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Fujiko F. Fujio Museum tickets in 2026: how to buy them, prices, same-day tickets, the shuttle bus from Noborito and what is inside the Doraemon museum
Kawasaki, just outside Tokyo, is home to the Fujiko F. Fujio Museum, built for Doraemon and the rest of the manga drawn by the artist who created him. You cannot buy a ticket on arrival: everyone aged 4 and over needs one bought online in advance for a particular day and one of seven entry times, and nobody goes in before their time. This guide covers how to buy, what each ticket costs, the same-day tickets released on the day, cancelling and changing a booking, the shuttle bus from Noborito Station, how long to allow, what is on each floor, the café, the shop and the photo rules, visiting with small children, the autumn and winter season of 2026, how it compares with the Ghibli Museum, and the separate gallery in Takaoka, Toyama, where the artist was born. Every fact comes from the official websites of the museum, the Takaoka gallery and, for the comparison, the Ghibli Museum, as they stood when we went through them on Saturday 17 October 2026. Each page is named in the Sources list below the FAQ.
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In short
Fujiko F. Fujio Museum tickets can only be bought online, each one tied to a single day and a single entry time; the museum itself does not sell them. Adults aged 18 or older pay 1,000 yen, teenagers aged 13 to 17 pay 700 yen and the price for ages 4 to 12 is 500 yen, tax included. Under-4s get in free without a ticket. Entry times run hourly, seven of them, starting at 10:00 with the last at 16:00, and you must arrive within 60 minutes of yours. If an entry time still has space on the day, it can be bought until 45 minutes after it starts. Paid tickets can be cancelled up to three days before the visit, and not after. Its doors close at 18:00, and it does not open on Tuesdays or during the New Year break. It is in Tama-ku, Kawasaki, about 9 minutes by shuttle bus from Noborito Station.
Fujiko F. Fujio Museum at a glance
How to buy Fujiko F. Fujio Museum tickets
Entry is by advance booking for a date and time, and the museum's Japanese page on tickets and access is plain about the rule: no tickets are sold at the museum itself, so buy one for the day and time you want before you set out. That page links to the online ticket shop. The museum's English page gives prices and entry times but did not say, when we read it, whether the ticket shop works in English.
Buying a ticket, step by step
- Pick a day: check the museum's opening calendar first. Tuesdays, the New Year break and any extra closures it announces are all off the list.
- Pick an entry time: any of the seven shown in the box above.
- Choose the tickets: by age group. The English page says: "Maximum 6 tickets are available at each purchasing procedure."
- Keep the code: entry needs the two-dimensional code issued after you buy. Have it ready on your phone or printed at the door.
Children aged 3 and under need no ticket at all. Every other ticket, including the free tickets for disabled visitors and their carers, comes from the same online shop. Prices include tax.
How much are Fujiko F. Fujio Museum tickets?
There are three prices, set by age. The museum's English page lists them in yen and adds that tax is included.
Ticket prices, tax included (October 2026)
- 1,000 yenadults, ages 18 and over
- 700 yenages 13 to 17
- 500 yenchildren, ages 4 to 12
| Who | Price | Ticket needed? |
|---|---|---|
| Ages 18 and over | 1,000 yen | Yes |
| Ages 13 to 17 | 700 yen | Yes |
| Ages 4 to 12 | 500 yen | Yes |
| Ages 3 and under | Free | No |
| Holders of a disability certificate | Free | Yes, a free ticket |
| One carer per disabled visitor | Free | Yes, a free ticket |
The Japanese page names the groups by school stage rather than age: adults and university students pay 1,000 yen, and high school and junior high school students pay 700 yen. The ticket also covers the F Theatre, the museum's cinema, and the free audio guide needs only your phone. Food in the café and goods in the shop are paid for separately, and only people with a ticket can use them.
Same-day tickets
You can buy on the day, but only online and only while an entry time has space left. The museum's FAQ says a same-day ticket for an entry time can be bought until 45 minutes after that time begins. Its own example is the 14:00 entry, which can be bought until 14:45.
How a same-day visit works
- Check online: first thing on the day, look at the ticket shop for an entry time with space.
- Buy before the cut-off: each entry time stays on sale until 45 minutes past its start.
- Get there in time: arrive within 60 minutes of the entry time, which for a same-day ticket may leave only a short window.
