Kitakyushu Manga Museum

北九州市漫画ミュージアム

The Kitakyushu Manga Museum is located on the 5th and 6th floor in Aruaru City, which is home to a lot of pop culture stores. It is close to JR Kokura station. The museum consists of three themes; "look," "read,"and "draw.
70,000 volumes of various comic books by Japanese authors can be read freely in the reading corner. This includes manga from artists of Kitakyushu City, such as Leiji Matsumoto, Watase Seizo, Hatanaka Jun, Hojo Tsukasa etc. In addition, you can see foreign manga translated into Japanese and other manga published overseas. In the planning exhibition room, you can see traveling and original exhibitions related to manga, and we will occasionally hold manga drawing workshops and talk shows.

Address (Japanese)	802-0001　福岡県北九州市小倉北区浅野2-14-5　あるあるＣｉｔｙ６階
Address	2-14-5 Aruaru City 6F, Asano, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, Japan
Telephone Number	093-512-5077
Fax Number	093-512-5130
Open	11:00～19:00（LO18:30）
Closed	Tuesdays, (If Tuesday is a national holiday, closed on the following day) The end of the year and New Year holiday Closed for inventory.
Payment method	Cash only
Duty free	None
Picture-based menu	None
Language menu	None
Multi-lingual staff	None
Vegetarian menu available	None
Islamic menu available	Yes
Multi-lingual telephone interpretation service (Fukuoka Yokatoko Call Center)	None
Free Wi-Fi	Yes
Car Park	None
Website	http://www.ktqmm.jp
Remarks	A leaflet in different languages(English/Unsimplified and simplified Chinese/Korean/Thai) is available. There is a system (jaj) for using your own smartphone to receive audio guides in many different languages (English, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Korean, Thai) explaining the contents of the permanent exhibitions.