Ghibli Museum (Tokyo, Japan)

Cost:

Adult - ¥1000

Discounted tickets are available for students, children etc. The way to purchase the ticket is the same as Fujiko F Fuijio Museum aka Doraemon Museum, you have to purchase the ticket from any Lawson Store's Loppi machine. Tickets are not sold directly at the museum. AND, the tickets for Ghibli Museum were really hard to get when I was there, as I think, there was a new exhibition at the museum, thus, it is better for you to get the tickets at least a week earlier in order to get the tickets for your preferred timing and date.

Directions:

From Shinjuku, take the JR Chuo Line to Mitaka station and take the museum's shuttle bus. I actually walked from Kichijoji station. It was a long walk but it was rather enjoyable as I pass through a shopping street and walked through a park. There are also public buses from Kichijoji station to the museum and back, I took bus 吉62-1 from the museum back to the Kichijoji station. The bus fare was a flat rate of ¥200.

Official Website:

http://www.ghibli-museum.jp/en/

This is the robot from Castle in the Sky. It was located at the roof top, and you have to climb a pretty spiral staircase to go up.

Only children are allowed to enter this little playland. :(

This picture was secretly taken as no photography was allowed in the museum.

In my opinion, the museum looks great but lacks in content. It is recommended to try to watch all the Studio Ghibli's movies before visiting the museum so that you can relate better to the exhibitions.

The admission ticket includes the 'movie ticket' to a 15-minute short film at the museum. The film was my favorite part the visit, it was a 'silent' movie where there was only background music as the characters did not speak.

The content of the museum was entirely in Japanese so we really couldn't understand the words and there wasn't an audio guide, unlike the Doraemon museum. Thus, it was quite disappointing. The museum shop was CROWDED with people so it was really hard to look at all the merchandise on sale, so be prepared for that.

However, I really love the animations produced by Studio Ghibli so it was a must-visit museum for me. So you really want to go, do watch the movies before doing so!