How to get to the Ghibli Park?
The Ghibli Park is scheduled to open in November, 2022 in Nagakute City, Aichi Prefecture. As of August 2022, tickets are available for: Ghibli’s Grand Warehouse, Hill of Youth and Dondoko Forest. You have to make a reservation for each area. The first batch of tickets went on sale on Aug 10. There will be lottery at least for November. Tickets will be released on the 10th day of each month.
15 seconds trailer released by Studio Ghibli about tickets.
Price:
The Ghibli’s Great Warehouse
- Adults: 2000 yen for weekdays, 2500 yen for weekends
- Children (4 yo ~ elementary school): 1000 yen for weekdays, 1250 yen for weekends
Hill of Youth
- Adults: 1000 yen
- Children: 500 yen
Dondoko Forest
- Adults: 1000 yen
- Children: 500 yen
Here’s how you can get to the park if you were able to buy tickets. (Please follow COVID travel restrictions if they apply.)
The Ghibli Park will be located inside the Aichi Earth Expo Memorial Park.
〒480-1342 愛知県長久手市茨ケ廻間 乙１５３３−１
Otsu 1533-1, Ibaragasama, Nagakute City, Aich Prefercture, ZIP 480-1342
It’s most likely that you will fly in using Narita or Haneda airport. Aichi is about 260 km west of Tokyo, so will you have to allow at least ½ day to get to the park. It will probably be a better idea to stay overnight in Tokyo, and the go to Nagoya from Tokyo. There are at least three options to go to Nagoya from Tokyo: Shinkansen (bullet train), intercity bus, or rent-a-car to get to Nagoya. Once you are in Nagoya, you can take local trains to get to the park.
You can hop on Shinkansen from Tokyo, Shinagawa, or Yokohama station. It takes less than 2 hours at a little bit over $100 to get to Nagoya. (Nozomi is faster than Hikari or Kodama)
If you are on a budget, intercity bus service is the way to go. It could take about 6 hours (many services are during night time), but the price can be about $30~$60.
The cost of renting a car can probably be less than $100 per day, but you have to pay tolls (about $80) and gas. Gas is far more expensive in Japan than in the US, although people usually drive smaller, fuel-efficient cars. It’s more likely that you are offered one of fuel-efficient cars. If non-stop, you will get to Nagoya from Tokyo in about 5-6 hours. You may want to avoid busy hours because you can be stuck in traffic, as Tokyo to Nagona include a lot of urban areas.
Once you are in Nagoya, you will have to take subway and then transfer to “linear motor car” to get to the Aichi Expo Memorial Park.
Here are some sneak peeks from local Japanese TV station in Aichi prefecture.
The Ghibli Park will hold invitation-only open house events in October. About 20,000 people will be invited during four days.
“The Ghibli Park & Ghibli” Exhibition at Nagano Prefectural Art Museum, featuring the models of the “Ghibli’s Grand Warehouse,” real-size food of Nekobasu and Kaonashi from “Spirited Away.”
Goro Miyazaki interview.
Goro Miyazaki, the son of Hayao Miyazaki, who directed the Satsuki and Mei’s House for the Aichi Expo in 2005, which became the foundation of the Ghibli Park, also directed the Ghibli Park.
