Tape cassette

A tape cassette comprising:

• a cassette body having side walls thereof,
• a pair of tape reels rotatable supported in said cassette body, and
• a tape member comprised of a magnetic tape having leader tape portions connected at the end portions thereof by means of a connection tape with said leader tape being fixed respectively to said tape reels wherein
• said cassette body comprises:
• a light emitting element hole positioned between said pair of tape reels into which a light emitting element is inserted, and
• light transmission holes positioned with respect to said light emitting element to allow light from the light emitting element facing the interior of said cassette body to pass therethrough when said tape member is interposed therebetween, said light transmission holes being provided in one of said side walls orthogonal to the travelling direction of the tape member travelling between said pair of tape reels, and wherein
• said tape member including at least one discrete tape information display area having a leading end portion and a trailing end portion thereof connected to one of the leader tape portions and none of said discrete tape information display area between said leading end portion and said trailing end portion thereof is covered by said connection tape and the entirety of said discrete tape information display area is spaced from said connection tape by a predetermined distance, said at least one discrete tape information display area being positioned between a point of intersection of a line connecting said light emitting element hole and one of said light transmission holes and said one leader tape portion and an end portion of said connection tape when the tape member is completely wound around one of the pair of tape reels.