Source: fujiko-museum.comChecked 3 Sep 2026

Fujiko F Fujio Museum in English: Same Ticket, Eight Hours or Two

The Fujiko F. Fujio Museum is in Kawasaki, on the western edge of Tokyo's commuter belt. It holds the original artwork of the man who drew Doraemon — his desk, his library, his colour pages — across three floors, with a theatre showing short films, a rooftop where the characters stand about, a café and a shop.

You can book it in English. That is worth saying first, because the last museum we looked at could not be booked in English at all. This one can. What the booking page does not tell you is that the time you pick decides how long your visit is.

You Can Book This One In English

Tickets are sold on one site, in English, at e-tix. The museum itself sells nothing:

"Admission tickets are 'complete date and time designation system'. The museum does not sell them, so please be sure to purchase them in advance before visiting. Reservations can only be made through this site. We cannot accept requests over the phone."

Adults ¥1,000. High-school and junior-high students ¥700. Children from four ¥500. Three and under free. Pay by card — Visa, Mastercard, JCB or Amex, with 3-D Secure 2 registration required — and take the ticket as a QR code on your phone or printed. There is also a cash option at any 7-Eleven in Japan, which adds ¥150 per ticket and ¥220 per order, and must be paid by 9 p.m. two days after you order. Pay that way and you cannot cancel afterwards.

Cancelling a card booking is free, up to three days before your slot. To move to another date, cancel and buy again.

But The Release Date Is Fixed

You cannot buy whenever you like. Tickets go on sale twice a month, at a set hour:

"Time slot tickets for the 16th to the last day of the month will be released at 10:00 a.m. on the 5th of every month. Time slot tickets for the 1st to 15th of the next month will be released at 10:00 a.m. on the 20th of every month."

That is 10:00 Japan time, on the 5th and the 20th. If your dates are not inside the window that is currently on sale, there is nothing to buy yet — and no counter to try on the day.

On the day we looked, the calendar showed how that plays out. For Thursday 3 September 2026, the two earliest slots were gone:

That is one date, seen once. We are not telling you the early slots always go first. We are telling you that on the day we looked, they had.

Your Time Slot Decides Your Day

Entry runs in seven hourly slots, from 10:00 to 16:00. You must arrive within an hour of the time you booked. After that, the museum is explicit:

60分ごとの日時指定となります。滞在時間の制限はありません。閉館時間までお楽しみ頂けます。

The date and time are specified in 60-minute intervals. There is no time limit for staying. You can enjoy it until closing time.

The English page says the same thing: There is no time limit for staying.

So the slot is a start time, not a session. Nobody moves you on. The museum closes at 18:00, and everyone leaves then, whatever time they came in. Which means:

The price column is the point. Every slot costs the same. The booking page lists the seven times and lets you choose; neither the English page nor the Japanese one puts those two facts side by side. The arithmetic is left to you, and doing it after you have booked is too late to change without cancelling.

We are not going to tell you the 10:00 slot is right for everyone. A short afternoon may be exactly what you want. But you should know you are choosing the length of your visit, not just its start.

Getting There, And What The English Page Leaves Out

The nearest station is Noborito, about fifteen minutes from Shinjuku, and a paid shuttle bus runs from there to the museum. The English page says the shuttle exists. The Japanese page says what it costs and how often it comes: nine minutes, every ten to fifteen minutes, ¥220 for adults and ¥110 for children, the same by IC card or cash.

You can also walk — sixteen minutes from Mukogaoka-yuen, fifteen from Shukugawara — and that much is in English.

Do not drive. Both languages say so:

"Since there is no parking facility for the museum, please refrain from visiting by cars."

The Japanese page adds nothing about bicycle parking either way; we looked and found no mention.

The Café And The Shop Are Inside The Ticket

Both are past the gate, and the Japanese page states the consequence:

チケットをお持ちでない方のショップ、カフェ、ギフトコーナー藤子屋のみのご利用はできません。

Those without a ticket cannot use the shop, the café or the Fujikoya gift corner on their own.

The shop runs 10:00 to 18:00. The café runs 11:00 to 18:00 on weekdays and 10:00 to 18:00 at weekends, with last orders at 17:30. None of those hours are on the English page — which matters more than it sounds, because a 16:00 entry gives you thirty minutes before the café stops taking orders.

The café marks allergens on its menu, and asks anyone with an allergy to phone ahead. That phone line is in Japanese only. We have not eaten there and we cannot tell you the kitchen is safe for you; we can tell you where the answer is, and what language it is in.

What We Could Not Find Out

How long the museum thinks you need. No suggested visit length is published, in either language. We looked at the English site and the Japanese one and found none — which is part of why the slot question is left to you.

The audio guide. The English page says to take one. What languages it comes in, and whether it costs extra, we could not establish.

Whether the early slots always go first. We saw one date. See above.

Before You Go

Everything above was checked on 3 September 2026.

Prices, hours, closed days, the seven slots and the parking notice come from the museum's own English page and its Japanese access page. The release dates, payment methods, collection and cancellation terms, and the availability we describe come from the official ticket site and its booking screen. The café and shop hours come from the museum's Japanese shop and café page.

Release dates and slot times change. Check them before you plan a day around the 10:00 entry.

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