http://www.nihonsun.com/2009/04/03/kyoto-international-manga-museum/ Japan's Online Travel & Culture Magazine Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:25:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.nihonsun.com/2009/04/03/kyoto-international-manga-museum/comment-page-1/#comment-796 Danielle Sat, 04 Apr 2009 07:12:15 +0000 http://www.nihonsun.com/?p=1410#comment-796 We, of course teehee, popped in here when we were in Kyoto a few weeks ago. It looked like they always have some exhibition going on in a particular space and there are drawing demonstrations and even a kind of an animation studio with computers where you can do your own "puppet animation" though it looked like it was mostly for kids. I was pretty sure I saw a sign advertising drawing classes (though it seemed to be once a month and either way my kanji is non existent so it may have been something else entirely) and they certainly had all the manga drawing books available for reading and plenty of desk space where people were drawing. Basically it's a GIANT Manga library and manga-fan hang out. It's definitely worth a look if you are a manga or anime fan there is a wall of manga in different languages though obviously there is more for you if you read Japanese. It's not hugely browse-able though so you will want to have series in mind to target when you go. We noticed that you can buy yearly passes for 6000Y for an adult, too, which would be great if you lived in Kyoto! We, of course teehee, popped in here when we were in Kyoto a few weeks ago. It looked like they always have some exhibition going on in a particular space and there are drawing demonstrations and even a kind of an animation studio with computers where you can do your own “puppet animation” though it looked like it was mostly for kids. I was pretty sure I saw a sign advertising drawing classes (though it seemed to be once a month and either way my kanji is non existent so it may have been something else entirely) and they certainly had all the manga drawing books available for reading and plenty of desk space where people were drawing. Basically it’s a GIANT Manga library and manga-fan hang out. It’s definitely worth a look if you are a manga or anime fan there is a wall of manga in different languages though obviously there is more for you if you read Japanese. It’s not hugely browse-able though so you will want to have series in mind to target when you go. We noticed that you can buy yearly passes for 6000Y for an adult, too, which would be great if you lived in Kyoto!

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