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Museum · Komagome

Toyo Bunko Museum 東洋文庫ミュージアム

The museum of Japan's largest Asian studies library in Komagome, famous for the Morrison Library, a floor-to-ceiling wall of 24,000 rare books, reopened in January 2026 after renovation.

Hours10:00–17:00 (last entry 16:30)
ClosedTuesdays (next weekday if Tue is a holiday), New Year, changeovers
PriceAdult: ¥1,000
65+: ¥900
University student: ¥800
High school student: ¥700
Junior high and under: Free
Getting thereKomagome Station (JR/Namboku Line), 8 min; Sengoku Station (Mita Line), 7 min
Time needed1–1.5 hours
Best timeAutumn, combined with Rikugien
Address2-28-21 Honkomagome, Bunkyo City, Tokyo
Websitetoyo-bunko.or.jp/museum

About

Founded in 1924 by Hisaya Iwasaki, third president of Mitsubishi, the Toyo Bunko is one of the world's top five Asian research libraries, holding about a million volumes including national treasures. Its museum, opened in 2011, puts the treasures on show: the highlight is the Morrison Library, the collection of Western books about Asia bought from Times correspondent George Ernest Morrison in 1917, displayed as a breathtaking three-storey wall of leather spines. Themed exhibitions draw on manuscripts, maps and prints; from Oct 7, 2026 to Jan 17, 2027, What Is a World Map? centres on a newly restored 17th-century Kunyu Wanguo Quantu map. The museum reopened on Jan 21, 2026 after a year's renovation. Through the garden, the Orient Cafe is run by Koiwai Farm.

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