Lifelong Learning Center to Reopen on November 15

Reopening Overview

The Taito City "Lifelong Learning Center" (3-chome, Nishi-Asakusa), which had been closed since January of Reiwa 7 (2025) for renovation work including functional improvements, will reopen at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, November 15, 2026. The Central Library is scheduled to reopen on Tuesday, December 1.

Commemorative Ceremony and Press Preview

A preview for members of the press will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Friday, November 13. A reopening commemorative ceremony will be held in the 1st-floor atrium space from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, November 14. The ceremony is scheduled to include remarks by the ward mayor and others, a ribbon cutting, and a commemorative performance by the Taito City Junior Orchestra and the Ueno no Mori Junior Chorus.

Renovation Highlights

• 1st floor: An "exchange space" has been set up in the atrium space. A workshop for parents and children will be held once a month
• 2nd floor: An "Active Learning Room: Manabiba" for teens has been set up in the Central Library
• 3rd floor: Free lockers exclusively for social education organizations, and a "sports corner" where you can do stretching and more, have been set up
• 4th floor: Childcare for Center users will be trialed (in principle 4 days a week, half a day at a time). A consultation desk for foreign residents and other services will be set up inside the Gender Equality Promotion Plaza
• Other: Exhibition spaces have been set up on the 1st to 4th floors, displaying works that received the Ward Mayor's Award, sculptures by Kyoko Asakura, and more. Free Wi-Fi throughout the building and wired LAN in each meeting room have also been installed

For inquiries, contact the Lifelong Learning Center (1st-floor reception desk) at 03-5246-5827.