 In 1985, the Archives of Hokkaidō was housed in the building.The Karafuto/Sakhalin Related Resource Library, which had been located in the Hokkaidō government office annex in West 18 since 1992, was also placed in the building in 2004.The measurement of the building is 61 metres in frontage, 36 metres in depth, and 33 metres in height to the top of the tower.