The main focus of the Manga Museum's collection is a body of approximately 50,000 publications from the 1970s to the present day (2005) which are arranged in an open access library system that spans 140 meters throughout the building called the "Wall of Manga".
Much of the manga on the Wall of Manga was received as a donation from the rental bookstore Okubo Negishi Books, which was in business for roughly 20 years up until 2005. Anyone can take a book from the shelves to read so please start thinking about what you will read first!
N.B. In general the museum does not have books published more recently than the last 6 months in its collection.
How to Search for Manga on the Wall of Manga
The books on the Wall of Manga have been divided into shonen (boys) manga on the 1st floor, shojo (girls) manga on the 2nd and seinen (young adults) manga on the 3rd floor. They are further categorized alphabetically by author's name according to the Japanese syllabary, but if you are searching for a specific book please feel free to use the library database touch screen panels located throughout the museum.
"Wall of Manga" Feature Book Shelves
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Karasuma-Oike, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-0846 Japan
TEL: +81-75-254-7414 FAX: +81-75-254-7424