Cultural facilities (libraries, complex facilities)

Seiro Municipal Library

The "Book Town" of the "Wind Town"

Sangenko town is a small town with an area of about 38 km2 and a population of about 14,000 people adjacent to Niigata City. In winter, the harsh climate with cold winds blowing from the northwest creates a dense forest of eaves to protect the houses from the wind, and amidst the almost flat terrain, rice paddies and orchards spread out, while the landscape is dotted with fields and fruit orchards, and beyond the vineyards and cherry blossom greenhouses, you can see the Iizuno mountain range in the southeast.
Although they have not merged into a larger municipality and have maintained a compact local community, there is no station in the town, and since most travel is by car, there is no central town square where people gather.
This project is the first independent library in such a town. Aiming to become a place where people gather and interact like a shopping district, we have created a “town of books” under the “big roof.”

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