The exhibition “100 Selected Manga from the Tokiwa-so Era: A Collection That Changed with the Times” will be held in the “Tokiwa-so Town” area. Satellite exhibitions will also be held in various locations in Ikebukuro. Manga Night General Incorporated Association Press Release: October 20, 2025 The exhibition “100 Selected Manga from the Tokiwa-so Era: A Collection That Has Changed with the Times” will be held in the “Tokiwa-so Town” area. Satellite exhibitions will also be held in various locations in Ikebukuro. Connecting the “Tokiwa-so era” and “present day” through manga and spreading Japanese manga culture to the world From Thursday, October 30, 2025, “100 Manga Selections from the Tokiwaso Era: Time Travel with Manga – 100 Masterpieces from the Tokiwaso Era” will be on display. Exhibition: Time Travel with Manga – 100 Masterpieces from the Tokiwaso Era” (Organized by Rainbow Bird LLC, Japan Arts Council, Agency for Cultural Affairs, co-organized by Toshima Ward)
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/84403/21/84403-21-0e3fe06f6ed039f8f4b53101e719d412-3900×3079.jpg Machiko Satonaka, Chair of the Selection Committee; Mitsuru Sugaya, Selection Committee Member ◆Reproductions of original artwork on display [Selected works in the “Top 100 Manga from the Tokiwa-so Era”] Star’s Pledge (Mizuno Eiko) Maki’s Whistle (Miyako Maki) GeGeGe no Kitaro (Shigeru Mizuki) Golgo 13 (Takao Saito) Jukyoden (Baron Yoshimoto) Sanpei the Fisherman (Yaguchi Takao) Poem of Wind and Trees (Takemiya Keiko) Galaxy Express 999 (Reiji Matsumoto) The Empress of the Rising Sun (Ryoko Yamagishi) Touch (Mitsuru Adachi) etc. [Works by book selection committee members] The Maidens of Aries (Machiko Satonaka) Rainbow in the Sky (Machiko Satonaka) Game Center Storm (Mitsuru Sugaya) Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Koenmae Hashutsujo (Osamu Akimoto) Oozora Roman (Naomi Kimura) Burn! Spike (Kimie Shiga) Dear students! Kids (Yoko Shoji) The (Heart) Pumpkin Wine (Mitsuru Miura) Reproductions of original artwork by the selection committee, including the above works, will also be on display. ◆Exhibition overview Exhibition: Time Travel with Manga – 100 Masterpieces from the Tokiwaso Era [Dates] Thursday, October 30, 2025 – Sunday, January 25, 2026 [Closed] Mondays (or the following weekday if a public holiday falls on a Monday), New Year’s holiday period: December 29th (Monday) – January 3rd (Saturday) [Opening Hours] 10:00 – 18:00 (last entry at 17:30) [Venue] Tokiwa-so Street Showa Retro Hall (Toshima Ward Showa History and Culture Memorial Museum) 1F
Multipurpose Room 1 3-4-10 Minaminagasaki, Toshima-ku, Tokyo [Access] Approx. 13-minute walk from Shiinamachi Station or Higashinagasaki Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line Approx. 8-minute walk from Ochiai Minaminagasaki Station on the Toei Oedo Line 3-minute walk from Minaminagasaki 2-chome Station on the Toei Bus, Kokusai Kogyo Bus, or Kanto Bus [Admission Fee] Free [Guest Curator] Machiko Satonaka (Manga Artist; President of the Japan Cartoonists Association; Representative Director of Manga Japan) Mitsuru Sugaya (Manga Artist; Japan Association for the Study of Comics and Manga) Chairman) [General Director] Yasuhiro Yamauchi (Representative Partner, Rainbow Bird LLC) [Art Director] Atsushi Morita (PAPER PARADE) [Organizers] Rainbow Bird LLC, Japan Arts Council, Agency for Cultural Affairs [Co-organizers] Toshima Ward [Production] Manga Night General Incorporated Association [Cooperation] Manga Japan General Incorporated Association Tokiwa-so Collaborative Project Council Animate Ikebukuro Main Store Hareza Ikebukuro Area Management General Incorporated Association (Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd., Sankei Building Co., Ltd.) Tobu Department Store Ikebukuro Main Branch ◆Satellite exhibitions will also be held during the event. Experience the “Tokiwa-so Era” in various locations around Ikebukuro! In addition to the main venue, Tokiwa-so Street Showa Retro Hall, this exhibition will also feature satellite exhibits at the following venues. This will create an opportunity to more widely disseminate the manga culture that spread during the “Tokiwa-so” era and the appeal of the “Tokiwa-so Town” area. 【Tokiwa-so Street】 ・Manga Pit Inside Tokiwa-so Street Showa Retro Museum Period: Permanent ・Tokiwa-so Manga Museum Salon 3-minute walk from Tokiwa-so Street Showa Retro Hall, Furuichi Tokiwa-so Street Store, KURA, 2nd floor Period: Wednesday, November 5, 2025 – Sunday, January 25, 2026 [Various locations in Ikebukuro] *The exhibits at each Ikebukuro location are the same ・Animate Ikebukuro Main Store 5-minute walk from the East Exit of Ikebukuro Station Period: Thursday, October 30, 2025 – Thursday, November 13, 2025 Location: Mini Museum, 2nd floor, North Building ・Tobu Department Store Ikebukuro Branch Directly connected to the west exit of Ikebukuro Station Period: December 4, 2025 (Thursday) – December 17, 2025 (Wednesday) Location: 2F No. 5 Special venue ・Tokyo Tatemono