The Ghibli Museum is currently open, with some COVID-19 restrictions in place. All visitors aged three and over are required to wear face masks regardless of vaccination status. As of writing (June 2022), overseas ticket sales remain suspended.
Studio Ghibli was a part of my childhood in the same way that Disney and Universal were — before they started rolling out direct-to-video bastardized sing-a-longs of all my childhood memories. I have probably seen Pom Poko about as many times as I have seen Star Wars (and I have seen Star Wars a lot). If you have not seen Pom Poko, but, like me, hold a deep appreciation for heartwarming stories about raccoons waging war on humanity, you need to see it. For all the other Ghibli and Miyazaki sup

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