mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) temporary residence
(large) building; public building; hall
ryokan; traditional Japanese inn
movie theatre; movie theater; cinema
aquarium (building); oceanarium
inside a library, museum, cinema, etc.; on the premises
Western-style house (esp. one built in the Meiji or Taisho periods)
superintendent; director; curator; chief librarian
Hakodate (city in Hokkaido)
main building (as opposed to an annex, outbuilding, etc.); this library; this museum; this theatre
meeting hall; assembly hall
public hall; community center; community centre
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
closing (for the day; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); closing down (of a library, museum, cinema, etc.)
inn with hot spring facilities; hot spring inn; hot spring ryokan; onsen ryokan
museum; reference library; archive; record office
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.)
entry (into a library, museum, etc.); entering
Japanese Consulate General
trading company (esp. a Japanese outpost of a foreign firm); trading house; firm; factory
martial arts stadium; (Nippon) Budokan (indoor arena in Tokyo)
closure (of a library, museum, etc.)
Diet members' office building
new building; annexe; annex
western style-house (esp. those built before WWII)
suffix for building numbers
public announcement (in a department store, etc.); announcement over an (indoor) public address system
closing time (library, museum, etc.)
mansion (of a noble); manor house; official residence (of a noble or government official); small castle; fort
old building; older building
residence; mansion; estate; dwelling
children's center; child welfare residential facility
visitor (to a museum, library, etc.)
western annex; west building
city library; municipal library; public library
National Diet Library; Library of Congress
city meeting hall; civic hall; community center
day on which a museum, library, etc. is closed; closed day
National Archives of Japan
admission fee (for a museum, etc.)
diplomatic mission; overseas diplomatic establishment
main library; central library
coming to an embassy, theatre, library, etc.
exhibition building; pavilion
Western style residences built mostly for early foreign settlers during the end of the Shogunate and the Meiji era
visitor (to a museum, library, etc.)
returning to one's residence; returning to one's quarters; returning to one's lodgings; returning home
personnel (of public building)
public records office; archives
historical archive; library of historical records
university library; college library
annex (to a building); annexe
archives (building); record office; museum
outside a library, museum, etc.; off the premises
parsonage; rectory; vicarage
contemporary art museum; museum of contemporary art
student union; student center; students' hall
southern annex; south building
modern art museum; museum of modern art
northern annex; north building
leaving (a library, museum, etc.); exiting
produce museum; commercial museum
single-theater; independent (cinema); art-house (film)
chief factor; chief trader
Chiba Prefectural Central Museum; Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba
folk museum; local history museum
Japan Library Association
Library of Congress; parliamentary library
museum of modern literature
Battle of Hakodate (battle of the Boshin War; 1868-1869)
cultural museum; museum of culture
electronic library; digital library; e-library; virtual library
museology; museum studies
closure (of a cinema, museum, etc.); closing down; shutting down; closed-down cinema (museum, etc.)
