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Yokote Masuda Manga Museum Renewal

A full-scale manga museum that conveys the charm and passion of manga through original drawings

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  • The Manga no Kura Exhibition Room, which houses over 200,000 original drawings, preserves and manages them in an appropriate environment and makes them available to the public.

    The Manga no Kura Exhibition Room, which houses over 200,000 original drawings, preserves and manages them in an appropriate environment and makes them available to the public.

  • An information counter with a back panel made up of manga frames. An entrance to the world of manga.

    An information counter with a back panel made up of manga frames. An entrance to the world of manga.

  • Based on the concept of "attractive collection," the archiving of original drawings can be seen through glass, and archived works can be viewed on a touch panel display.

    Based on the concept of "attractive collection," the archiving of the original drawings can be seen through the glass, and the archived "digital original drawings" can be viewed in high definition on the touch panel display.

  • The Slope Gallery is a space where you can view original artworks by 74 permanent artists, located around the symbolic tree that has been there since before the renovation.

    The Slope Gallery is a space where you can view original artworks by 74 permanent artists, located around the symbolic tree that has been there since before the renovation.

  • Imitating manga panel layout

    The "Frame Shelf," which mimics the layout of manga frames, uses original drawings and graphics to explain manga culture, the museum's activities, and the manga production process.

  • The walls of the Manga Cafe are covered with autographs and illustrations by manga artists, so you can enjoy a different look every time you visit.

    The walls of the Manga Cafe are covered with autographs and illustrations by manga artists, so you can enjoy a different look every time you visit.

  • The facility incorporates features that fuse manga and reality, such as a "Komawari table" and an "onomatopoeia bench" (bottom left and right photos provided by Leman Co., Ltd.)

  • Yokote Masuda Manga Museum Renewal
  • An information counter with a back panel made up of manga frames. An entrance to the world of manga.
  • Based on the concept of "attractive collection," the archiving of original drawings can be seen through glass, and archived works can be viewed on a touch panel display.
  • The Slope Gallery is a space where you can view original artworks by 74 permanent artists, located around the symbolic tree that has been there since before the renovation.
  • Imitating manga panel layout
  • The walls of the Manga Cafe are covered with autographs and illustrations by manga artists, so you can enjoy a different look every time you visit.

Photo by Yuriko Tsuchida

About the Project

Overview The Manga Museum, which was located in a corner of the complex, has been expanded and renovated to cover the entire building. It has been transformed into a full-fledged manga museum, housing over 200,000 original manga drawings (original manuscripts) and including a storehouse to prevent deterioration and loss. This facility allows visitors to enjoy the medium of manga as they move between the world of manga and the real world.
Issues/Themes Our goal is to create a facility that will promote the appeal of manga both domestically and internationally by improving the storage environment and supporting the archiving of original drawings, in order to preserve these precious, one-of-a-kind original drawings for future generations.
Space Solution/Realization The Manga Storehouse Exhibition Room has been established as a modern storehouse in Masuda, Yokote City, a town with storehouses, to store, manage and display manga originals. The storage environment is kept constant 24 hours a day to prevent deterioration of the originals, and the activity of "preserving" and "utilizing" the originals as an "attractive storehouse" is itself made visible as part of the exhibits, allowing visitors to feel the importance of the originals in the storehouse and their value as a cultural resource of manga.
In addition, while being particular about being an "art museum," and being conscious of creating a space with a solemn atmosphere, the museum also combines real "objects" in the real world with the various mechanisms and rules that make up manga, and sprinkles elements of manga throughout the museum, creating mechanisms that allow visitors of all ages to enjoy the world of manga.
Design for Environment Cultural property Preservation Planning: We have taken care to reduce the deterioration of the original manga drawings by maintaining a constant temperature and humidity air environment, and by using interior materials and neutral paper that emit less harmful substances.

Basic Information

Client Yokote City
Services Provided Display Planning, Design, Layout, Production, Construction, Renovation Design
Our Team Project Management: Masafumi Yuki, Akihiro Soga
Design, Layout: Masashi Koyama, Asuka Sato
Graphic Direction: Kenji Takahashi
Production, Construction: Hisanari Sawabata, Yoshiaki Kikuchi
Digital Spatial Production: Toru Kawamura
Collection design: Yoshifumi Kobayashi, Tansei Research Institute Co., Ltd.
Renovation Design: Manabu Watanabe, Hiroyuki Matsuda, Masayuki Kanai
Awards "53rd Japan Sign Design Award" Bronze Award
Location Akita Prefecture
Open May 2019
Website http://manga-museum.com/
Tag
Masashi Koyama

Design, Layout

Masashi Koyama

We aim to create perspectives that stimulate children's curiosity and spaces that provide an opportunity to explore questions. We want to provide a place that draws out the appeal of cultural resources from various angles, fosters empathy through exhibition design, and sends a message to the future.

Main Achievements

National Ainu Museum, Yokote Masuda Manga Art Museum renewal, Fuchu Local Forest Museum renewal, Niigata Manga & Anime Information Center, Ishinomori Manga Museum renewal, Shizuoka Children's Creative Town Ma.a.ru, SCMAGLEV and Railway Park, etc.

*The shared information and details of the project is accurate as of the date they were posted. There may have been unannounced changes at a later date.

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