Web Oya Bunko is the newest search engine exclusively for educational institutions.

Accessible by foot from Hachimanyama Station on the Keiō Line Open Monday to Saturday (except Sundays, holidays, year-end and new-year) from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m..