It's nearly the end of October. Time really fries... How are you these days? I am Sakata from workshop. What do you think about when you hear the word autumn? Food, sport, art and reading... I think about fashion! I really enjoy myself bei…

Why don’t you get your portrait done at the MM? The artists will draw and talk to you in person! Please come to Million Smile for your memory of visit! 【November】 3 (Thu.) Okayama 4 (Fir.) Okayama 5 (Sat.) Higashino/ Horiguchi itsu 6 (Su…

Why don’t you get your portrait done at the MM? The artists will draw and talk to you in person! Please come to Million Smile for your memory of visit! 【October】 1 (Sat) Kasumin/Okayama 2 (Sun) Higashino/ Horiguchi itsu 7 (Fri) Okayama 8…

Hello! I am Kasumin from portrait section. How did you enjoy itsu's reports of Japan Expo 2016? I will be writing about story behind Expo today! I saw many things at the Japan Expo. So many cosplayers, duealists who are enjoying the battle…

Hi! This is itsu again! I will share my experience of meeting visitors at the Japan Expo today! I met some cute cosplayers too! This visitor came to manga museum and made a portrait 6 years ago! How crazy!! We were taking reservations as w…

Today I will make a report about the actual day of Japan Expo! AM9：00 Japan Expo started! Many many people! Of course, there were the booths treating anime and manga... and, the area where you can play card games! Big statue of characters…

Hi! I am Horiguchi itsu from portrait corner. As I mentioned in the last portrait team’s blog, I and Kasumin participated in the Kyoto city booth at Japan Expo in Paris from July 7th until 10th. I will report about the expo with Kasumin fo…

☆Manga studio schedule☆ 【9月】 3（Sat） Kojima / Kinoshita 4（Sun） Kojima / Noda 10（Sat） Kojima / Kinoshita 11（Sun） Kojima / Kinoshita 17（Sat） Kojima / Noda 18（Sun） Kojima / Noda 19（Mon・holiday） Kojima / Noda 22（Thu・holiday…

Why don’t you get your portrait done at the MM? The artists will draw and talk to you in person! Please come to Million Smile for your memory of visit! 【September】 ２(Fri) Kasumin ３(Sat) Higashino ４(Sun) Horiguchi itsu, Kasumin ９(Fri)…

How is summer treating you? The highest temperature has been making real summer in Japan. Now there are summer limited new menus from museum cafe! Fried chicken salad bowl 600JPY (Inc. tax) Lemon Yogurt smoothie JPY (Inc. tax) According to…

Hello! Cicadas have been sounding more powerful these days. I feel like sunshine is surrounding me so I’ve been walking with grimace. The background music at the museum has been renewed this summer. School Memories –Piano music for Manga M…

☆Manga Studio Schedule 【August】 6 (Sat.) Kojima 7 (Sun.) Kojima/Noda 11 (Thur. public holiday) Kojima/Noda 12 (Fri.) Kojima/Noda 13 (Sat.) Kojima/Noda 14 (Sun.) Kojima/Noda 15 (Mon.) Kojima/Noda 16 (Tue.) Kojima/Noda 20 (Sat.) Kinoshita/…

Ladies&Gentlemen! Now we have framed prints for the "EGUCHI HISASHI POP ART EXHIBITION: KING OF POP - KYOTO EDITION"! There are 5 prints and prices are including tax and shipping cost (no international shipping available). ☆Stop!! Hibari-k…

Why don’t you get your portrait done at the MM? The artists will draw and talk to you in person! Please come to Million Smile for your memory of visit! 【August】 １(Mon.) Kasumin ２(Tue.) Kasumin ３(Wed.) Okayama ４(Thu.) Horiguchi itsu …

We are still in the rainy season. But finally some blue sky started showing up. We had a corroboration event with an exhibition of the Kyoto University Museum which was about sleeping. We had hammocks and bean bag chairs at the ground so v…

Thanks for the support, we were given a special prize for contributing to the manga culture from both sides of museum and library. There was a ceremony held on May 29th this year. Sponsored by The Asahi Shimbun, the Tezuka Osamu Cultural P…

Hello. The rainy season making the weather rains a lot recently. The temperature has gone up feeling more summer like these days. The exhibition“EGUCHI HISASHI POP ART EXHIBITION: KING OF POP - KYOTO EDITION” has been held at Kyoto Interna…

Why don’t you get your portrait done at the MM? The artists will draw and talk to you in person! Please come to Million Smile for your memory of visit! 【July】 １(Fri.) Horiguchi itsu ２(Sat.) Kasumin ３(Sun.) Kasumin／Higashino Emiko ８(…

Hello. How are you in these early summer days? At the museum shop we made a section where you can listen to the music of Masafumi Komatsu who made museum BGM but also a teacher at the Kyoto Seika University. He is a composer and pianist. ☆…

Hello! Today’s blog is from museum library team! Have you noticed that we set up “International Manga Award” section at the stair case on the ground level with winning works of the 9th International Manga Award? International Manga Award s…

Why don’t you get your portrait done at the MM? The artists will draw and talk to you in person! Please come to Million Smile for your memory of visit! 【June】 3（Fri.） Higashino Emiko 4（Sat.） Kasumin 5（Sun.） Okayama / Horiguchi itsu…

Hello from Kyoto International Manga Museum PR section! This spring has been not so sunny however museum had many visitors throughout spring holiday and golden week! Thank you so much for visiting us!! With your support, Kyoto Internationa…

The exhibition “MASTERS OF PLASTIC MODEL chapter 2” has been held since March 19th. We have related products on sale at the museum shop. (Prices are including tax) ❏ Non scale Mass-produced Dandelionoid Zombie 4,320 JPY Cat inside controls…

Hello! This is museum shop! The big holiday called Golden Week has finished. Thank you so much for everybody who visited us! Today I want to introduce you our new product!!! MM Original Character Mamyu collaborated with Sanuki Wasanbon☆ 75…

How was your spring? New business year starts in April in Japan so spring is a new start for us. New schools and jobs, I hope everybody had a good start of the year. The exhibition "She and Her Cat - Everything Flows" has started on April …

The fresh greens are growing fast and the season is moving on to summer in Kyoto. The weather is not steady during this season. Sunny and hot but then it rains so it gets a little chilly. Did you know that we have a selection of nostalgic …

Did you know that there is a Tin Toy & Doll Museum that is only a fifteen minute walk away from the manga museum? It is a museum where 3,000 selected items of a collection of over 15,000 holdings are displayed in a permanent exhibition; th…

Our recommended winter menu became an illustration! This illustration was drawn by a portrait artist Okayama and he is one of the portrait members at the museum. Here is the details of Portrait section We have cafe information on the websi…

Did you know that there is a Tin Toy & Doll Museum that is only a fifteen minute walk away from the manga museum? It is a museum where 3,000 selected items of a collection of over 15,000 holdings are displayed in a permanent exhibition; th…

Are you experiencing the cold winter in Kyoto? Compare with other prefectures in Japan, we say you will feel so cold in winter and so hot in summer. It’s because of Kyoto is basin. Although it’s cold outside, I suggest trying new taste of …