Kyoto International Manga Museum
A converted 1920s schoolhouse whose corridors are lined with 50,000 readable manga — pull any volume off the 200m 'Wall of Manga' and sprawl on the lawn.
When · Where
- When
- 2026/07/01 01:00
- Where
- Kyoto International Manga Museum（Karasuma-Oike, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto）
- City
- Kyoto
- Getting there
- 2-min walk from Karasuma-Oike Station (Subway)
- Price
- Adults ¥900 (check site for current fees)
- Organizer
- Kyoto International Manga Museum
Good to know for visitors
- Getting there
- 2-min walk from Karasuma-Oike Station (Subway) Open directions in Google Maps ↗
- Booking & entry
- Check tickets and details on the official page (button above).
- Paying
- Adults ¥900 (check site for current fees). Smaller venues in Japan are often cash-first — carry some yen (cards/IC not guaranteed).
- Language
- Mostly in Japanese — a translation app on your phone helps.
- Good for
- anime fans, groups of friends, families
Highlights
- 200m 'Wall of Manga' with 50,000 readable volumes
- Edo-era caricature woodblocks to modern series
- Read on the lawn of a historic schoolhouse
Background & story
Opened in 2006 as a joint project of Kyoto City and Kyoto Seika University, housed in the former Tatsuike Primary School. It preserves roughly 300,000 manga-related items.
Good to know
Open 10:00–17:00 (last entry 16:30); check for midweek closures.