Anime location
Studio Ghibli — Anime location
The moss forest, the port town, the bathhouse and the hill road — all real, all reachable.
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Locations
5 stops
- 5 hr
Shiratani Unsuikyo (the moss forest)
Bus or car from Miyanoura port
Princess Mononoke — the moss forest Ghibli scouted on Yakushima.
- 3 hr
Tomonoura harbour
Bus from Fukuyama station, about 30 minutes
Ponyo — the port town Miyazaki stayed in for around three months.
- 2 hr
Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum
Musashi-Koganei (JR Chuo line), then bus
Spirited Away — the bathhouse Ghibli's own site names as a major reference.
- 1 hr 30 min
Seiseki-Sakuragaoka (Iroha-zaka & the rotary)
Seiseki-Sakuragaoka (Keio line) · 15 min walk
Whisper of the Heart — the hill road and the rotary at the top.
- 1 hr 30 min
Kurosuke's House & the Totoro Forest
Kotesashi (Seibu Ikebukuro line), then bus to Dainichido · 5 min walk
My Neighbour Totoro — the woodland the landscape comes from, and the trust protecting it.
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