The roadside station on the Himi waterfront, Himi, ToyamaPhoto: Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0

Himi City Shiokaze Gallery

Himi, Toyama, Japan

Run by Himi City as the hub of its Fujiko Fujio A Manga World, in the town where the creator of Ninja Hattori-kun was born at his father's temple. It shows original and reproduction artwork from Ninja Hattori-kun, Kaibutsu-kun and The Laughing Salesman, a recreation of room 14 of the Tokiwa-so apartments, and a manga reading room. Open 10:00-17:00 with last entry at 16:30, closed only over New Year; about ¥200 for adults and free for high school students and under.

Please be a considerate guest: keep your voice down, keep paths clear and leave the place as you found it.

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