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Goten’yama

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    • Day 4

      Jour 2 Musée Ghibli - Odaiba

      May 14, 2023 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

      Réveil encore difficile mais la motivation est là : on va visiter le musée Ghibli ! Le billet n'est pas cher du tout (7€) mais il a fallu qu'Inyoung les achète en avance depuis la Corée pour qu'on puisse y aller: en France c'est presque impossible !
      Trajet d'une heure tranquille, on traverse le parc d'Inokashira qui est superbe et on arrive au musée pour 10h.
      Malheureusement je n'ai pas de photos à moi à montrer car elles étaient interdites et on a joué le jeu, mais je vous mets des photos trouvées sur Google !
      On a été complètement éblouies par l'ambiance et la décoration du lieu. Le moment le plus incroyable était la reconstitution des lieux de création des différents artistes (les bureaux en photo, avec tous les dessins et peintures ORIGINAUX au mur 🥹). C'était très émouvant et ça a renforcé mon respect pour ce travail incroyable.

      On a grignoté un onigiri du supermarché (excellent) et on est retournées dans le parc, avec son temple.

      Dans le quartier à côté, Kichikoji, nous avons mangé des nouilles au comptoir d'un restaurant bien local, on était au top, même si on a bien galere à choisir notre commande sur la machine à boutons!

      Retour sur Tokyo, nous sommes allées sur la platebande artificielle d'Odaiba. Heureusement que c'était dimanche et qu'il y avait du monde (enfants, animaux) sinon l'endroit aurait été un peu froid (c'est un quartier ultra récent et très industriel).

      Ensuite nous sommes allées prendre le goûter dans un endroit très réputé où nous avons fait la queue pendant 30min (assises). Desserts typiquement japonais à base de haricots rouge sucré, de glace vanille, de gelée aux algues et de sirop de sucre brun. Avec un petit thé Hojicha à volonté, comme au fuji à Rennes. C'était super bon

      Je suis rentrée me reposer un peu et j'ai ensuite retrouver les filles à côté de l'hôtel pour... MANGER (on ne fait que ça mais on a étrangement toujours faim !!)
      De délicieux tempura!

      Dodo et demain Inyoung nous quitte le main 😰😰
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    • Day 23

      Studio Ghibli Museum

      December 21, 2022 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C

      When I first arrived in Japan I booked a ticket for the Ghibli museum as you can't book overseas and it is often booked a month in advance. I was able to get a ticket for today at 2pm
      I got myself a ramen lunch and then walked through the park next to the Ghibli museum as I had a bit of time still. It was really nice and calm to walk through.
      I got back to the museum on time but was really upset they don't allow you to take photos. The same happened in the manga museum and I guess its a copyright thing but I took a few secretively anyway.
      I was still quite tired from the night train but this place made you act like a little kid by looking in little areas or turning cranks to make film slides flow. They walked through how slit animation worked and then was adapted to film animation. How slides on-top of drawings can make the image move or grow/shrink as needed.
      There was a short movie which I was worried about at first but it had no language similar to a Pixar one and was nice to watch through.
      I took the spiral staircase to the roof and took a photo with the laputian robot.
      I got myself a little souvenir broach of noface and was tempted to get more as the prices were not that bad but was happy with something small.
      I think I was most happy with the drain face guy, he just made me laugh as I didn't expect to see him there.
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    • Day 82

      המוזיאון של סטודיו ג'יבלי

      October 22, 2016 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

      בקלות המוזיאון הקסום ביותר שהייתי בו ביפן.
      גם מי שלא מאוהב במיאזאקי יוכל להנות כאן בטירוף.
      אפשר להגיע רק עם כרטיסים מראש, שגם אותם קצת מסובך להשיג ואפשר רק בתאריכים ספציפיים, אבל זה היה לגמרי שווה את זה.
      חבל שלא היה אפשר לצלם בפנים.
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    • Day 5

      Ghibli Museum, Mitaka, Japan

      November 30, 2009 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C

      As an anime fan and also a Studio Ghibli fan coming here made me extremely happy. The funny thing was getting a ticket at Lawsons (their 7-11) was pretty difficult because the ticket machine was in kanji. But the cashier was helpful and kind enough to show us how. The Ghibli Museum was the farthest we ventured out of Tokyo. We really enjoyed the ride and a glimpse of life in another city in Japan. I wasn't expecting the size of Disneyland or anything but their attention to detail was right up there Disney. Their exhibits of their art and the huge statute from Nausicaa of the Valley of the Sun was amazing to see.Read more

    • Day 3

      Ghibli Museum

      February 19, 2017 in Japan ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C

      This morning we went to the Studio Ghibli Museum which is located in Mitaka, about a 15 minute (13km) local train ride west of Shinjuku.