movie theater; movie theatre; cinema
traditional inn priding itself on its cuisine; Japanese-style restaurant with an attached inn
mobile library; bookmobile
Rokumeikan era (ca. 1883-1887); period of Westernization in Meiji-era Japan, marked by Western-style balls at the Rokumeikan
movie theater showing a (particular) movie; cinema showing a film
Shuchikan Academy (a fictional school in the Fortune Arterial visual novel)
being in an embassy, aquarium, museum, etc.; being enrolled
The Decagon House Murders (1987 novel by Yukito Ayatsuji)
mansion used by foreign visitors to Japan (Nara to Heian period)
general building; multi-purpose building
Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art
Kyoto National Museum of Modern Arts; National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
traditional inn in a popular tourist area
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Fukui Prefectural Museum of Cultural History
music hall; entertainment hall
Hayashibara Museum of Art
exhibition hall for promoting tourism and local products
information centre (center)
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
bookmobile; mobile library
prefectural meeting hall; civic center; community hall
municipal community centre; ward residents hall
museum (esp. with collections of old objects)
(foreign) embassy in Japan
Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art; IPMA
Ota Memorial Museum of Art
sister museum; sister building; sister pavilion
Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art
Osaka Prefectural Museum of Yayoi Culture
Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art; KMMA
central building; central wing
International Library of Children's Literature
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art
astronomical science museum; planetarium
traditional love hotel; traditional Japanese inn specially for couples
Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art
Kawaguchiko Museum of Art
settlement house; neighborhood house; voluntarily run welfare facility
Museum of Modern Art, Gunma
National Library of Medicine; NLM
Battle of Hakodate (battle of the Boshin War; 1868-1869)
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura
Museum of Modern Art, Saitama
Osaka Municipal Museum of Art
traditional inn priding itself on its cuisine; Japanese-style restaurant with an attached inn
Sakura City Museum of Art
Nippon Foundation Library
Toyoshina Museum of Modern Art
Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art
agriculture, forestry and fishing industries training institute
Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art
military officer attached to embassy
Kasama Nichido Museum of Art
first-run theater; first-run theatre
Nara Prefectural Museum of Art
Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka
Osaka Human Rights Museum
entry pass (to a building); admission card; visitor's pass
chain movie theaters; chain movie theatres
Shotokan (style of karate)
Shotokan (style of karate)
museum material; museum piece
archive science; archival studies
(indoor) botanical garden; botanical conservatory
villa arranged appropriately for summer; mansion arranged appropriately for summer
nobleman; noblewoman; lord; master; dignitary
nobleman; noblewoman; lord; master; dignitary
nobleman; noblewoman; lord; master; dignitary
nobleman; noblewoman; lord; master; dignitary
library edition (of a book)
library and information science
this library; this museum; this theatre; this hall
renting a public hall, community centre, etc.
renting a public hall, community centre, etc.
eastern annex; east building
Ibaraki Prefectural Library
Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art
National Library of Korea
Miyazaki Prefectural Museum of Art
Kyoto Prefectural Insho-domoto Museum of Fire Arts
Tamagawa Modern Art Museum
Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of Art
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions; IFLA
National Museum of Natural Science
Japan Association of National University Libraries; JANUL
National Agricultural Library
Saga Prefectural Art Museum
Mie Prefectural Art Museum
Museum of Modern Art, Shiga
Akita Museum of Modern Art
Akita Senshu Museum of Art
Tokiwa Museum of Historical Materials
Shoji Ueda Museum of Photography
University of Library and Information Science
Kiyosato Kitazawa Museum of Art
Seikan Tunnel Memorial Hall Line
Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art
Chiba Prefectural Library
Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art
Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art
Taipei Public Library; TPL
Osaka Prefectural Library
Ikeda Public Museum of Art
Tsukuba University Library digitized Information Public Service; TULIPS
University of Tsukuba Library
National Central University Library
Miyakonojo City Museum of Art
Civil Engineering Library, Japan Society of Civil Engineers
Shimane University Library
Tokyo Metropolitan Library
Tokyo Fuji Art Museum; TFAM
Tokushima Modern Art Museum
Tokushima Prefectural Library
IPDL, Industrial Property Digital Library
National Museum of Western Art; NMWA
Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts
Japan Medical Library Association; JMLA
Japan Nursing Library Association; JNLA
Japan Tourist Hotel Association
Japan Society of Library and Information Science; JSLIS
Hakodate Line Branch Line
Yatsugatake Museum of Art
Utsukushigahara Open-Air Museum
Utsukushigahara Open-Air Museum
Himeji City Museum of Art
Art Museum of Toyama-kenmin-kaikan
Museum of Modern Art, Toyama
Fukui Prefectural Museum of Art
Fukuoka Prefectural Museum of Art
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art
Hirafuku Memorial Art Museum
US National Library of Medicine; NLM
American Library Association
American National Archives
Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama
Kohikan (Japanese coffee shop chain)
Japan House; Japan Building; Nihonkan
Shiseikan Hall University
Demaecan (Japanese home delivery company)
Kenritsu Bijutsukanmae Station