University of Tokyo Library

On 1 September 1923, the original building was destroyed in the Great Kanto Earthquake, along with 750 thousand books from its collections.

This loss included over 20 thousand books from Friedrich Max Müller's collections and Takizawa Bakin's handwritten scripts.

However, I shall regard it as a great privilege to be permitted to hasten the day when your University, which stands among the foremost institutions of learning in the world, will again be provided with adequate facilities.This building completed in 1928 is still in use, and it also serves as the headquarters for the whole of the UTokyo Library System.

A major renovation was completed in the late 2010s, and it now features a 46-metre-deep automatic underground storage capable of housing 3 million books.

ILL service provides access to the holding of the General Library through interlibrary loan of original material.

[6] The library features a diverse range of learning materials, particularly for subjects such as Linear Algebra and Calculus, which are mandatory for all natural science undergraduates in their first year.