Growing Up with Manga: 40 Years of Manga Culture in Europe (special exhibition)
Special exhibition marking the museum's 20th anniversary, tracing 40 years of manga culture in Europe. Open to everyone with a museum admission ticket; no membership or booking needed, and exhibit texts are mainly in Japanese.
Same day nearby
Jidai Matsuri (Festival of the Ages)
About 2,000 participants in eight eras — Meiji, Edo, Azuchi-Momoyama, Muromachi, Yoshino, Kamakura, Fujiwara and Enryaku — each in costumes reconstructed with historical research and period techniques
IMAGINE NOH — Noh and Kyogen with English commentary
Kyogen play Kaki Yamabushi: a hungry mountain ascetic steals persimmons from someone else's orchard, gets caught, and is forced to imitate animal cries — broad physical comedy that needs no translation
Kurama Fire Festival
At 6 p.m. the bonfires in front of every house are lit at once; children carry small torches first, young men with large torches join, all chanting “Sairei, Sairyo”