Kyoto International Manga Museum 【Central Area】
This is Japan's first museum devoted to manga. It offers a stunning array of materials with everything from 19th century Japanese magazines and books to popular contemporary works from Japan and abroad. The museum carries roughly 200,000 manga and manga-related materials including survey research. Special exhibitions are also held here. In addition, the museum serves as a library. Visitors may also want to stop by the museum shop and coffee house.
Built in 1929, the manga museum building was originally used as an elementary school and still retains something of that appearance.
* Address: Karasuma-Oike, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-0846
* Tel: 075-254-7414 Fax: 075-254-7424
* Access: 1-minute walk from Karasuma-Oike Subway Station
* Hours: 10:00 - 18:00 (admission until 17:30)
* Closed: Every Wednesday, New Year's holiday
(if the Wednesday is a national holiday, the museum closes the following Thursday)
* Entrance Fee: Adults 500 yen/Junior High and High School Students 300 yen/Children 100 yen
