5 things to enjoy in Ghibli Museum

What is Ghibli Museum?

Ghibli Museum (三鷹の森ジブリ美術館 Mitaka no Mori Jiburi Bijutsukan?, Mitaka Forest Ghibli Museum) is a museum showcasing the work of the Japanese animation studio Studio Ghibli. It is located in Inokashira Park in Mitaka, a western city of Tokyo, Japan. The museum combines features of a children’s museum, technology museum, and a fine arts museum, and is dedicated to the art and technique of animation.

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In fact, it is hard to visit Ghibli Museum

Due to the heavy popularity, you need some tips to visit Ghibli Museum for sure.

You can check how hard it is to visit Ghibli Museum from this article.

Okay, you understand Ghibli Museum’s popularity. Today, for people who visit Ghibli Museum, I tell you 5 tips to enjoy Ghibli Museum!!

5 tips to enjoy Ghibli Museum!!

1. Buy some Souvenirs at the Ghibli Museum Gift Shop

There are many special souvenirs in Ghibli Museum such as keychains of your favorite characters, to mini-plush night busses, to freakishly expensive iron replicas etc.

All souvenirs are really expensive, but just looking around those souvenirs is really fun.

2. Watch an Original Film in the Saturn Mini-Theater

You must not watch this film, because it is a special ten miniutes theater created by the Studio Ghibli. Usually, it is really hard to find Ghibli videos on online such as on Youtube due to Studio Ghibli’s copyright policy, so it is the best pleasure to watch original film in Ghibli Museum!!

3. Enjoy the Illustrator’s Room

In this room, you can watch some rough sketch of characters of your favorite. In addition, you can also watch how storyboards are created. This room shows you the process of world-famous movies created.

4. Play on the Cat Bus

Okay, playing cat bus must be fun!! However, this is for only children under 11 age,,, Even though adults cannot ride on the Cat Bus, it is fun to enter Totoro’s magical world!!

5. Take a Picture with the Iron Robot Solider

Iron Robot solider is the most famous robot from Rapyuta. If you miss taking the picture with this amazing robot, all your friends would be mad at you. Just joking, but this object is even famous in Japan. I guess this robot’s picture is used over and over when Ghibli Museum is introduced!!

Don’t miss taking picture with it!!

Ghibli Museum’s tickets are available from here!!