Anime venues in Tokyo and Osaka: hours and tickets

Sanrio Puroland is the one venue here with two required bookings, a passport and a visit reservation. Nintendo TOKYO, Nintendo OSAKA, Pokemon Center Mega Tokyo, the Suginami and Toei museums and Gundam Base Tokyo are free to enter. Universal Studios Japan prices its Studio Pass by day from 1 September 2026.

This page sits in the Anime and manga hub. Ghibli is separate: see Ghibli tickets. The wider trip is in the complete guide. Dollar figures use about ¥155 to US$1 and are rounded; you pay in yen, so check the rate.

Which venues are free, and which need a booking?

Six of the eight venues below are free to enter, and Sanrio Puroland needs a passport and a visit reservation. Closed days differ: Suginami closes on Monday and Toei on Wednesday.

How do Nintendo TOKYO and Nintendo OSAKA work?

Both are free to enter and use numbered tickets on busy days. The official pages are in Japanese.

Nintendo TOKYO is on the 6th floor of Shibuya PARCO, about 5 minutes on foot from Shibuya station. It is open 10:00 to 21:00 and follows PARCO’s days. On weekends, holidays and busy days, each person takes one numbered ticket. Before opening, collect it at PARCO 1F. After opening, collect it at the outdoor stairway by the Mario statue on 6F.

Nintendo OSAKA is on the 13th floor of Lucua Osaka South in Umeda. It is open 10:00 to 20:00 and follows Lucua’s days. The numbered ticket rule is the same. Before opening, collect it at 1F South Gate Plaza. After opening, collect it at the store entrance on 13F. JR Osaka station’s Central Exit and Exit 8 of the Midosuji Line’s Umeda station are each about 5 minutes away.

What does Pokemon Center Mega Tokyo list?

Pokemon Center Mega Tokyo lists 10:00 to 20:00 daily and free entry on its official store page. It is on the second floor of Sunshine City’s Alpa building in Ikebukuro. The page warns that hours can change and temporary closures happen.

The page shows no closure and states no entry method, so check it on the day you go. Higashi-Ikebukuro station on the Yurakucho Line is about 3 minutes away, and Ikebukuro station about 8 minutes.

What does Sanrio Puroland require?

Sanrio Puroland in Tama requires a passport and a visit reservation. Entry without a reservation is refused, with no refund, per its FAQ.

Prices vary by date. Hours are set per day on a schedule page, and closing days exist without a fixed weekday. Ticket windows open 30 minutes before opening and close 90 minutes before closing. Same-day reservation slots are possible if any are free, and more are released near opening.

Tama Center station, on the Keio, Odakyu and Tama Monorail lines, is about a 5 minute walk. An English site exists. Photo rules were not found on the FAQ.

Before you book Buy the passport and book the visit time together, then check the schedule page for that day’s hours. A passport without a visit reservation does not get you in.

Which free anime museums are in Tokyo?

The Suginami Animation Museum and the Toei Animation Museum are both free, and both close one fixed weekday.

Suginami Animation Museum. It is on the third floor of Suginami Kaikan in Kamiogi, open 10:00 to 18:00 with last entry at 17:30. It closes on Mondays (the next day if Monday is a holiday), over year-end and New Year, and occasionally for temporary reasons. No booking is needed. GO TOKYO lists English exhibits and includes it among five English-friendly anime and manga museums.

Toei Animation Museum. It is in Oizumi, Nerima, and closes every Wednesday plus irregular days, so use its opening calendar. The guide page states no fee, and a 2019 Toei release says admission is free. Current hours are unclear right now. The last known hours (2019 release) were 10:00 to 17:00 with last entry at 16:30, and the guide page says re-entry reception ends at 15:30. An entry sticker allows re-entry the same day.

Exhibit text shows in your phone’s language through a QR code, with English as the default. Photos are allowed only in designated areas, the photo area and the courtyard, and video only in the courtyard and the dance corner. Tripods, monopods and selfie sticks are not allowed, nor is live streaming. Keep other guests out of photos. The address is Higashi-Oizumi 2-10-5; the guide page names no station.

What do Gundam Base Tokyo and Tokyo Anime Center list?

Both are in Tokyo and both have open questions.

The Gundam Base Tokyo is on the seventh floor of DiverCity Tokyo Plaza in Odaiba, with an Annex on the second floor. It lists 10:00 to 21:00 following the plaza and free entry. Entry limits or numbered tickets may apply when it is busy. The site mentions a changed advance lottery, but the details were not shown.

The Unicorn Gundam statue stands on the second floor Festival Plaza. Its 2026 status is unconfirmed. The last known transformation shows, from an article about two and a half years old, ran at 11:00, 13:00, 15:00 and 17:00, with evening shows from 19:00 to 21:30.

Tokyo Anime Center is in DNP Plaza Shibuya, inside Shibuya MODI. Its About page gives 11:00 to 19:00 and says hours vary by project. Tokyo’s tourism page gives 11:00 to 20:00, with entry until 19:30, following Shibuya MODI. The sources conflict, so plan around 19:00. It is open all year except New Year, inspection days and exhibit-change days.

Tickets are timed per exhibit, and you enter within 1.5 hours of your ticket time. Whether any zone is free was not confirmed. An English site exists. GO TOKYO also lists Anime Tokyo Station in Ikebukuro, whose hours and price were not read.

To verify Confirm Pokemon Center Mega Tokyo’s entry method, Toei’s current hours and Tokyo Anime Center’s closing time on their own pages.

Where next?

Anime districts in Tokyo covers Akihabara, Ikebukuro and Nakano Broadway. Anime locations by city covers pilgrimage spots. The hub is the Anime and manga hub.