This page provide you an overview of Tokyo Metropolitan Archives in English.You can get further information at other pages and links (written in Japanese).
Tokyo Prefecture Main Office (1894) Call no. 府刊C74
Tokyo Metropolitan Archives (TMA) was established on October 1, 1968.
It integrated the functions of Tokyo Metropolitan Historiographical Office and Record Keeping Section.
We are the guardian of vast amount of Tokyo Metropolitan Government(TMG)'s records dating back over 400 years, collecting, preserving and making them accessible and available to the public.
We also have a function of historiography on Tokyo and Edo.
On April 1 2020, Tokyo Metropolitan Archives (TMA) moved to brand new facility in Kokubunji City.
Let us show you the building on a short movie.