Kyoto is not usually thought of as an anime destination, which is exactly why this day works — none of it competes with the temple crowds. The Kyoto International Manga Museum keeps its collection on open shelves in a preserved 1929 school building and lets you take a volume outside to read. Toei Kyoto Studio Park in Uzumasa is a working film lot for period dramas that visitors walk through. The day ends on Shijo Kawaramachi, where the official character stores are, which is also where you were going to eat anyway.
Route
4 stops
- 2 hr
Kyoto International Manga Museum
Karasuma Oike Station · 2 min walk
Take a volume off the shelf and read it on the lawn. That is the point of this museum.
Subway and JR west to Uzumasa30min
- 2 hr 30 min
Toei Kyoto Studio Park
Uzumasa Station · 5 min walk
A working film set for period dramas, not a reconstruction. Anime-tied attractions rotate.
JR back east to Shijo Kawaramachi30min
- 45 min
Pokémon Center Kyoto
Kyoto-Kawaramachi Station · 3 min walk
Kyoto-limited designs drawing on traditional motifs, sold at no other branch.
Walk within the Shijo Kawaramachi district5min
- 45 min
Animate Kyoto
Kyoto-Kawaramachi Station · 4 min walk
Current-season anime goods, in the middle of where you were already walking.
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