Japan's new Ghibli theme park opens to the public

Pictured: The £218million theme park based on the Japanese response to Walt Disney animated films which is now open to the public Spirited Away A major draw will be Ghibli's Grand Warehouse, which contains 14 sets of 13 of the studio's classic films 'Dondoko Forest' evokes the retro peace of the 1988 classic My Neighbor Totoro, with bucolic paths

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Posted: 10:23 GMT, 4 November 2022 | Update: 10:46 GMT, 4 Nov 2022 sections open to the public this week.

The Nagakute Attraction, Central Japan - 250 kilometers (150 miles) west of Tokyo - is long awaited by fans of beloved Studio Ghibli animations, from Howl's Moving Castle to the Oscar-winning Spirited Away.

Now a plush Cat Bus, a life-size No-Face recreations of the buildings from the films are ready for visitors less than a month after the country's borders fully reopened to foreign tourists.

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