- About Kami City Yanase Takashi Memorial Hall -
Kahoku-cho, Kami City, Kochi Prefecture is the hometown of Takashi Yanase, the
creator of Anpanman. The Anpanman Museum is located in a mountain town where
an abundance of nature still remains. There are no complicated paintings and
no fixed order to view them, so you can easily enjoy the museum. The Yanase
Takashi Gallery on the 4th floor is the main space of the museum. The gallery
features drawings of Anpanman and his friends that can only be seen here,
created by Takashi Yanase himself for this museum. The basement is home to
Anpanman World, where visitors can experience the world where Anpanman and his
friends live. In addition to the exhibition rooms, the walls, floors, and
stairs of the museum are designed with a variety of tricks that offer
opportunities to meet Anpanman and his friends.
The Poem and Märchen Gallery is a gallery of cover illustrations and cuts that
Takashi Yanase had created since the first issue of the magazine Poem and
Märchen. This gallery showcases the colorful world of Takashi Yanase,
including cover illustrations and plates for Poem and Märchen, as well as his
poetry and manga. Two to three times a year, the gallery holds special
exhibitions of original artwork by artists associated with Poem and Märchen
and by picture book authors from Japan and abroad.
-Reminders-
Kami City Takashi Yanase Memorial Hall & Anpanman Museum