The Ghibli Museum in Mitaka is the creation of animation film maker, Hayao Miyazaki. He seems to be the "living Walt Disney" of Japan. He lives and works in his studio just one train stop away from us.

I had wanted to go here for some time, but with the entrance being on a "timed admission", it wasn't a spontaneous thing you did. The museum was showing a 15 minute clip of his most recent film, "Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess".

Going along with the movie,the exhibit he had on flour grinding using a traditional stone grinding wheel was a nice touch. Unfortunately, no picture taking was allowed on the inside.
He has nine other films to his credit. The lady at the information desk said he has an active role in his museum. I'm sure the exhibits that pertain to the latest film, change with each new film. To satisfy the desires of visitors, there were eating facilities, a souvenir shop, a place suited for toddlers, interactive manipulative exhibits, and a replica of his work shop. For anyone interested in how films are created, the exhibits would certainly satisfy your appetite.

You could tell that it was well planned and thought through. This is the spiral stairs that you could climb from the inside to get to the outside exhibit.


This outside exhibit was on the roof. After having three days of snow, it was a good afternoon to be out enjoying the sun.