A bustling street scene with tourists near Yasaka Pagoda in Kyoto, Japan on a clear summer day.

Kyoto International Manga Museum

京都国際マンガミュージアム

Nakagyo, Kyoto · 京都

A former elementary school holding an enormous manga collection along its corridor walls, with a lawn outside where visitors sit and read all afternoon.

Why it’s worth it

It is a library first and a museum second: you take anything off the shelf and read it wherever you like. There is a wall of translated volumes if you do not read Japanese.

CategoryAnime

AreaNakagyo

HoursClosed Wednesdays

Typical spend¥

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