A same-day ticket is a fallback, not a plan. If you have one free day in Tokyo and want this museum in it, buy ahead.
Entry times and opening hours
The museum's day runs from 10:00 until 18:00. Its English page lists the closed days as "Every Tuesday. The Year-end and New Year Holidays." and says any other closures are announced in advance on the website, so look at the opening calendar before you choose a date.
Within those hours there are seven entry times, and each ticket is for one of them. You go in at any point within an hour of your time, and once inside you can stay until closing, because visitors are not moved on when the next group arrives.
| Entry time | Last time to go in |
|---|---|
| 10:00 | 11:00 |
| 11:00 | 12:00 |
| 12:00 | 13:00 |
| 13:00 | 14:00 |
| 14:00 | 15:00 |
| 15:00 | 16:00 |
| 16:00 | 17:00 |
Cancelling or changing a ticket
A paid ticket can be cancelled up to three days before the date of the visit. After that, the FAQ says, it can be neither cancelled nor refunded.
The FAQ gives three reasons for changing the date: sudden illness, the effects of a natural disaster, or a breakdown in transport. In those cases you must call the museum before your visit, and it will move you to the same weekday and the same entry time within a month of the date on your ticket. It warns that the entry time you want may not always be free. The English page lists the museum's phone line as "in Japanese only", so without Japanese, ask your hotel's front desk to call for you.
If your plans change
- Three or more days before: the ticket can be cancelled.
- Less than three days before: no cancellation and no refund.
- Ill, or held up by a disaster or a transport breakdown: call the museum before your visit to ask for a move to the same weekday and time within a month.
- Any other reason: the FAQ names no other grounds for a change.
How to get to the Fujiko F. Fujio Museum from Tokyo
The museum is at 2-8-1 Nagao in Tama-ku, a district of Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture. The nearest station is Noborito, on the Odakyu line and the JR Nambu Line, and the museum says it can be reached from Shinjuku and Shibuya stations in about 15 minutes at the quickest. From Noborito, a bus runs straight to the museum.
From central Tokyo to the museum
- Train to Noborito: on the Odakyu line or the JR Nambu Line.
- Shuttle bus: a direct bus from Noborito runs every 10 to 15 minutes and takes about 9 minutes.
- Pay on board: 220 yen for adults and 110 yen for children, by IC card or in cash.
- Arrive: the bus runs to fit the museum's opening days.
The shuttle is a paid city bus, and the museum lists ten IC cards it accepts, including Suica and PASMO. How to get one is on our Suica and IC card page.
If you would rather walk, the English page puts Mukogaoka-Yuen (Odakyu line) about 16 minutes away on foot, and Shukugawara (JR Nambu Line) about 15.
How long to spend at Fujiko F. Fujio Museum
The museum does not suggest a length of visit. It does point out that a ticket fixes only when you go in, not when you must leave, so you can stay until 18:00, and that walking out ends your visit.
How much time you have
- 8hours between the first entry at 10:00 and closing
- 2hours between the last entry at 16:00 and closing
- 20minutes between F Theatre showings, which start at 10:20
A visit takes in two exhibition rooms, the F Theatre, the reading corner and play area on 2F, the rooftop lawn, the café and the shop. If you want all of it without hurrying, book one of the earlier entry times. The 16:00 entry still leaves two hours, enough for the exhibitions, a showing in the theatre and the shop.
What is inside the Fujiko F. Fujio Museum
The museum is built around the drawings Fujiko F. Fujio made by hand. Its English page describes the first exhibition room this way: "Original color artworks, typical of the maestro, comprise the heart of exhibition." The second room holds exhibitions that change, and the rest of the building is given to his life, his manga and places to sit, read and play.
The museum, floor by floor
- 1F Exhibition Room I: original manga pages in glass cases, with colour artwork drawn for book covers. The left-hand wall is given to colour pictures, and the right-hand wall shows almost a whole story in its original pages.
- 1F his study: the desk he worked at, a huge bookcase of reference material above it, and the dinosaur figures he loved.
- 1F museum shop: goods made for the museum, and his manga.
- 2F animal room: animal figures made from his paper cut-outs. At the far end, the Anywhere Door from Doraemon leads into Exhibition Room II.
- 2F Exhibition Room II: the special exhibition of the moment.
