Possibly in the future we will benefit from the meals ready at Satsuki and Mei’s house?


If there’s one studio that has graced the silver display screen with worlds that really feel alive, it is Ghibli. Simply take a look at the kitchen and eating scenes in films like My neighbor Totoro, Whisper of the gutsAnd fortress within the air. So when the Expo 2005 in Aichi recreated Satsuki and Mei’s home Stretch, the builders have spared no particulars. Almost twenty years later, the home is now a part of Ghibli Park, and this week the park exhibits simply how far the builders went:

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Picture by way of www.ghibli.jp

The park employees posted a message on X (previously Tweet) on June 12:


Yesterday, through the park’s break day, the employees constructed a fireplace in Satsuki and Mei’s home to cook dinner rice and warmth the Chōshū bathtub. By truly utilizing the home sometimes, we attempt to make it final so long as doable like an actual home.

It is incredible that the Ghibli Park employees is doing this sort of upkeep on their oldest attraction. In fact it’s also a disgrace that the meals just isn’t provided as a sort of service within the park. Nonetheless, it’s comprehensible why this isn’t the case, particularly the price of sustaining such a service. But we all know the love and care it takes to make visitors really feel like they’ve stepped into the world of My neighbor Totoro within the park is nice.

Sources: X/ from Ghibli ParkTweet account by Hachima Kikō, Studio Ghibli