Museum of Hayao Miyazaki

In the suburbs of Tokyo, at the edge of a 

local park, there is a unique museum that 

captures the hearts and remains in the 

minds of all those who visit. The Ghibli 

Museum, designed by the Oscar award-

winning director Hayao Miyazaki, is built as 

both a fantasy land and an art museum.


        



Hayao Miyaziki and studio Ghibli



Hayao Miyazaki is one of Japan's most 

famous and beloved directors of animated 

movies. His production company, called 

Studio Ghibli, is also renowned for being 

high-quality. Tegether they have put out 

instant classics as: My Neighbor Totoro, 

Koko's Delivery Service, Princess 

Mononoke, Spirited Away, and most 

recently Ponyo.




 About the Ghibli Museum



The Ghibli Museum, which opened in 2001, 

was designed by Hayao Miyazaki himself to 

present the studio's works. In it's design 

Miyazaki required that the museum be

more that just a showy collection of 

animation art, but rather he required that it 

be an area where visitors becomes part of 

there own small fantasy movie.





Attractions inside the Ghibli Museum



There are a number of a small interactive 

exhibits inside the museum, including a 

movie projection room playing Ghibli shorts, 

a concept of an animator's studio room, a 

rooftop garden with a monstrous robot 

statue from Miyazaki's film Laputa Castle in 

the Sky,a special exhibits area, as well as a 

cafe and a museum shop that sells original 

goods.




Address :  1-1-83 Simorenjaku, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-0013