A Snoopy Museum dedicated to the artwork of Charles M Schulz, the creator of the Peanuts comic strip, is opening its doors in Japan.
Based in Tokyo, the temporary museum is the first official satellite of the California-based Charles M Schulz Museum outside the United States and kicks off with a My Favorite Peanuts exhibition.
On display are items including original cartoons and large scale works by Schulz, whose Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus and Snoopy characters have won over legions of fans around the world, including in Japan.
"As a cartoonist and fan myself, I love coming to Japan and seeing the wide array of other comic characters here, but I also think there's a sort of a calligraphy component to Schulz's work, his pen work that maybe appealed to Japanese fans early on," Paige Braddock, creative director at Charles M Schulz Creative Associates, said.
