At MANGA DOJO TOKYO, we offer customized manga drawing and career education programs designed for school trips, student groups, and corporate teams visiting Tokyo.
Whether you’re a group of international students, a company seeking a unique team-building activity, or a school planning an educational experience, our manga workshop is a creative and interactive way to learn about Japan’s pop culture and communication through art.
Program Overview
This program is suitable for:
- Study tours and school trips to Tokyo
- Corporate team-building workshops
- Large groups or educational institutions
Depending on the participants’ level and interests, the content of the program can be adjusted.
The standard duration is 2 hours, but it can be customized to 1 hour or 90 minutes upon request.
Workshops can be held either at our Ikebukuro studio or on-site at your school or company venue.
For large groups, we can arrange venues in Shibuya, Ginza, or Ikebukuro.
Program Flow
| Warm-up | Participants start by drawing faces using simple shapes such as circles, triangles, and squares. This helps everyone discover how much individuality can be expressed through simple lines and shapes. |
| Character Design | Combine facial features (eyes, noses, mouths, etc.) to create your own original character. Groups can have fun competing to see whose character looks the coolest! |
| Manga-Style Portrait Exchange | Using quick sketching methods, participants draw caricatures of their teammates in a manga style and exchange their drawings as gifts. |
| 4-Panel Manga (short story comic) Creation | Participants collaborate in small teams to create a 4-panel manga using simple, fun storytelling techniques. In the process, teams rotate and complete each other’s works, leading to spontaneous creativity and laughter. For student groups: create 4-panel manga capturing memorable moments from your trip. For companies: draw manga that reflect your corporate culture or mascot character. |
| “Relatable Scenes” Manga | teams create one-panel manga based on common experiences at school, work, or in everyday life, and compete for the most relatable story. |
| Choose the prize | Afterward, the group reviews all the works together — prizes can be offered for the best creations as an optional feature. |
Program Highlights
| 1 | Discover individual personalities through drawing and strengthen communication within the group. |
| 2 | Enhance teamwork by collaborating on one story or artwork together. |
| 3 | Boost creativity and imagination through visual storytelling. |
| 4 | Available with English or Chinese interpretation. Ideal for international exchange events and global team-building programs in Japan. |
Past Collaborations and Achievements
Corporate Training Programs
- Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau (TCVB): Team-building session for international meeting planners visiting Tokyo
- Event Service Co., Ltd.: In-house corporate workshop
- JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency): Manga-based cultural exchange program for trainees from Latin America
Educational & Study Tour Workshops
- Jin Yi International Co., Ltd.: Short-term study program for students from China
- Tokyo Institute of Science : Manga workshop for international students
- Real Betis (Spain): International manga contest collaboration with the soccer club’s PR team
⇨Real Betis’ Instagram posts can be found here.
- Japanese school groups: 40 students participated in a manga drawing workshop and a career talk by professional manga artist.
Instructor
Kazuo Maekawa
Kazuo Maekawa is the lead instructor at MANGA DOJO TOKYO.
Manga artist for 30 years.
He’s a professional manga artist best known for drawing the Ace Attorney manga series.
Currently working on 4 serialized manga and webtoons.
This manga workshop is supervised by Kazuo himself, together with a team of professional manga artists. Alongside him, we have many other professional manga artists teaching at our studio!
Price
We offer a separate pricing plan for group bookings, which is more affordable than the standard rate for individual travelers.
Please contact us for more details.
At our Ikebukuro studio:
- Minimum participants: 1 person
- Maximum participants: 12 people
At an external venue (arranged by us):
- Maximum participants: up to 100 people
- Venues available in Shibuya, Ginza, or Ikebukuro (venue fee included in the estimate)
Payment: Bank transfer (prepayment required)
Cancellation policy: View here
Access
MANGA DOJO TOKYO
5 minutes walk from Ikebukuro Station East Exit
