Museums in Kyoto

Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum is a railway museum located in Shimogy?-ku, Kyoto, Japan. Opened in 1972, the locomotive depot houses 19 steam locomotives.The museum is owned by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and is operated by Transportation Culture Promotion Foundation.

The Kyoto International Manga Museum is located in Nakagy, Kyoto, Japan. The building housing the museum is the former Tatsuike Elementary School. The museum opened on November 25, 2006. Its collection of 300,000 items includes such rarities as Meiji period magazines and postwar rental books.The museum is a public-private partnership read more