To take a break from my Kyoto temple/castle run, I made my way into a small yet promising museum – the Kyoto International Manga Museum. I know very little about Manga, but living in Asia it is a phenomenon that’s very hard to ignore, and I believe it’s now very popular world wide. I remember newspapers in Israel were talking about Israeli youth taking Japanese lessons to read the animation books in their original language and becoming Japanese fluent just by watching the Manga series on TV. This museum isn’t just a museum, actually there’s very little that’s museum about it at all. It’s more like an activity center for those passionate about the art of Manga. You have an endless collection of Manga books in all languages, with chillout spaces for you to sit back, relax and dive deep into fantasy.
The museum is located in a former school…
One of the things offered inside is the ability to create your own Manga art. This is what I was able to come up with…
Inside, there were a few exhibitions by famous Manga artists…
As well as a historical tour of how Manga came to be and what the Manga culture is nowadays across the world…
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A great little place that really made me wish I knew more about this art. Will need to go back to that sometime.