We awoke to a bright sunny morning on Thursday. Good thing too as today was Ghibli day. The Studio Ghibli Museum (responsible for animated movies such as My Neighbour Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Kiki's Delivery Service - the list goes on) has a strict 'phone ahead' policy. You can't turn up and buy a ticket at the door, you have to book it in advance. We booked ours back in February to ensure that we got the date we wanted. Visitors are therefore limited to 2,400 a day so that there is space for everyone to enjoy their day out.
A strict no camera rule felt like a challenge had been set so Jason did his best to take the odd sneaky photograph and I caught this video of what was easily one of the highlights for me.
The museum was interesting, the building it was in was even more interesting. Narrow spiral staircases, low ceilinged doorways, the whole place felt like it was made with children in mind. Especially the Catbus Room which was a giant furry cushioned catbus that was for kids who were 3 and under. They were loving jumping about on the comfy cat.
The other highlight was that included in the ticket price was a trip to the Saturn Theatre in the museum to see a little mini film about Mai and the baby cat bus; a ten minute treat for all Totoro fans. It was super. We both loved it.
It was a thoroughly perfect way to spend a sunny Tokyo morning. A walk through the park on the way back to the station topped it off.
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