Kainan nobinos

Kainan nobinos (海南nobinos) is a public complex located in Kainan, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. It opened on June 1, 2020, after delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The facility was built on the site of the former Kainan City Hall, the adjacent Sansan Park, and the former Kainan City Children's Library. Its core function is the Kainan City Kainan Library, which carries on the collection of the former children's library. Beyond the library, the complex houses civic activity and lifelong learning support functions, childcare support, a café, and a plaza. The building is a four-story steel-reinforced concrete and partly steel structure with a total floor area of 7,850.23 m². The library occupies floors 2 through 4, with distinct zones: a picture-book library, childcare room, lounge, and café on the second floor; a children's library, reading forest, and secret base on the third floor; and a main library, study seats, and IT lab on the fourth floor. The complex also includes the Nobinos Hall (capacity 254), meeting rooms, multipurpose rooms, and music practice rooms, taking over functions from the former Kainan Civic Hall. Childcare support includes the Nobinos Park, nursing rooms, children's toilets, and a parent waiting room overlooking the Nobinos Roof, a simple stage in the plaza. A Starbucks Coffee Kainan nobinos store operates on the second-floor lounge; it is the third Starbucks direct-operated store in a public library in Japan, following Gifu City and Yamato City. The facility is managed under Japan's designated administrator system by TRC Kainan, a consortium of Library Research Center Co., Ltd., Daiyo Kogyo Co., Ltd., and Asuka Co., Ltd. The childcare room is operated by Asuka Co., Ltd. The library holds up to approximately 150,000 volumes. Opening hours are 9:00–21:30, with the library closed on the second and fourth Thursdays, and Nobinos Park and the childcare room closed every Thursday. The facility is closed from December 29 to January 3. Even on closed days, the nursing room and children's toilets remain accessible. Kainan nobinos positions itself as a civic exchange facility where people can spend time freely and where new things may emerge from diverse encounters. Its traditional colors were selected from the DIC Color Guide's "Traditional Colors of Japan" with the cooperation of DIC Graphics Corporation. The facility hosts events such as author talks, concerts, bibliobattles, and workshops, and it has issued notices about maintenance, childcare room closures, and vandalism incidents. As a public complex, it is owned by Kainan City and operates as a municipal facility rather than a commercial enterprise.

Kainan nobinos was built on the site of the former Kainan City Hall, the adjacent Sansan Park, and the former Kainan City Children's Library. The facility was originally scheduled to open on April 19, 2020, but the opening was postponed to May 7, 2020, due to the spread of COVID-19. As the infection did not subside, it was postponed again and finally opened on June 1, 2020. The library inherited the collection of the former Kainan City Children's Library. The civic activity and lifelong learning support functions took over from the former Kainan Civic Hall that stood on the adjacent site, providing Nobinos Hall (capacity 254), meeting rooms, multipurpose rooms, and music practice rooms. The childcare room is operated by Asuka Co., Ltd. The facility is managed under the designated administrator system by TRC Kainan, a consortium of Library Research Center Co., Ltd., Daiyo Kogyo Co., Ltd., and Asuka Co., Ltd. A Starbucks Coffee store opened on the second-floor lounge, marking the third direct-operated Starbucks store in a public library in Japan, following Gifu City and Yamato City. A monument from Sansan Park, the "Japan-China Peace Tower," was relocated to the parking area.

• Originally scheduled opening date, postponed due to COVID-19.

• Rescheduled opening date, postponed again due to continued COVID-19 spread.

• Kainan nobinos officially opened.

A civic exchange complex combining library, lifelong learning, childcare, café, and plaza functions, intended as an open, welcoming place for all citizens.

• Kainan City Kainan Library

  Public library occupying floors 2–4, with picture-book library, children's library, main library, reading forest, study seats, and IT lab. Holds up to approximately 150,000 volumes.

• Nobinos Hall

  Event hall with capacity for 254 people, used for concerts, talks, and community events.

• Childcare room

  Childcare support facility operated by Asuka Co., Ltd., closed on Thursdays.

• Starbucks Coffee Kainan nobinos store

  Starbucks direct-operated store on the second-floor lounge, the third such store in a Japanese public library.

• Nobinos Park

  Children's play area with a simple stage called Nobinos Roof, closed on Thursdays.

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