Kami City Yanase Takashi Memorial Museum 1224-2 Mirabu, Kahoku-cho, Kami, Kochi 781-4212 TEL:0887-59-2300 http://anpanman-museum.net ◆Hours
◆ Regular hours 9:30 am - 5:00 pm ( Admission 4:30 pm )
July 20 - August 31 9:00 am - 5:00 pm ( Admission 4:30 pm )
◆ Closed days ◆
Tuesdays ( If Tuesday is a national holiday, the museum will be closed on the following day )
However, it is closed from March 25 to April 6, April 29 to May 5, July 20 to August 31 and December 24 to January 7.
Located in the hometown of Yanase Takashi, the creator of Anpanman, this museum can be enjoyed by both children and adults. The simple dice-shaped Anpanman Museum of Kami City Yanase Takashi Memorial Museum stands surrounded by lush nature, and the 4th floor gallery displays large tableau paintings of Anpanman and original picture book drawings created by Yanase for the museum. In the Anpanman World in the basement, a diorama of the town where Anpanman's friends live is spread out.
In the adjoining Poetry and Meruhen Picture Book Museum, visitors can view Yanase's other works besides Anpanman, including original cover art for the magazine "Poetry and Meruhen," for which Takashi Yanase served as chief editor. In addition, there are also exhibitions of poems, illustrations, and original pictures by Japanese and foreign picture book authors.