- 2F his Sundays: a corner on his family life and his days as a father.
- 2F plaza: capsule toys with prizes found only here, a manga corner where you can read his books, and a play space for children under school age.
- 3F rooftop lawn: a grassy open space on the roof, with photo spots around it.
- 3F museum café: the English page invites you to "Enjoy the original menu that accompanies the artwork."
The F Theatre
The F Theatre has a 200-inch screen and shows short animated films made for the museum, which the museum says cannot be seen anywhere else. Showings start at 10:20 and then run every 20 minutes, three an hour. Each visitor is given an F Theatre ticket on arrival and can go in once. The film changes from time to time. The one showing in October 2026 is a new film made for the 15th anniversary, in which Doraemon and other Fujiko F. Fujio characters set off into the world of an adventure game book. The museum's pages do not say whether the film has subtitles in other languages.
Café and gift shop
Both the café on 3F and the shop on 1F are inside the paid area. The FAQ is clear that people without an admission ticket cannot use either one, so they are not a way to visit without a booking.
Café and shop prices, tax included (October 2026)
- 1,300 yen: a canelé served with vanilla ice cream and fruit, in the café
- 750 yen: each of three coloured drinks, in the café
- 1,500 yen: the official catalogue of the 15th anniversary exhibition, in Japanese and English
- 990 yen: a set of seven stickers, in the shop
These prices come from the page for the 15th anniversary exhibition, which lists the menu and goods made for it. The catalogue is B5 size with 32 pages of text, and two postcards of original drawings come with it. The shop also has a set of postcards of original drawings for 1,100 yen, a clear file for 440 yen, a cooling handkerchief for 2,090 yen, notebooks at 1,485 yen each and cases with a carabiner at 1,210 yen each. The museum warns that café dishes and shop goods can sell out.
In the shop and the café you can pay by card, electronic money or cash, and there is no cash machine in the building. Since 1 June 2026, the shop and the gift corner on 3F charge for carrier bags: 10 yen for small and medium, 30 yen for large and 50 yen for extra large.
Photo rules
Since 1 July 2026, you may take photos in more of the museum than before, but not everywhere. The museum asks visitors to think of the people around them, and notes that the areas where photos are allowed can change without notice.
Taking photos at the museum
- Allowed: the reception, Exhibition Room I, the History Road, his study and the animal room, except for any exhibit marked with a no-photo sign.
- Not allowed: Exhibition Room II apart from its entrance, the corner on his Sundays, and inside the F Theatre.
- Never in the exhibition areas: flash, video, large equipment that covers the drawings, selfie sticks and tripods.
- Commercial photos: not allowed without the museum's permission.
The entrance to the 15th anniversary exhibition is itself set up as a photo spot: you stand in front of a speech bubble that reads Doraemo-n!
Visiting with children and access needs
The museum grew out of the wish of his widow to give something back to the children who read his manga, and its FAQ answers most of what parents ask. Trains, hotels and meals with children are on our family travel page.
With small children
- Under 4: free, with no ticket needed.
- Pushchairs: not allowed inside, for safety. You leave yours in the pushchair park, and the museum suggests a baby carrier instead.
- Nursing room: on 2F near the kids' space, with a bench, two nappy-changing tables, a water heater and a sink.
- Baby food: allowed in the nursing room or the café, although other food from outside is not.
- Kids' space: on 2F, for children under school age with a parent. Its hours are posted at the museum.
- Drinks: bottles and flasks with a lid are allowed, but not in the exhibition rooms. Take your rubbish home.
Access and other help
- Wheelchairs: two to borrow, from the staff. They cannot be booked.
- Toilets: accessible toilets on 1F and 2F.
- Hearing: the audio guide can show its words as text, and free subtitle glasses for the F Theatre are lent first come, first served. Ask a member of staff when you arrive.
- Audio guide: free on your own phone. Scan the QR code in the museum and enter the day's key, which changes daily.
- Lockers: coin lockers before the shop on 1F need a 100 yen coin, refunded when you unlock them. Bags too large for them are kept at the reception.
- Animals: no pets, but guide dogs, hearing dogs and service dogs may go everywhere.
Autumn and winter 2026 at the museum
The museum turned 15 on Thursday 3 September 2026. To mark it, Exhibition Room II holds an exhibition of original drawings about the secret gadgets in Doraemon. Its page lists some of the drawings on show in the first half of the run, but gives no dates for either half.
