Ghibli Museum

Ghibli Museum
1-1-83 Shimorenjaku, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-0013, phone: 0422-40-2233 (in Japanese only)

LINKS Ghibli Museum official Web site, Mitaka, Japan. http://www.ghibli-museum.jp/ (Japanese), http://www.ghibli-museum.jp/ticket/overseas.html (English) JTB USA Ghibli page. (Sells ticket vouchers to non-residents of Japan.) http://www.jtbusa.com/enhome/gbl.asp Lorenzo Conti's fan site. http://digilander.libero.it/joe.chip/ghibli_e.htm (This site's information helped me out so much.) The Ghibli Museum: A Survival Guide, Jan. 2004. http://anime-tourist.com/article.php?sid=607 (I walked over to the museum [15 to 30 minutes] from the train station, but this article tells you how to take the bus.) From "My Travelogue Manga of Japan (Sans Drawings)," by Kat Avila, Sequential Tart, May 2006: Wednesday, 29 March 2006 ... Instead of returning to Shinjuku, I end up by mistake going to Mitaka in the opposite direction. I decide to go to the Ghibli Museum since I'm in the area. Surprisingly, the Mitaka JTB office still has tickets* (sold only to foreign tourists with a passport in hand). The Ghibli Museum is best enjoyed from a child's perspective, since it's geared toward them, which is why I left it off my original itinerary (well, I had also been there before). *I was very lucky. It is highly recommended you have your ticket or ticket voucher BEFORE you go. The first time I went, when I was living in Japan, I think I waited a month-and-a-half to get a weekend ticket. The photos below were taken during my March-April 2006 trip to Japan. Photography is not allowed indoors.
The Totoro Entrance	entrance	entrance	view from rear right side of entrance
patio area with gazebo	Straw Hat Café	Straw Hat Café	Straw Hat Café
garden roof with robot from Hayao Miyazaki's Castle in the Sky	garden roof	garden roof

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