Kyoto International Manga Museum

Tickets is about 1,800 yen for an adult as of review date. There were plenty of seatings available through the museum for you to browse the manga available in the museum. There was also a small booth available where you could pay to have the staff draw an anime picture of you. But you needed to make a reservation, not sure how you could do that. It was fully booked by the time I reached around 3:30pm.

The Kyoto International Manga Museum is a must-visit for manga enthusiasts! With walls lined with thousands of manga from all genres and eras, it’s a haven for readers and collectors alike. The mix of Japanese and international manga makes it an inclusive and fascinating place to explore. You can read freely in cozy spots, learn about manga’s history, and even experience live drawing sessions by professional artists. The outdoor reading area is especially relaxing on a nice day. Whether you’re a lifelong fan or new to manga, this museum offers a unique and memorable experience in Kyoto!

I agree with Arnees review from a week ago. This is a READING museum, not really a true museum. The building contains thousands of manga but only in Japanese, so if you don’t know the language about 85% of the museum is lost on you. It does contain an interesting fixed exhibit about the history of manga and a fun temporary exhibit on a trending anime Delicious in Dungeon. The other small exhibits consisted of looking at wax hands from manga artists or reading about the history of the building (it was a school before a museum). I only spent an hour here and left disappointed. What could have been an incredible museum in my opinion was wasted. Would unfortunately recommend you skip this one.

More of a library than a museum. If you are a manga fan and/or can read Japanese, then this would be heaven for you. Floor to ceiling, arranged by year of release. I would say though, for an “international” manga museum, very limited collection of Japanese manga in foreign translations or manga originating from elsewhere in the world. I was also underwhelmed by the limited displays or exhibitions about popular manga characters. Seasonal exhibits are tastefully displayed, but dont expect foreign translations. Google Lens is useful to get context on displays. On the 2nd floor, the sound of creaking wooden floors permeate the space so one can get distracted from reading. During my visit, I saw many locals just spending their time reading, books/volumes piled up in front of them. Some indoor/outdoor seating available, coffee shop just outside the museum. Unless you’re a die hard manga fan, your time in Kyoto may best be spent elsewhere.

Its a very large Manga library, which contains some exhibitions about the the history of Manga, and how it became what it is now. Its cool place to visit. The staff was extremely nice and helpful.

After visiting the infamous gold leaf #kinkakuji 🏯🪙✨ We made our way over via a short inexpensive taxi ride to avoid the crowded buses over to The International Manga Museum! 🗾 📚 🤩 ~The museum's treasure trove of a collection includes 300,000 items as of 2016 with 50,000 volumes of manga that can be accessed and read by visitors 🏛🖋😍👏🏼 This #Otaku paradise of manga history has 3 floors & most of its walls are lined with shelves full of Manga! 🫠 Adults 🎫 900¥ JPY --> USD $6 *WHAT IS MANGA? There is an exhibition dedicated to that very question in the main hall called "What is Manga?" that features influential manga published between 1912 and 2005. Explore the exhibition yourself 🇯🇵🖋 I Had to pick up an original #naruto volume 1 copy to help get back to my manga & anime roots for inspiration 🥷🙏 It's personally one of my most Influential manga series, recall seeing it in Japanese in a Shonen jump magazine growing up; not understanding the story until we got the translated version's, then it popped up on toonami but absolutely being in tranced by the art work nonetheless 🧡🦊 🍃 Follow more adventures on YouTube #koegzisttogether or IG@koeg_zist 📲

Very good place for manga/comics fanatics. Golden mangas that made Japan famius through out the years are displayed here and you can read them upon entry. Not so recommended for foreigners as most of the manga here are Japanese. Nonetheless, still worth visiting!

It was ok. I was expecting more a museum, but it's a gigantic library with one small exhibition. If you are a manga fan, you can go there and read some mangas, but it's not a museum, it's a Library. I would give it 1 star, but I know some people would loooove this place! If you want to spend the day reading some of the coolest mangas this is the place to go, if it's to go learn about mangas and expect and actual museum, this is not it. Enjoyed it, but I was expecting way more.