Museum · Minami-Nagasaki

Tokiwa-so Manga Museum トキワ荘マンガミュージアム

A faithful reconstruction of the humble 1950s wooden apartment house where Osamu Tezuka, Fujiko Fujio and Shotaro Ishinomori lived as young artists, manga's birthplace, in a quiet residential park.

Hours10:00–18:00 (last entry 17:30)

ClosedMondays (Tue if Mon is a holiday); exhibition changes; year-end

PriceFree

Getting thereOchiai-minami-nagasaki Station (Oedo Line) Exit A2, 5 min; Higashi-Nagasaki Station (Seibu Ikebukuro Line), 10 min

Time needed45 min

Best timeWeekday afternoons

Address3-9-22 Minami-Nagasaki, Toshima City, Tokyo

Websitetokiwasomm.jp

About

Between 1953 and 1982 the two-storey wooden Tokiwa-so apartments in Minami-Nagasaki housed an astonishing roster of young manga artists, including Osamu Tezuka (Astro Boy), the Fujiko Fujio duo (Doraemon) and Shotaro Ishinomori (Cyborg 009). The original was demolished in 1982, but in 2020 Toshima City rebuilt it in a park close to the original site, recreating the four-and-a-half-tatami rooms, the shared kitchen and toilets, the creaky staircase and even the stains on the walls. Upstairs rooms are dressed as artists' studios of the time, with desks, ink bottles and stacks of manuscripts, while the ground floor hosts exhibitions. The surrounding streets have the "Tokiwa-so Street" with manga signage and a café modelled on the artists' hangout.

Highlights

Precise reconstruction of the 1950s Tokiwa-so wooden apartment
Recreated artists' rooms with desks, ink and manuscripts
Shared kitchen and toilets restored to their Showa condition
Exhibitions on Tezuka, Fujiko Fujio, Ishinomori and others
Free permanent exhibit (paid special exhibitions)

Tips

Closed Mondays; weekends can have timed entry, check the site.
Walk the "Tokiwa-so Street" and Minami-Nagasaki Hanasaki Park afterwards for manga plaques and the related local museum.
Ochiai-minami-nagasaki Station (Oedo Line) Exit A2 is the closest, about 5 minutes away.
Photography is allowed in most areas, ask staff where it is not.

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