Akishima Library: Tsutsujigaoka Branch.

This 0 series shinkan-sen, from the Toukaidou line, has been converted into a small public library in Akishima city, located west of Tokyo. http://www.library.akishima.tokyo.jp/guide/tsutsuji.html

The library’s hours of operation are from 12:30 – 17:00 Tuesday – Sunday.

From Wikipedia: The 0 series (0系?) trains were the first Shinkansen trainsets built to run on Japan’s new Tōkaidō Shinkansen high-speed line which opened in 1964.[1] The last remaining trainsets were withdrawn in 2008.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0_Series_Shinkansen

Jun 22 2009 | iMorpheus |

This 0 series Toukaidou line shinkan-sen trainset has been converted into a small public library in Akishima city, located west of Tokyo. The library’s hours of operation are from 12:30 – 17:00 Tuesday – Sunday.

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