Archinect - News2024-05-02T11:13:49-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/149956777/demolished-tokyo-apartment-building-the-holy-land-of-manga-to-be-rebuilt-as-a-museum
Demolished Tokyo apartment building, the "holy land of manga," to be rebuilt as a museum Alexander Walter2016-07-08T13:26:00-04:00>2016-07-17T15:48:24-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/31/315be1ccbb8262a12365f33cc0527088?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>An apartment building known as the “holy land of manga” due to its famous former tenants is to be rebuilt and opened as a museum of manga and anime in Tokyo’s Toshima Ward.
Tokiwaso, which was demolished more than 30 years ago, will be reconstructed in a park [...] Past occupants included “God of manga” Osamu Tezuka, the author of “Astro Boy,” who lived there in the 1950s; Fujiko Fujio of “Doraemon” fame; “Cyborg 009” creator Shotaro Ishinomori; and “Osomatsukun” artist Fujio Akatsuka.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Related stories on Archinect:</p><ul><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149952687/tour-hundreds-of-japanese-architectural-models-by-the-likes-of-shigeru-ban-and-kengo-kuma-at-tokyo-s-archi-depot" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tour hundreds of Japanese architectural models by the likes of Shigeru Ban and Kengo Kuma at Tokyo's 'Archi-Depot'</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149942166/logo-design-chosen-for-2020-tokyo-olympics" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Logo design chosen for 2020 Tokyo Olympics</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/33421/student-works-jimenez-lai" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Student Works: Jimenez Lai</a></li></ul>