Exhibitions

Foreigners visiting Japan often encounter groups of teenage schoolgirls, many of whom can be seen on the trains, absorbed in thick manga boolets such as the special edition of Betsuma-Maagareto (Margaret) or Gekkan Lala (Monthly Lala).

The Japanese artist Tsuchida Eliya was born in Tokyo in 1974. Unlike the many Japanese who regularly read manga (comics) during their childhood and youth, Tsuchida never showed any interest in them.