Brillia HALL 4 minutes walk from the east exit of Ikebukuro Station Period: Wednesday, January 14, 2026 – Sunday, January 25, 2026 Location: Park Plaza Event Space ◆Related project: Make your town walk even more fun with the Japanese-English bilingual smartphone app “Tokiwa-so Street AR Exploration”! The area around Tokiwa-so Street, where the main exhibition venue, “Tokiwa-so Street Showa Retro Hall,” is located, is dotted with Tokiwa-so-related facilities and monuments. The smartphone walking guide app “Tokiwa-so Street AR Exploration” (developed by curiosity Inc.) features Tokiwa-so Street’s official mascot, “Kakitora-san,” appearing in the real world using AR to provide entertaining commentary about each spot and the manga artists associated with the area.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/84403/21/84403-21-15ae0c084dd0db3bb0a9d14f9838d88d-960×540.jpg “Kakitora,” the official mascot of “Tokiwa-so Street” To coincide with this exhibition, the app will be significantly updated on Friday, October 24th, further expanding your sightseeing experience around Tokiwa-so Street. ◆New features in the AR sightseeing mode include the Tokiwa-so Manga Museum Salon, which introduces facilities around Japan associated with manga artists associated with Tokiwa-so, and the Showa Retro Hall, which offers trivia about life at the time. These features will add an element of learning and discovery to your stroll around town. ◆A new feature, the “Manga Photo” AR filter, has been added, allowing you to enjoy it even in places other than Tokiwa-so Street! In addition to being able to take commemorative photos with the Tokiwa-so sign, two new photo modes have been added, allowing you to experience the feeling of being a manga artist facing a deadline with the effect of flying manuscripts. curiosity Co., Ltd. press release App download (iOS/Android)
https://www.curiosity-inc.jp/tokiwasoar/download
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/84403/21/84403-21-0bab128a8ee0f1af9c16d2a0d40ef787-288×288.png “Tokiwa-so Street AR Exploration” download page Click here for an overview of the app https://www.curiosity-inc.jp/tokiwasoar/jp/ This exhibition and the “Tokiwa-so Street AR Exploration” walking guide app are being implemented as part of the “Japan Cultural Expo 2.0 Project (Commissioned)” in 2025, as well as the “Tokiwa-so Street Inbound Tourism Revitalization Project: Toshima, the Mecca of Manga.” [2025 Japan Expo 2.0 Project (Commissioned): Increasing Inbound Tourism in Toshima, the Manga Mecca of Tokiwa-so Street] With the aim of encouraging international fans and tourists to visit the Tokiwa-so Town area, “Toshima,” the “Mecca of Manga,” and spreading Japanese manga culture around the world, the Tokiwa-so Street area is being revitalized as a tourist destination through various public and private collaborations, centered around the Tokiwa-so Manga Museum.
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/84403/21/84403-21-eb3c8eb2ab0870f2262ac1a9b29ca21d-300×300.png “Nihonhaku 2.0” Official Website “Nihonhaku 2.0” is a national project leading up to the 2025 World Exposition in Japan, promoting Japan’s culture and arts, which embody the beauty and spirit of Japan, and communicating their diverse and universal appeal. ◆About “Top 100 Manga from the Tokiwa-so Era” This initiative, launched as part of the 2024 Japan Expo 2.0 Project (commissioned) to revitalize inbound tourism to Tokiwa-so Street, Toshima, the Mecca of Manga, has the Selection Committee select and publish 100 timeless manga titles from those published between 1952 and 1982, the era when Tokiwa-so existed, and share them with readers both in Japan and abroad.
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/84403/21/84403-21-26b0284e6edd6f0f9b37706d34125c48-3000×2400.jpg Machiko Satonaka, Chairperson of the Selection Committee, Yasuhiro Yamauchi (Representative Partner, Rainbow Bird LLC) [Directly Connecting the “Tokiwa-so Era” and the “Reiwa Era” Through Manga] Based on this concept, we aim to utilize the unique characteristics of manga as a medium that has been preserved in the present day in an accessible form for everyone, without the interpretations or nostalgia of the narrator, and to allow people of all ages, both in Japan and overseas, to get a feel for the feel of manga from the “Tokiwa-so era” through a selection of manga that conveys the “Tokiwa-so era” (the dawn and growth period of so-called “postwar story manga” that became the foundation of manga as we know it today). In particular, we aim to highlight not only works that have already achieved high acclaim, but also “manga that has been with the times” that have been consumed as the times have changed and are no longer talked about much these days. Book Selection Committee (titles omitted): Machiko Satonaka (Chair of the Book Selection Committee), Osamu Akimoto, Seiji Iwami, Naomi Kimura, Yoshimi Kurata, Kimie Shiga, Yoko Shoji, Mitsuru Sugaya, Mitsuru Miura Website
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