Since Wednesday 7 October, an autumn and winter fair has added seasonal decorations and a takeaway menu. The fair's page gives no end date.
The autumn and winter fair, 2026 to 2027
- Christmas trees: a large tree and winter designs on the big windows in the 2F plaza, and a crystal tree on the 3F rooftop.
- Lights at dusk: the rooftop is lit as the sun goes down. To see it, be on the roof at dusk, before the museum closes at 18:00.
- Hot drinks to take out: the 3F café sells takeaway food and drinks to have on the rooftop, from 320 yen for a financier or a canelé to 600 yen for the Doraemon Blue drink.
- New goods: a blanket, a steel flask and other items with the fair's design are due in the 1F shop in late November.
The other takeaway items are hot royal milk tea, hot lemonade and consommé soup at 500 yen each, and an apple drink at 400 yen. The financiers and canelés are made in limited numbers.
Fujiko F. Fujio Museum vs Ghibli Museum
Neither museum sells tickets on site, and at both you pick a day and a time to go in when you buy. The day itself runs the same way at each: seven entry times an hour apart between 10:00 and 16:00, entry within an hour of yours, and no need to leave before closing at 18:00. The differences are in where they are, what children pay and when the tickets come out.
| Fujiko F. Fujio Museum | Ghibli Museum | |
|---|---|---|
| Where | Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture | Mitaka, Tokyo |
| Nearest station | Noborito, then a shuttle bus of about 9 minutes | JR Mitaka, then about 15 minutes on foot, or a community bus |
| Adults | 1,000 yen, ages 18 and over | 1,000 yen, ages 19 and over |
| Teenagers | 700 yen, ages 13 to 17 | 700 yen, ages 13 to 18 |
| Children | 500 yen, ages 4 to 12 | 400 yen (7 to 12), 100 yen (4 to 6) |
| Ages 3 and under | Free | Free |
| Sold at the door | No | No |
| Tickets go on sale | No date is given on the museum's pages | Every month on the 10th at 10:00 Japan time, covering the following month |
| Regular closing day | Tuesday | Tuesday |
The sale day, the new system fee for entry from November 2026 and the rule that a Ghibli ticket can be neither moved to another day nor refunded are all on our Ghibli Museum page.
Which museum fits your trip
- Booking late: the Fujiko F. Fujio Museum sells spare places online on the day itself, and a paid ticket can still be cancelled up to three days ahead.
- Booking a month ahead: the Ghibli Museum puts all of the next month's tickets on sale in a single release.
- Children aged 4 to 6: they pay 100 yen at the Ghibli Museum and 500 yen at the Fujiko F. Fujio Museum.
- Tuesdays: both museums close on Tuesdays, so keep that day for something else.
The Fujiko F. Fujio gallery in Takaoka, Toyama
Fujiko F. Fujio was born in Takaoka, in Toyama Prefecture, on 1 December 1933, and Takaoka has a gallery of its own for his work, apart from the museum in Kawasaki. The gallery's English page calls it "a manga art gallery where visitors can take delight in wonderful works while gaining exposure to the first principles of manga art."
Groups of 20 or more pay 400, 240 and 160 yen. Visitors with a disability certificate get in free, along with one carer each. The building is step-free, and it lends out six wheelchairs and five pushchairs, first come, first served. Food and drink cannot be brought in, apart from baby food, which may be eaten in the nursing room. Pets cannot come in, though assistance dogs can. In the exhibition area you may not take photos or video, use a pen or pencil, or talk on the phone. Drivers can use the underground car park free for two hours, and Toyama Kitokito Airport is about 40 minutes away by car.
Frequently asked questions
Is the Fujiko F. Fujio Museum located in Tokyo?
Not quite. It is in Tama-ku, Kawasaki, which is in Kanagawa Prefecture rather than Tokyo. Noborito, the station for the museum, is about 15 minutes from Shinjuku or Shibuya at the quickest, so most visitors treat it as a trip from Tokyo.
Can you buy Fujiko F. Fujio Museum tickets at the door?
No. There is no ticket sale at the museum itself. Buy online before you go, either in advance or on the day if an entry time still has space.
When do Fujiko F. Fujio Museum tickets go on sale?
