Ghibli Museum, Mitaka

Information

Ghibli Museum was designed by Hayao Miyazaki, Japan's top animation director known for his Academy Award winning "Spirited Away". Visitors are welcomed by Totoro and other characters from his animation films. The museum exhibits the process of making animation films. At the movie theater in the museum, short movies that are only available here are shown. There are also a Neko Bus (Cat Bus) Room for little kids, a coffee shop, and a museum shop.
Visitors need to purchase tickets in advance to enter the museum. The tickets can be purchased at LAWSON convenience stores in Japan or designated local travel agencies in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, North America, Europe and Australia.

Opening Hours

Admission allowed from 10:00, 12:00, 14:00, or 16:00 (Specified date and time on the ticket)

Closed

Tuesdays
Year-end and New Year's holidays

Price / Entrance Fee

1,000 yen (General, Adult)
700 yen (Student)
400 yen (Child)

Access / Public Transport

15 minutes walk from JR Mitaka Station
15 minutes walk from Kichijoji Station on the JR lines or Keio Inokashira Line (IN17)
15 minutes walk from Inokashira-koen Station on the Keio Inokashira Line (IN16)

Address / Location

1-1-83, Shimorenjaku, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo, 181-0013

Tweets

Jonny Courtney @jonnycourtney - 2019-04-18: 3rd time in Japan and finally made it to #Ghibli museum, Mitaka. Magical stuff https://t.co/cge2aPAr0j
hankmotion @hankmotion - 2019-04-17: @DuvalMagic you didn't happen to be at the Ghibli museum in Mitaka, Japan yesterday were you?
Matthias Libunao @LibunaoMatthias - 2019-04-10: Studio Ghibli is the best anime production film studio in #Japan. Its one and only museum is located in Mitaka,… https://t.co/Ngf1WJZjO2
Matthias Libunao @LibunaoMatthias - 2019-04-10: Studio Ghibli is the best anime production film studio in #Japan. Its one and only museum is located in Mitaka,… https://t.co/Ngf1WJZjO2
rane @rane_hs - 2019-04-10: 📷 preludetowind: Artsy references from the Animators desk in the Ghibli Museum, Mitaka. https://t.co/GBxfkZLMo7
kurin @RuinTaughtMe - 2019-04-09: @buttpraxis Ghibli museum in Mitaka?

Twilight Express up/down the west coast is nice, but they don't take the rail… https://t.co/6AI1fWO21K
Matt Riley @gentlemonmatt - 2019-04-08: @OGaelfox I hard teared up at the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka over a cel from Porco Rosso so I 1000% same feels over those films
Sightseeing Japan @SightseeingJap1 - 2019-04-08: Guide to the Ghibli Museum of Mitaka (November, 2018) https://t.co/V41j6X7Ij8 https://t.co/NDORH07kNU
Sightseeing Japan @SightseeingJap1 - 2019-04-08: “The work of Painting film” exhibition [Ghibli Museum, Mitaka Mori] https://t.co/lL5QZXwP1z https://t.co/YIJxUV4awy
grafangel1RONIN @Grafangel1RONIN - 2019-04-07: This was my favorite day of the trip in Mitaka
#GhibliMuseum #Kawaii #Monster https://t.co/IinJbkZ0Wo #Harajuku… https://t.co/gIHg9LReCf
Leighton Thomas @LeightonLit - 2019-04-03: 1. February 2019. A few years ago I was diligently ticking off films in my 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die… https://t.co/nIWjIEkZRf
Ignite @todayinmilkyway - 2019-04-02: @tekgeekster @Demon_Lord98 @llegaspacheco There's a Ghibli Museum in Mitaka https://t.co/nXtILM6c1B
Matti @matti9969 - 2019-04-01: currently at ghibli museum, mitaka.
having a very anime protag time :) https://t.co/bnGwOmDDso
Lazlo Woodbine @VoightKampff19 - 2019-03-31: @Dean0856 You checked out akihabara yet? Its fantastic...

