Ghibli Museum (Mitaka)
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"Step inside the animation world of Studio Ghibli, room by room."
Ghibli Museum (Mitaka), Tokyo Overview
The Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, western Tokyo, is devoted to the animation of Studio Ghibli, the studio behind My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, and Princess Mononoke. Opened in October 2001 and designed with director Hayao Miyazaki's input, the museum has no fixed exhibit route. Rooms include a recreated animator's studio, original production sketches, and a giant plush Catbus that children can climb into. The rooftop garden holds a five-meter robot soldier statue from Castle in the Sky. Entry requires a pre-purchased, dated ticket.
Set inside Inokashira Park, the Ghibli Museum opened on 1 October 2001 as a three-story museum built around Studio Ghibli's animation process rather than a chronological exhibit path. Highlights include "Where a Film Is Born," a mock animation studio; a stained-glass window based on Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind; and the basement Saturn Theater, which screens short Ghibli films made exclusively for the museum and unavailable elsewhere. A dedicated playroom lets children 12 and under climb into a stuffed Catbus. Tickets are date-and-time-stamped and sold only in advance, in Japan through Lawson convenience stores or abroad through authorized agents; there is no same-day or walk-in entry.