No release date appears on the museum's pages, and they do not say how far ahead tickets come out. Check the online ticket shop once you know when you will be in Tokyo.
Is the F Theatre included in the ticket?
Yes. Every visitor is handed an F Theatre ticket when they go in, which is good for one showing of the short film. Nothing extra is charged.
Does the Fujiko F. Fujio Museum have an English audio guide?
The free audio guide runs on your own phone, but the museum's pages do not list the languages it comes in. The website itself has Japanese, English and Simplified Chinese versions.
Is re-entry allowed at the Fujiko F. Fujio Museum?
No. Re-entry is not allowed, so have lunch in the café or before you arrive rather than stepping out.
Do you need a ticket just for the café or the shop?
Yes. Both are inside the museum, and the FAQ says they are for ticket holders only.
Where is the Doraemon museum in Toyama?
It is the hometown art gallery in Takaoka, upstairs in the Takaoka Art Museum on 2F. It is a different place from the museum in Kawasaki, with its own tickets, which are not for a set time.
Is the Fujiko F. Fujio Museum easier to book than the Ghibli Museum?
In one way it is. You can still buy online on the day if an entry time has space, and a paid ticket can be cancelled up to three days before. The Ghibli Museum, by contrast, releases a full month of tickets in one batch, a month before.
Sources
Official and primary sources used for this page. Checked October 17, 2026.
- Fujiko F. Fujio Museum (English) — prices, entry times, closed days, the walk from two stations, the no-parking rule, the first exhibition room, the café and the artist's biography
- Fujiko F. Fujio Museum: tickets and access (Japanese) — no tickets at the museum, prices by school stage, free tickets for disabled visitors and carers, the two-dimensional code, the seven entry times, changes and cancelling, the shuttle bus and its fares
- Fujiko F. Fujio Museum: FAQ (Japanese) — same-day tickets, when to arrive, re-entry, parking, bicycles, the shop and café, photos, the audio guide, food, the nursing room, pushchairs, wheelchairs, payment and pets
- Fujiko F. Fujio Museum: welcome (Japanese) — why the museum was built and the artist's profile
- Fujiko F. Fujio Museum: permanent exhibition (Japanese) — the exhibition rooms, his study and the animal room
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- Fujiko F. Fujio Museum: F Theatre (Japanese) — the screen, showing times and the current film
- Fujiko F. Fujio Museum: the 2F plaza (Japanese) — capsule toys, the manga corner and the kids' space
- Fujiko F. Fujio Museum: special exhibition (Japanese) — the 15th anniversary exhibition, its café menu and goods
- Fujiko F. Fujio Museum: autumn and winter fair 2026-27 (Japanese) — decorations, the lit rooftop, the takeaway menu and new goods
- Fujiko F. Fujio Museum: new photo rules (Japanese) — where photos are allowed from 1 July 2026
- Fujiko F. Fujio Museum: bringing food (Japanese) — allergens on the café menu and bringing your own food
- Fujiko F. Fujio Museum: carrier bags (Japanese) — bag charges from 1 June 2026
- Fujiko F. Fujio Museum: notices (Japanese) — the notice of 21 July 2024 on arriving at your booked time
- Fujiko F. Fujio Museum (Japanese) — current topics on the museum's front page
- Fujiko F. Fujio Hometown Art Gallery (English) — what the Takaoka gallery is
- Fujiko F. Fujio Hometown Art Gallery: prices (Japanese) — prices, group and senior rates, free entry for disabled visitors, no timed entry and the shop rule
- Fujiko F. Fujio Hometown Art Gallery: hours and access (Japanese) — address, hours, closed days, trains, trams, the shinkansen, parking and the airport
- Fujiko F. Fujio Hometown Art Gallery: visitor guide (Japanese) — food, pets, photos, wheelchairs and pushchairs, and toilets
- Fujiko F. Fujio Hometown Art Gallery: temporary closure (Japanese) — closed on 29 November 2026 to change the exhibition
- Ghibli Museum, Mitaka: tickets (English) — prices, advance booking only and the sale on the 10th
- Ghibli Museum, Mitaka: hours and directions (English) — hours, the train from Shinjuku, the walk and the community bus
- Ghibli Museum, Mitaka: how to buy tickets (Japanese) — the seven entry times, the one-hour rule and Tuesday closing
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