A farmhouse over a century old, relocated here in 1957, now the base of the Totoro Fund — a land trust set up to buy and protect the Sayama Hills woodland that the Totoro landscape comes from. The trust has acquired dozens of parcels of woodland, collectively called the Totoro Forests, which remain working coppice rather than a park.
值得去的理由
This is conservation, not merchandising. The trust exists because the landscape was going to be developed, and visiting funds the land purchases.
什麼時候去
Limited to 40 people per session.
先知道會比較好
Booking through the trust's calendar is required, and it is open only on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Cash only, no car park. The Totoro Forests themselves are working woodland with no facilities — walk the public paths, and do not enter the plots.
吉卜力工作室
My Neighbour Totoro — the woodland the landscape comes from, and the trust protecting it.