Snoopy Museum Tokyo Re-Opened!

Tokyo Snoopy Museum is back!

SNOOPY MUSEUM TOKYO Logo
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After SNOOPY MUSEUM TOKYO, which was located in Roppongi, closed in September 2018,
Many Snoopy fans are heartbroken, and now finally have the good news.
The new SNOOPY Museum will open on December 14, 2019!
Double the size of the venue and reopen the Nan Bachida Gran Berry Park!


"Minamimachida Granbury Park" station.
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Directly connected to the Minamimachida Grandberry Park and
 the commercial facility Minamimachida Grandberry Park.
After coming out on the pedestrian or ladder ladder near the back of Shichigo,
"Minami Machida Grandberry Park".


"Minamimachida Granbury Park" station.
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Double the size by relocation! Snoopy Museum`
Front door of Snoopy Museum Tokyo
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Comic protagonist Snoopy is cute,The new Snoopy Museum Tokyo opened in Tokyo December 14 ,2019. Long queues starting at 3:30 pm every day are very popular with the Japanese!


From Shibuya Station, take the rural metropolitan line and walk to Minamimachida Grandberry Park Station for 3 minutes. Visitors should remember to buy tickets online at least one day in advance before entering, which can avoid queues at the scene. It is very convenient to buy tickets online. Email received the QR Code. Ask the staff at the entrance to confirm the ticket and then you can get the ticket. Then go up to the 3rd floor and walk slowly from the permanent exhibition.




The new SNOOPY Museum is located in the "Minamimachida Gran Berry Park"
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Ticketing

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Ticket type	General tickets, College students	High school students	4 years old - Primary school students
Pre-sale tickets	JPY 1,800	JPY 800	JPY 400
Day Pass	JPY 2000	JPY 1000	JPY 600

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The new permanent exhibition "Snoopy and the Peanuts Gang" is a rich content that allows you to meet Snoopy at any time, 

just like the Schulz Museum at the head of the house. 

As you step into the gallery space on the third floor, the opening theater, 

which operates on a large four-screen screen, welcomes visitors. 

A movie of Snoopy and peanut gangs flying and bouncing will be screened along with happy music

A 3-minute animation is played at the entrance of the permanent exhibition, to welcome every visitor. Then visitor walked out of the welcome room, the first exhibit is the cartoonist career history of the author Charles Monroe Schulz. There is a comic space in the permanent exhibition, which features a place on each wall to introduce the protagonists in the comics "Peanuts" one by one. In addition to showing the comics of each character, there is also a text explaining the reasons behind each character setting, so that people who are not familiar with "Peanuts" can also know each character.

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8 meters long huge Snoopy

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Then went to the second floor, which is the fan's favorite Snoopy model pavilion. There is a huge Snoopy that is 8 meters long. Visitors scramble to take photos with it. There are other different Snoopy models from 1952 to 1962, showing different classic pictures.

Snoopy Room Snoopy Museum Tokyo.Image sourced : Japan Travel Navitime © Peanuts Worldwide LLC

Next enter the planning exhibition, is a must-see highlight recommended by fans. The exhibition will change its theme every six months. The most recent exhibition period is from December 14, 2019 to June 28, 2020.



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In addition to getting to know the personalities of those characters who are a little familiar and not familiar with them, you will also get some little knowledge about Peanut comics. For example, there was a black kid named "Franklin" who later appeared in the role. The character was born after the author received a suggestion from the pen pal. The name of each character is actually from the friends around the author, and the character personality is also the author's own personality Projection. I also learned that the contents of a light-hearted and humorous comic actually reflected the society and life of the United States at that time.

The reason why fans recommend it is because the exhibition exhibits the original paintings specially loaned from the "Charles M. Schulz Museum" in the United States. The original manuscripts and paintings here are very precious.

Original paintings specially loaned from the "Charles M. Schulz Museum" in the United States.

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Original paintings specially loaned from the "Charles M. Schulz Museum" in the United States.

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After the exhibition, there is a reading space with Woodstock as the theme. You can see the oldest to the latest comic books here.As for the first floor, it is a gift shop. The 70th anniversary crystal ball and Snoopy model cars are popular products. Each person can only buy 10 pieces. Tourists from afar can pick some limited products as gifts.