You have to go to the Ghibli museum in Mitaka..I nearly… https://t.co/G3O5TlLEkG
say happy birthday to athena to keep the mutual @gothgcf - 2019-03-31: ahh like specific places!! im going soon and i seriously have no idea where to go T__T thank u so much hehe — here… https://t.co/CDvW1xrypG
☆정국’s saz @gothgcf - 2019-03-31: ahh like specific places!! im going soon and i seriously have no idea where to go T__T thank u so much hehe — here… https://t.co/CDvW1xrypG
☆정국’s saz @gothgcf - 2019-03-31: ahh like specific places!! im going soon and i seriously have no idea where to go T__T thank u so much hehe — here… https://t.co/CDvW1xrypG
☆정국’s saz @gothgcf - 2019-03-31: ahh like specific places!! im going soon and i seriously have no idea where to go T__T thank u so much hehe — here… https://t.co/CDvW1xrypG
☆정국’s saz @gothgcf - 2019-03-31: ahh like specific places!! im going soon and i seriously have no idea where to go T__T thank u so much hehe — here… https://t.co/CDvW1xrypG
Karen R. White @whitestudiolo - 2019-03-30: @designstudiesca @Furmadamadam So much!!!! I’ll send you my itinerary. Taking the kids? Go to the Studio Ghibli Mus… https://t.co/4qOZHRueyc
Rich Rosenfeld @WB4RHR_WX - 2019-03-29: @TuckerGoodrich Lawson Station had a machine in Okinawa on which we bought tickets to Ghibli Park… https://t.co/rpK9l0KYbu
⚙️Trasufoma⚙️ @Trasufoma - 2019-03-27: @ReverendGuimo The ghibli museum in mitaka japan has an inedible food exhibit based on this movie.

It is something words can not describe
Inafking @robothell - 2019-03-25: @MioAkiyamaFate Studio Ghibli in Mitaka (but you have to get your ticket in advance in Loppy machines in Lawson's,… https://t.co/sACuJ0FeDR
Christine Shaw @AmblesideArt - 2019-03-24: Looking for something else and found these cells from #StudioGhibli https://t.co/J4AtRG4OU6 #Mitaka #Japan #anime https://t.co/xYrHt1OL4g
Siusagi @Siusagi - 2019-03-22: Finally made it on a sunny day at Ghibli Museum! 😉✌
#三鷹の森ジブリ美術館 #ghibli #ghiblimuseum #mitaka https://t.co/xF8uGt246A
Carl Rigney @carlrigney - 2019-03-16: @Kiranansi Are you going to the Ghibli museum in Mitaka on this trip? Advance tickets required, but it's amazing.
Goo T. Gwaba @GooGwaba - 2019-03-16: @hyperion5182 @realamymholmes @teapartytempest @moise_fritz @MTFIII @KateHydeNY @ImSarahDaniels Nope. Day trip to… https://t.co/2OI4xqW75u
Bara_Izu 💕 MCM Birmingham @Bara_Izu - 2019-03-15: Day 4 was pretty relaxed, first we went cherry blossom hunting in the park before catching the JR to Mitaka for the… https://t.co/o1keUW8g8p
Kaslin Fields @kaslinfields - 2019-03-15: @TriumphantBass OMG Kiki's is THE BEEESSSTT. I'd say Howl's Moving Castle is probably my next favorite. Spirited Aw… https://t.co/B4BYhDbivI
Sheray Amy @sheray_amy - 2019-03-13: Ghibli Museum today 😁 #ghibli #museum #anime #weeb #japan #welivetoexplore #beautifuldestinations #instapassport… https://t.co/z9zIJI47bJ
A. Zimmer @Atzomatic - 2019-03-12: @idkkiana Loved the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, though their ticket purchasing system has probably changed since I wen… https://t.co/cvljgqYCmb