      It was beautiful day, a brisk 7° in the morning but clear skies and minimal haze. It was that clear we could see Mt Fuji off to the west from the train.

      Administratively, Mitaka is a separate city from Tokyo (though it forms part of the broader Tokyo Metropolis and there are no urban breaks) with a population of almost 200,000 people and an area of 16.4sqkm. It functions largely as a commuter city for Tokyo though there there is a cluster of animation studios (interestingly though Studio Ghibli is headquartered in nearby Koganei city, which also is home of another prominent anime studio, Gainax) and also the global headquarters of the high performance arm of Subaru.

      The Ghibli Museum is located approximately 20 minute walk from Mitaka Station. We enjoyed a lovely walk through some quiet residential streets which were characterised by low level houses and narrow alleys.

      Studio Ghibli is a Japanese film studio best known for their anime productions such as Spirited Away, My Neighbour Totoro and Grave of the Fireflies. It was founded in 1985 by Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata who have coincidentally produced most of the studios films.

      The Museum itself is nestled within Inokashira Park and is of a wonderful child like animation inspired design. The museum features many nooks which make it a child's paradise. Obviously the museum is very much an attraction for locals considering the popularity of the Studio in Japan however it is still fascinating to see how they bring still images to life. I also love the unique style of Japanese anime which manages to convey so much of the characters emotion.
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    • Day 11

      Ghibli Museum

      April 20, 2017 in Japan ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

      This was AMAZING!! If you are a fan of Miyazaki films and have seen many of the Ghibli films - this is a must go!! Unfortunately, they didn't allow any photography inside the actual museum - so I don't have anything to show, but trust me when I say, it was magical!!! They had thousands of sketches and storyboards, cool film gadgets, models and adorable play areas.

      Crazy thing that happened - our appointment to see the museum was at 4pm so we left for the trains around 3pm, which was plenty of time. Except - there was a passenger accident that shut down a large portion of the lines. We had to scramble and get on a bunch of different trains to get there- we were 20mins late but they still let us in :)
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    • Day 3

      Inokashira Park

      February 19, 2017 in Japan ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C

      Following the Ghibli Museum we took a walk through Inokashira Park. The park is quite large (38.5ha) and was first opened in 1918, at the time the park was considered a gift from the Emperor to the general public (the first park to be founded in Tokyo in such a way).

      On our walk, we were lucky enough to come across what appeared to be a few early blooming Cherry Blossom (or Sakura in Japanese) trees (or, if not, some trees with pretty pink flowers).

      The park includes a large pond in its centre which is surrounded by many trees including Cherry Blossom's - though these had not yet bloomed. It made for a lovely site on a cold winters day, I can only imagine how great it would look in spring. The pond also attracts much wildlife including (apparently) migratory birds which call the pond home in winter.

      There were many people in the park (as you would expect) and you could hire paddle boats which seemed very popular. It is said that if you ride on a boat in the pond with a girlfriend you will 'surely break up soon' - so I guess it's lucky we did not have time to do that.

      Inokashira Park is one of 81 parks managed by the Bureau of Construction in Tokyo. According to the Bureau, the total area of parks in Tokyo comes to 7,642 hectares which is the equivalent of 5.77 square metres of park per person.

      From Inokashira Park we walked up to Kichijoji Station which is a short walk through bustling streets lined with interesting stores. I would love to come back and explore this area further.

      Despite a minor hiccup getting on the wrong platform, we managed to find out way back to Shinjuku and our hotel to collect our bags before heading to Nagano.
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    Goten’yama, Goten'yama, 御殿山

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