Reference Room of the Japanese Overseas Migration Museum

*An extensive renovation of ventilation and fire suppression systems is currently underway at JICA Yokohama and is expected to last from April 2023 to March 2025. For this reason, the Japanese Overseas Migration Museum’ reference room will be temporarily closed from November 13th, 2023.
Although the reopening is scheduled for July 2024, changes may occur depending on construction work progress. We kindly ask all visitors to please check our website for updates.
We appreciate your patience and cooperation.

The Reference Room of the Japanese Overseas Migration Museum features a collection of roughly 20,000 reference materials and documents related to overseas migration and is open to students, researchers, and ordinary citizens who are interested in the history of overseas migration. On April 1, 2013, the museum was designated by the Prime Minister as a storage facility for historical materials under Article 5, Paragraph 1–4 of the Enforcement Order of the Public Records and Archives Management Act.
We invite you to take the opportunity to view not only the materials from the open stacks, but also rare videos, newsletters of Nikkei organizations, Japanese newspapers published overseas, and more.

Tuesday–Saturday *The Reference Room is currently closed.
10:00–18:00 (Closed from 12:00–13:00. Last entry at 17:30)

Please note that the Reference Room is closed on different days than the museum’s exhibition.
The Reference Room may be closed on additional days as circumstances demand. Notices will be posted on the museum homepage as appropriate.
Please visit the link below for the operating schedule of the museum.

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*Reference Room services are temporarily suspended while the Reference Room is closed.

In the reading area, visitors are free to browse books, videos, newsletters of Nikkei organizations, and other materials from the open stacks. Materials from the closed stacks may only be viewed for research purposes.

Certain materials can be photocopied with the requisite application and copy fees.

Our staff can help you research and find materials. Please feel free to ask for help, but note that we do not provide research services.

Materials are not available for borrowing.