Kadokawa Culture Museum
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The Kadokawa Culture Museum is a groundbreaking new kind of museum built on the unique concept of blending books, art, and natural history into a single, immersive experience.
Supervised by renowned architect Kengo Kuma, the massive structure resembles a giant stone, its surface clad in approximately 20,000 granite panels. These panels cast dynamic, wave-like shadows that shift with the sunlight throughout the day. Inside this monumental form lies an expansive and imaginative art space that sparks curiosity in all who enter.
Come and experience this one-of-a-kind, revolutionary museum for yourself.
Kadokawa Culture Museum Introduction video
Main works
Edit Town - Book Street
The permanent library space, Edit Town – Book Street, is a “city of books” curated by the museum’s first director, Seigow Matsuoka. Around 25,000 books are organized into nine thematic contexts that offer different ways to interpret the world. The flowing, continuous bookshelves—designed by architect Kengo Kuma—are more than just neatly arranged rows. Books are playfully stacked sideways or displayed open, creating a dynamic and imaginative presentation. Like strolling through a shopping street in an unfamiliar town, visitors are sure to encounter unexpected books and delightful discoveries.
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Bookshelf Theater
As you pass through “Book Street” in the City of Books, you’ll arrive at the “Bookshelf Theater,” a striking space enclosed by towering 8-meter-high shelves. This library-like area holds around 20,000 books, including the personal collections of Genyoshi Kadokawa, Kenkichi Yamamoto, Rizō Takeuchi, and Shuzen Hokama, as well as newly published titles from KADOKAWA.
Projection mapping shows are held here under the concept of “playing with books, interacting with books,” offering an immersive experience where sound and visuals bring the stories to life—making it feel as though the contents are leaping straight from the pages.
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