Visiting Animation Museums - Suginami Animation Museum

Suginami Animation Museum

Suginami-ku, Tokyo, the location for many companies related to animation production, is known as an 'anime town'. The Suginami Animation Museum, which opened in March 2005, is a center that provides a fun and systemized way to learn, experience, and understand anime. In addition to diverse exhibits on the history of Japanese anime, an anime production workplace, and the latest digital production technology, the museum also invites professional creators to give talks, and organizes workshops where you can actually experience producing anime. Moreover, in the library filled with a rich collection of anime-related materials, you can browse through books and watch DVDs.

Place:3rd Fl., Suginami Kaikan, 3-39-5, Kamiogi, Suginami-ku, Tokyo 167-0043
Tel: 03-3396-1510

Business hours: 10:00-18:00 (enter by 17:30)
Closed: Mondays (or the following Tuesday if the Monday falls on a National Holiday), December 28th - January 4th
Free admission

Access:About 5 minutes' ride to the "Ogikubo Keisatsusho-mae" (Ogikubo Police Station) bus stop on the Kanto Bus.
The Kanto Bus departs from the North Exit (Kita-guchi) of Ogikubo Station.
Ogikubo Station is approx. 10 minutes from Shinjuku Station on the JR Chuo Line (Rapid Service), or approx. 14 minutes from Shinjuku Station on the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line.