Trip to Shinsekai, Osaka. Destination: Kinnikuman Museum

Previously I mentioned about the Kinnikuman Newspaper issued by Sankei Sports, commemorating 35th anniversary of the story.

I was intrigued by the article introducing Shinsekai, an area in Osaka City, as Kinnnikuman area. It said that there was a site called "Kinnikuman Museum" that displayed many items regarding the story. It was written by a daddy reporter who took his young daughter to the area. 

We reserved bullet train tickets for Osaka in a flurry in the middle of Saturday night; the next morning we were in Osaka.

This is part of Shinsekai.

Life-sized mannequin of Robin Mask. He's got big hands!

Kinnikuman Museum was located inside Tsutenkaku, a classic Osaka observation tower.

There were many pillars wrapped with Kinnikuman characters' illustration.

Since there was no information, I thought I could just watch the museum and skip the observation deck; in fact, seeing the observation deck was compulsory. Though I did/could not rant at my husband who arranged/paid for this trip, I was quite disappointed at this point. I got more weary when I saw a long line in front of the ticket office. It was quite miraculous that I could resist the 40-minute wait for the ticket.

We got the chance to take a look at the items while waiting (again!) for observation elevator.

 A bust of Alexandria Meat made from Tottori sand dune's sand. Tottori sand dune is where Wolfman was beaten by Springman at the early stage of story.

Scenes from comic depicting Osaka...I think they were all from Kinnikuman II, which I have little interest.

Figures, figures, figures...

Inside the glass cases, there are signature items (full scale) that were/are keys to the story.

After visiting the observation deck, we went down in a hurry to take a picture with Kinnikuman. You can take a picture with him only after you are through with visiting the deck.

The souvenir shop was not that rich with Kinnikuman goods. We purchased a bottle of garlic sauce with Kinnikuman figure.

We left Tsutenkaku for next destination, Muscle Shop, where we were told it was a Kinnikuman specialty store.

Well...it was fun taking picture with Warsman statue...but the items were all similar to that of Kin29 Shop at Ikebukuro...

After actually visiting the site, I realized that the article was not so informative; of course, the reporter did not lie about the items displayed. But I think was too absorbed in depicting his ties with his daughter, how she acted when seeing the display, yadda yadda yadda...things that are not so useful from a place of a reader. He did not mention about the size of "museum", which was actually only a part of corridor. I might sound cruel, but I felt like someone's kid's reaction on Kinnikuman was unnecessary. This is my opinion and my blog. Neither preaching nor criticism are allowed here.