Tokyo: Birthplace of Manga & Anime Guided Museum Walk
2-10-5 Higashi Oizumi, Nerima, Japan
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Where Manga & Anime Were Born — A Tour Only Locals Know
Most anime tours take you to Akihabara. This tour goes deeper, to the streets where the legends lived and created the stories that shaped global pop culture.
In the 1950s, a small apartment in Toshima called Tokiwa-so became the birthplace of manga. Osamu Tezuka (Astro Boy), Fujiko Fujio (Doraemon) and Shotaro Ishinomori (Kamen Rider) lived here. See re-created rooms with desks piled with ink pots, left as after all-night drawing sessions.
Walk streets that still feel like 1950s Japan, browse vintage manga at second-hand bookshops, and pass Matsuba, a ramen shop Tezuka once frequented — eat there if you like (optional, pay on-site).
(Extended option only) Continue to Oizumi Gakuen, home to the Toei Animation Museum where Dragon Ball, Sailor Moon and One Piece were born.
Your guide Hide is a lifelong manga and anime enthusiast — a small-group, personal walk through living history
Location
2-10-5 Higashi Oizumi, Nerima, Japan
Tokyo, Japan
Price
$51.82/ person
Duration3h 30min
Categoryculture