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Ghibli Park holds spring matsuri festival with special events to celebrate one-year anniversary

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  Feb 11, 2025
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Japanese anime theme park opens its doors to non-ticket holders with a special application system.

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• (Aichi • Amusement Parks • anime • festivals • Ghibli • Ghibli Park • Howl's Moving Castle • Japanese festivals • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • movies • Nagoya • news • spring • Studio Ghibli • theme parks • Valley of Witches)

Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki shares his beloved car with fans

• Oona McGee
  Jan 29, 2025

As one era ends, a new one begins for the Citroën at Ghibli Park.

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• (Aichi • Amusement Parks • anime • cars • Citroën • displays • exhibit • exhibition • Ghibli • Ghibli Park • Ghibli Park tickets • Hayao Miyazaki • heartwarming • Studio Ghibli • theme parks • tourism • travel)

Ghibli Park announces new ticket system, adds flexibility and low-priced options

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 24, 2025

A visit to the Studio Ghibli amusement park just got easier to fit into your schedule and budget.

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• (Amusement Parks • anime • Ghibli Park • Ghibli Park tickets • Studio Ghibli • theme parks • tourism • travel)

Ghibli Park puts up Christmas trees and decorations, invites fans to “come search for Christmas”

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 17, 2024

Three sections of the Ghibli theme park get extra Christmas cheer as the park also gets extra Christmas sweets to munch on.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • anime • Christmas • Ghibli Park • maga • Studio Ghibli • theme parks)

New Donkey Kong area at Universal Studios Japan gets opening date, and it’s VERY soon【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 12, 2024

Donkey Kong creator Shigeru Miyamoto gives video tour of brand-new expansion to USJ’s Super Nintendo World.

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• (Amusement Parks • awesome • cool • Donkey Kong • Donkey Kong Country • nintendo • Shigeru Miyamoto • Super Mario • Super Nintendo World • theme parks • Universal Studios Japan • USJ • video • video games)

Ghibli Park debuts first winter illumination display with Howl’s Moving Castle theme

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 8, 2024

And you don’t even need a Ghibli Park ticket to see it.

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• (Amusement Parks • anime • Christmas • Ghibli Park • Howl's Moving Castle • illumination • Studio Ghibli • theme parks • winter illumination)

Tokyo Disneyland loses top-attendance crown for Japanese theme parks for second year in a row

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 26, 2024

Why does Tokyo Disneyland keep falling behind its Osaka rival?

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • Disney • Disneyland • theme parks • Tokyo Disney Resort • Tokyo Disneyland • Universal Studios • Universal Studios Japan • USJ)

Totoro sequel anime Mei and the Baby Catbus will screen at Ghibli Park this winter

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 13, 2024

Grab your coat and head to the Studio Ghibli theme park for your chance to see Hayao Miyazaki’s rare follow-up to My Neighbor Totoro.

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• (anime • Catbus • Ghibli Park • Ghibli shorts • Hayao Miyazaki • Mei and the Baby Catbus • Met and the Kittenbus • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • theme parks • Totoro)

New Attack on Titan theme park attraction coming to Fuji-Q Highland

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 3, 2024

No time to ease new Survey Corps recruits into duty as Battle of Liberio begins.

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• (Amusement Parks • anime • Attack on Titan • COK • fuji-q highland • manga • theme parks)

Japanese theme park’s Hololive art event: A fun day for sweaty otaku!【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 28, 2024

To clarify, that’s photos of the event, not the sweaty otaku.

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• (Amusement Parks • anime • COK • HoloLive • manga • otaku • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • theme parks • virtual YouTubers • VTubers • YouTubers)

Scared karate expert breaks haunted house ghost’s jaw, files lawsuit that it wasn’t all his fault

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 17, 2024

”But you see, I was drunk at the time!” is an unusual way to justify kicking someone in the face.

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• (Amusement Parks • crazy • ghosts • haunted houses • karate • theme parks • weird)

Tokyo Disneyland’s Space Mountain is now closed

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 2, 2024

Our reporter tries in vain for one last ride, but daddy-daughter day at work does not go as planned.

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• (Amusement Parks • Disneyland • P.K. Sanjun • roller coasters • SNJO • Space Mountain • theme parks • Tokyo Disney Resort • Tokyo Disneyland • video)

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba gets new roller coaster attractions and food at Universal Studios Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 24, 2024

The Demon Slayer story goes on at USJ.

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• (Amusement Parks • anime • Demon Slayer • Kimetsu no Yaiba • manga • theme parks • Universal Studios • Universal Studios Japan • USJ)

Ghibli Park adds new anime food to the menu at restaurants and Kiki’s bakery

• Oona McGee
  Jul 13, 2024

Stay cool this summer with tasty new treats from Ghibli.

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• (Amusement Parks • anime • anime food • food • Ghibli Park • Gütiokipänjä • Japanese food • restaurants • sandwiches • Studio Ghibli • theme parks • Valley of Witches)

There’s a brand-new Chainsaw Man attraction coming to Universal Studios Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 22, 2024

USJ promises “realistic experience you can feel with your entire body.”

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• (Amusement Parks • anime • Chainsaw Man • manga • theme parks • Universal Studios Japan • USJ)

The Ghibli Park real-world Totoro house’s kitchen and bath actually get used by staff【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 13, 2024

Studio Ghibli theme park shares a secret for the lived-in feel of the real-world Mei and Satsuki’s house.

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• (Amusement Parks • clever • cool • Ghibli Park • Hayao Miyazaki • Mei and Satsuki's House • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • theme parks • Totoro)

Ghibli Park now selling “Grilled Frogs” from food cart in Valley of Witches

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 26, 2024

But don’t worry, these Kaeruyaki are a sweet treat that’s less intimidating than they sound.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • anime • anko • food • Ghibli Park • Studio Ghibli • sweet red beans • taiyaki • theme parks)

Super Nintendo World expansion gets delayed for several months at Universal Studios Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 20, 2024

Sorry, Donkey Kong, but your opening date is in another part of the year.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • Donkey Kong • Donkey Kong Country • nintendo • Super Mario • theme parks • Universal Studios • Universal Studios Japan • USJ • video games)

Dogs now allowed on Catbus! Ghibli Park vehicles revise service animal policy

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 18, 2024

Visitor with guide dog was turned away on Catbus’ first day.

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• (Amusement Parks • animals • anime • Catbus • dogs • Expo 2005 Aichi Commemorative Park • Ghibli Park • guide dogs • My Neighbor Totoro • service animals • Studio Ghibli • theme parks)

Dragon Ball theme park, bigger than Tokyo Disneyland, announced, but not for Japan【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 22, 2024

Dragon Ball Theme Park will be built in a different part of the world from where the global anime/manga hit was born.

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• (Akira Toriyama • Amusement Parks • anime • Arabia • Dragon Ball • Dragon Ball Theme Park • manga • Middle East • Saudi Arabia • theme parks • video)

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