Mizuki Shigeru Museum Hours: Open Every Day, and the Shop Needs a Ticket Too
The Mizuki Shigeru Museum in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, is open from 9:30 to 17:00, with last entry at 16:30, and its FAQ says it has no closing days. Admission is 1,000 yen for adults. The museum’s website is in Japanese; its English link opens the site through Google Translate (checked 11 October 2026).
English travel pages we read on 11 October 2026 give the adult price as 700 yen or 900 yen, and one of them gives the closing time as 18:00. The figures in this guide are the ones on the museum’s own pages.
The museum’s FAQ also says that you need to buy an admission ticket to use the museum shop. This guide covers tickets, what the ticket does and does not let you do, photography and the audio guide, the current exhibition, and the walk from Sakaiminato Station.
Quick Facts
- Address: 5 Honmachi, Sakaiminato City
- Hours: 9:30–17:00, last entry 16:30
- Closing days: none; the museum says it is open all year round
- Admission: 1,000 yen for adults, 500 yen for junior high and high school students, 300 yen for elementary school pupils; free for children below school age
- The shop: you need an admission ticket to use it
- Time to allow: about 30 minutes to an hour, according to the museum’s FAQ
- From the station: about 800 m from JR Sakaiminato Station
Sources: the museum’s information page and FAQ, in Japanese. Checked 11 October 2026.
Tickets at the Counter and Online
Same-day tickets are sold at the museum’s counter. The FAQ says you can pay by credit card, electronic money or QR code. Both the information page and the FAQ say you may have to wait to get in, depending on how busy the museum is.
The museum’s site also links to an advance ticket sold on JTB’s website. The JTB page lists the same prices as the counter: 1,000 yen for adults, 500 yen for junior high and high school students, and 300 yen for elementary school pupils. It is an e-ticket for smartphones, and you show its QR code at the ticket counter. The ticket can be used from the day you buy it until 29 days after that day, and it cannot be cancelled or refunded. The JTB page is in Japanese.
The FAQ says entry is not in timed sessions, and there is no limit on how long you stay. We did not find a booking requirement for entry on the museum’s pages (checked 11 October 2026). The museum posts its notices on its Japanese home page, and its information page lists a phone number, 0859-42-2171.
What the Ticket Covers, and What It Does Not
The FAQ says you need to buy a ticket to use the museum shop. If you only want to shop, you still pay admission.
You cannot leave and come back in. The FAQ says re-entry is not allowed, and the JTB page says the same for its ticket.
Photos, the Audio Guide and Luggage
You can take photos inside the museum, except in the special exhibition room, where original drawings are on display. Flash, selfie sticks and tripods are not allowed. Video is not allowed in either the permanent exhibition rooms or the special exhibition room.
The museum has a free audio guide that you use on your own smartphone. The FAQ lists English among its languages, along with Chinese and Korean.
There are no coin lockers, but the cloakroom takes large bags. The FAQ also asks visitors not to bring food or drink in, and to keep plastic bottles inside a bag.
The Current Exhibition: Akuma-kun
The special exhibition, “Akuma-kun: Umoregi Shingo no Boken” (in our translation, “Akuma-kun: The Adventures of Shingo Umoregi”), runs from Saturday 10 October 2026 to Sunday 11 April 2027. According to the museum, it covers the version of Mizuki’s manga Akuma-kun that ran from 1988 in Kodansha’s children’s manga magazine Comic BomBom, with Shingo Umoregi as the main character; a TV anime followed the next year. The exhibition shows original drawings, so photos are not allowed in that room.
We did not find what the museum shows after 11 April 2027: its page for upcoming exhibitions said it was being prepared (checked 11 October 2026). If you plan to visit after that date, check the exhibition page before you go.
Getting to the Mizuki Shigeru Museum
Mizuki Shigeru Road runs about 800 m from Sakaiminato Station to the museum. The FAQ gives the walk as 10 to 15 minutes; the information page says about 10 minutes.
The museum’s page about the road says 178 bronze yokai statues stand along both sides. Every night from sunset until 22:00, the statues are lit up and shadow pictures of yokai are projected along the road. Last entry to the museum is 16:30.
The JR Sakai Line runs between Yonago Station and Sakaiminato Station, and Yonago Airport Station is on the line, according to JR West.
From Yonago Kitaro Airport, both the information page and the FAQ give about 20 minutes to the museum by taxi. For buses, the information page names an on-demand shared bus, “Minatoru”, at about 20 minutes, while the FAQ gives about 25 minutes by airport bus to Sakaiminato Station.
The museum has no car park of its own; its information page points to municipal car parks nearby.
- Where to stay
- Places to stay around Sakaiminato (Booking.com)
- What this is
- The museum is at the end of Mizuki Shigeru Road, a walk from Sakaiminato Station. If you want to stay nearby, this opens a hotel search for Sakaiminato, so you can set your own dates. We have not stayed at any of these. We are not recommending a hotel — we are pointing you at the list.
Before You Go
The hours, prices and rules above are on the museum’s Japanese pages, and the conditions of the online ticket are on JTB’s Japanese page. Checked 11 October 2026. Before you go, check the museum’s information page and FAQ, linked below, for any change.
Sources: the museum’s information page, FAQ, exhibition page and page about Mizuki Shigeru Road, all in Japanese; JTB’s advance ticket page, in Japanese; and JR West’s feature on the Sakai Line, in Japanese. Checked 11 October 2026.
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