Kadokawa Musashino Museum

Chelsey M. Maywalt a month ago

We purchased the one day passport. Started at the Dali exhibition, which is interesting and strange (compliment). There are various libraries and galleries on each floor. The large book theater stretches from the 4th to 5th floor. It's even more beautiful in photos. We ate at the diner on the 5th floor and enjoyed the speciality Dali dessert, salads, hamburger steaks, and pastas. Everything was delicious, and the staff was lovely. At the gift store, there were cute Dali figurines and many other items for purchase. It was dark by the time we left, so we got to enjoy the water display, the museum lit up, and a lighted torii gate.

Moh a month ago

Highly recommend a visit to this Museum, so much to see although they have guides for English speakers, I opted for just wandering through and exploring everything in Japanese. I personally find it’s more interesting that way. Good way to practice for those learning the language, just be sure to ask for help if you find yourself venturing in places you obviously shouldn’t be; staff only sections, elevator shafts, the roof of the building, etc. Dali exhibit was open when I visited, that was pretty neat, especially the projection mapped room. Favourite area was the 4th Floor’s Bookshelf area, what a sight to behold. Could easily spend eternity there reading through those books. Plenty of seating and lots of the books you are allowed to sit down and read. I took photos of books I wanted to purchase, and outside the building, across the many steps in the other building, there is a bookstore. After I left the building, I met a lovely Kadokawa employee, she walked with me to the bookstore and briefly guided me around the other surrounding properties, thanks to her help I was able to find the books I was looking for. The projection mapped presentation in the main 8m high bookshelf room was cool. And if you take the stairs up to the 5th from the 4th, you can chill up top and view the same presentation with an arial view. Outside the property itself has some awesome architecture, looks like a giant misshapen Rook chess piece to be honest, but its fortress like stature is really magnificent. Overall, worth the trip, and would this ever become the castle of a wizard someday, I hope that wizard still grants us all passage and the freedom to tour this marvellous place.

Aditi 2 months ago

Good for Instagram but I wasn't fond of the management. They give you a ticket like a bill which has a QR code on it. The bill is very thin paper, not like a real ticket so it is hard to carry because every time you go to a floor, you have to scan the code before entering. If you go to some other floor and decide to go back to the floor where you were before, you have to wait in line and scan the code. Mostly everyone goes to the see the library that is filled with books to the ceiling, but when we went, they were playing some movie in that room and it was off limits till 8pm. Even though they have other rooms where they could play the movie as the room had to be dark. Many people who had come to see the library were disappointed, some left. I stayed back as that's what I had come to see. The staff is kind, but the management sucks big time. The place is okay. The library looks cool and Instagram worthy. They play a short video that you aren't allowed to record. But other than that everything else is mediocre. There are a lot of manga in the manga section, some even in English so that can be enjoyed. There are a lot of novels in Japanese too.

Kelly in Japan 5 months ago

This was a great museum! I really like the design of the building and the architecture. I went for the Egyptian exhibit. It was very nice even though the items were replicas, if it wasn’t told to me I wouldn’t have known. Everything I saw was high quality and extremely detailed and you are allowed to take pictures (no flash). It was too crowded and you can get through everything in a couple of hours. I didn’t visit other parts of the museum but I’ve heard they’re also good. Check it out if you’re in the area. The Egyptian exhibit is only for a limited time.

Wesley Nishimoto 5 months ago

Very nice museum with unique, modern architectural design. We were able to see the Tutankhamun exhibit ... superb layout and replica artifacts. Library stacks are unique, but I don't know how anyone finds a specific book.