Naruto, a Japanese manga by Kishimoto Masashi, that was published weekly in the Weekly Jump manga magazine for the last 15 years just finished a few months ago. To celebrate the success of the manga an exhibition was held in the very exclusive Mori Art Center in Roppongi Hills. After reading the manga and watching the entire anime, I figured I should go and see and experience being a Japanese geek!
It was really fun and quite moving to see all the work of Kishimoto. What an achievement it must be, entertaining fans on a weekly basis for 15 years and exhibit their work at such a great museum!
Poster for the exhibition with the main character, Naruto, a young ninja:
We couldn’t take photos of the exhibition, but they had built scene from the manga, like those faces etched in the mountains.
Then the whole restaurant area around the exhibition center was decorated around the Naruto theme! It was like being in the ninja village with the characters!
And each restaurant had special Naruto lunch sets like the famous Afuri ramen restaurant which offered a Naruto ramen with the logo of Naruto:
I had a lovely lunch there and then brought my souvenirs home. A great day!