Brown’s Store Snoopy Museum Tokyo. Photo © Peanuts Worldwide LLC
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There is also a workshop in the museum. Each period of workshop teaches different things. The most recent one is to make Snoopy candles. Interested tourists can go to the official website to reserve a course. Although the teacher only speaks Japanese, following the teacher's step-by-step guidance can still be successfully completed.

If you are a Snoopy fan, Snoopy Museum Tokyo's limited merchandise and rare original paintings are worth looking forward to; even if you are not a fan, you can learn Snoopy's story through this exquisite exhibition, and you can visit Tokyo in multiple places Shopping around.

BROWN’S STORE
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Everyone can't come out of the Snoopy's "Brown Store", a merchandising area around Snoopy. It uses Charlie Brown's world as the store's design and displays a lot of "goods that can only be bought here in the world." Don't miss the collaboration-limited products of popular brands! From the first day of the opening, an original Snoopy fluffy doll will be launched. Wearing a red hat T, the fluffy Snoopy is a limited edition only during the opening period. Never doubt that your wallet is broken. The "Brown Store" will make you want to chop your hands.

BROWN’S STORE
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Sumikko Gurashi Cafe (Permanently Closed) at Tachikawa, Tokyo.

Sumikko Gurashi x KIT BOX Kotobukiya Cafe (Permanently Closed)

Corner creatures jump out of the corner

People who are interested in Japanese cartoon dolls may be familiar with this group of small creatures. It is related to the popular character of San-X, the corner creatures. I thought I was hiding in the corner so I narrowed my eyes and attracted many fans! Recently, Naka cooperated with KITBOX -KOTOBUKIYA CAFE & DINER- to launch a limited-time cafe "Corner Cafe"（喫茶すみっコ）at Tachikawa, Tokyo.

Sumikko Gurashi theme cardboard of Kit Box Kotobukiya Cafe

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As soon as you get in, you can see the big cardboard with corner creatures that can be punched in and out. There are many cute corner creatures in the restaurant. In addition to the cute appearance of small creatures on the murals and chandeliers, there are big dolls to accompany you to eat in some places . This time, Cafe launched a total of 6 cooperative meals and drinks, which will be designed with biological characteristics, such as cats with canned cats and tuna fish rice, which is very interesting. The cuteness of other creatures, of course, you have to eat first!

Banner of Sumikko Gurashi theme of Kit Box Kotobukiya Cafe
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In addition to cooperative meals, there are general staple foods, mainly Western food such as burgers and salads, but you can get 1 special coaster by ordering the cooperative menu. After eating, you can go to the corner biological counter specially set up in the nearby Shouya Tachikawa store to sweep away the cute boutiques and return to the house! The Cafe is only open until September 29, 2016.

Place Mat Print design of Sumikko Gurashi theme of Kit Box Kotobukiya Cafe
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Place Mat of Sumikko Gurashi theme of Kit Box Kotobukiya Cafe
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Kit Box Kotobukiya Cafe & Diner interior design
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Menu of Sumikko Gurashi theme of Kit Box Kotobukiya Cafe
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Collaboration Items:

Tonkatsu and Ebi Furai no Shippo’s Sandwich Plate ~Be Sure to Eat it All~
Price: ¥1,380
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Neko’s Satisfaction Plate
Price: ¥1,280
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Obake & Mame Master’s Nice Cool Coffee Shake
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Tokage’s Sparkling Memories Soda
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Penguin Melon Round Cucumber  
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Shirokuma’s Fluffy Pancake
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The above prices don’t include tax.
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What is Sumikko Gurashi? 

This is a simple introduction from San-x official website:

If you get on the train, you will be buried from the seat of Sumikko,
and if you go to the café, you want to secure the seat of Sumikko as much as possible.

Why don't you feel calm when you are in Sumikko? Sagarari's “Shirokuma”, un-confident “Penguin?”, Leftover “? A lot of “Sumikko”.

Those who like Sumiko, those who are interested in Sumiko, would you like Sumiko?

Sumikko Gurashi is a character of San-X. The subtitle is “This is a mess”.
The designer is Yuri Yokomizo, who belongs to the design office of the San-X Production Division."

Targeting Japanese people who tend to like the seats in the corners of the cafe and the corners of the rooms “Sumiko”,
they characterize animals and objects.

The characters that appear are large and are categorized as the main "Sumiko" and the supporting character "Minikko". Mainly in common with the main character, the personality is negative and he likes the corner of the room. 

Tonkatsu & Ebifurai no Shippo

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Is the main character Shirokuma, Penguin? , Cat, tonkatsu and lizard.

