The Nasushiobara City Library is located in the Kuroiso district of Nasushiobara in Tochigi, Japan.  This building is still under construction.  A competition was held to design a multipurpose facility that also consisted of a library and local government offices.

The first floor will be used mainly by the public, where the visitors can expand their knowledge or spend time with friends or family.  The second floor will be used to house the library services.

There are also different areas on the land of the city library.  There is the main area (Activity area) where you learn and expand your knowledge, “Magazine Street” where community members go through on a daily basis and allows them to visit the library easily, “Calmness” which is a quiet area where visitors can relax, “Forest Pocket” which allows visitors to be surrounded by nature, and finally the “Station Square” which is an open area where visitors can walk around.  This library provides a centralized location where people can feel as if they are in different locations and can enjoy the many different aspects of the area.  This is why the Nasushiobara City Library is known as “a library in the heart of a community.”