Here’s a little story about the public library in Fujimicho, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, in which they proudly point out their high circulation levels and popularity among residents in the area. Library patrons in Fujimicho checked out 347,000 books from the library in fiscal 2004. The average of 22.2 books per capita is way above the national average in Japan of 4.7 books or the prefectural average of 4.3 books.
The library stays open late, offers storytelling twice a week, free umbrellas when it rains, and a kotatsu during the coldest days of winter.
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