A character created in 2012 with the theme of Japanese “I like corners”.
When Yokomizo was a student, graffiti drawn in the corner of a notebook during class was the source of the character.
Among the characters of San-X, it has been evaluated as “a little different existence”.
Sales of related products are approximately 20 billion yen per year as of 2019.

Sumikko Gurashi is a fictional character made by the Japanese company San-X.
The name is roughly translated as "life in the corner." 

The character was created by graphic designer Yuri Yokomizo, who works for San-X co ltd,
and the first products were released in 2012.
Sell a variety of goods, such as stationery, plush toys , clothing and books.
Sumikko Gurashi is very successful and popular,
so San-X produced cell phone apps and games are also available on the Nintendo 3DS and
Nintendo Switch platform. The animated film will be released in 2019.

Their main inspiration comes from the comfort of a corner;
they are a student based on Yokomizo's notebook graffiti.

The main Sumikko character is Shirokuma, a polar bear,
Penguin? (Who doesn't like cold? Who is not sure is a penguin) ,
Tonkatsu (a remaining pork chops) ,
Neko, a timid and anxious cat, and
Tokage, a dinosaur pretending to be a lizard.
The small Minniko characters include Furoshiki, Polka dot furoshiki cloth, Zassou,
weeds with positive attitude, and cassava, multi-colored remaining pearl powder pearls.

Shirokuma (a shy polar bear )afraid of cold weather so escaped from the North Pole ,
Reached to the south still has to desperately drink hot tea，It’s so funny.

Green suspected Penguin?
He is wondering whether he is a real penguin all day long, that's so strange.

Hokori (wisps of dust) thinks of the court as the courtyard，
sometime is big, sometime is small，sometimes a lot, sometimes very few, carefree life.

Author Yuri Yokomizo published comic book "Sumikko Gurashi :
It’s so calm here”; the book tells the daily life of Sumikko Gurashi in four grid comics.
In addition to turning around the corner, drew their mode of interaction with other
Sumikko Gurashi family member with the reaction to the outside world.
Those story are ridiculous, the author gradually touched the sorrow of the bursts.

In the world of Sumikko Gurashi ,
They are not very popular even filled with many negative emotions.
They are different from traditional San-X characters as not always live on the of eating,
drinking and having fun.Each of their fifteen characters has a personality with a common trait of "out of place".
Their personalities are not good enough or bad. This "out of place" is the most lovable thing.

Main Characters of Sumikko Gurashi

Shirokuma, Tonkatsu, Penguin?, Tokage.

Sumikko Gurashi Lunar New Year Fortune Tree

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Sumikko Gurashi Lunar New Year Fortune Tree promo images of McDonald's

Lack of self-confidence is a characteristic of most Sumikko Gurashi.

For example, Tonkatsu is not strictly pork chops, the leftover oil residue from fried pork cutlet. Ebifurai No Shippo is the tempura shrimp tail that is spit out.

Both are not friends because they are disgusted and not confident, so they become friends; Those who have not been foraged, Tapioca Pearls (left over from a cup of milk tea), are described as lazy and negative guys, Black Tapioca is rare the temperament is weird. The creatures derived from leftover food and food residues are metaphorically a kind of abandoned sorrow.

Among Sumikko Gurashi, Zassou (a shrub of weeds) and Yama (a small white-and-blue mountain) are more active. They all have longing for the object. The former yearns for the flower, and the latter yearns for the Mount Fuji. They are transformed into the perfect incarnation in one day.
For this reason, they are willing to go to the crowd, eager to be selected in the flowers of the flower shop, soaking in the hot springs. I was mistaken for Mt. Fuji. Even though I lost every time, I still smiled and continued to move toward the turbulent core. This kind of activism is as if it is why they are popular in Japan because of this and the current society in Japan. The structure and the status of the Tudor are very similar.

The character of the Sumikko Gurashi series is very different from the character setting of San-X in the past. This difference comes from the creation of Sumikko Gurashi reflecting multiple Tudor philosophy: imperfection, edge, camouflage, alienation, etc., cut into the imperfections of Sumikko Gurashi. Point, point out the qualities that are internalized. Therefore, they are especially popular with the city people. Thousands of people can be substituted into the thinking of any corner creature member at any time, looking for the comfort of the corner, or the quiet atmosphere of the partner,thinking about those embarrassments, it is everyone the root of the unique essence.