Preserving special material such as ancient writings
and newspapers from the Meiji Era is a very difficult task.. Such
material is easily damaged even at the hands of inspection for the
purpose of research. For this reason, a great volume of documents
and records are preserved on microfilm. There are two rooms to inspect
such material. Both are located alongside reference counters on the
second floor. A library card, driver's license or insurance card is
required as identification to inspect material on microfilm. In addition
to general material, material preserved on microfilm at the library
includes Japanese newspapers such as the "Nishinippon", "Chikushi" and "Fukunichi",
magazines such as the "Kokka" (a long running fine arts
magazine) , local research material on the history of Japanese forestry,
books published during the Meiji Era maintained at the National Diet
Library, as well as official gazettes.