Posted on 04/27/2016 7:50:47 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center in Santa Rosa has opened a Snoopy Museum in Tokyo.
The new outpost will exhibit portions of the California collection on a rotating basis every six months. The opening exhibit is "My Favorite Peanuts," curated by Schulz's widow Jean.
Boing Boing noted that fans can purchase exclusive merchandise as well as grab a bite in the Cafe Blanket restaurant or the confectionery.
Snoopy's creator, Charles M. Schulz, started the wildly popular "Peanuts" series while living in Minneapolis. He relocated to Sebastopol in 1958, then Santa Rosa in 1969, where he lived until his death in 2000. He left behind a strong community legacy that includes the museum, an ice skating rink and even an airport named after him.
The Santa Rosa museum has an active calendar of events, including a First Friday evening film series and kids nights as well as classes in LEGO animation, iPad movie-making, cartooning and other visual arts.
Good grief!
I wanna hit lotto so I can go to Japan...
We used to go skating at the rink when I was young. Charles came in several times when we were there and we got his autograph. I remember him as a very personable, approachable and quiet guy; kind of like the other famous comic artist which lived in in my adopted of Chofu, Tokyo until last year, Miyuki Shigeru. He was also a very nice and approachable guy and enjoyed meeting and talking to the kids.
“Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center in Santa Rosa”
Great place to visit.
I used to go ice skating at the rink Charles Schultz built for his wife. I have a first edition of “It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” signed to me personally by Charles Schultz, which I won in a pumpkin-growing contest. I’ve had that book for 45 years.
We visited the museum in Santa Rosa, and the docent said that we should send a picture of the book with the inscription, because they like to keep track of where all the artifacts are.
In Naka-Meguro in Tokyo they have a Snoopy restaurant (which I believe is licensed).
That thing is allllllways jam-packed!
They’re making sooooo much money.
The first floor features a goods store where u can buy Snoopy mugs, cookies, T-shirts, towels and very many other things.
It’s really amazing.
Not the same, but...
Thanks for the ping.
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