Ghibli Park is a theme park scheduled to open in Expo 2005 Aichi Commemorative Park in Nagakute City, Aichi Prefecture. Ghibli Park will cover an area of about 7.1 hectares out of about 194 hectares of the Expo 2005 Aichi Commemorative Park, and is made up of five areas based around Studio Ghibli works.

There will be five areas at Ghibli Park: “Seishun no Oka Area” (“Youth Hill Area”); “Ghibli Dai Soko Area” (“Ghibli Large Warehouse Area”); “Dondoko Mori Area” (“Dondoko Forest Area”); “Mononoke Hime Area” (“Princess Mononoke Area”); and “Majo no Tani Area” (”Witches’ Valley Area”).

Of these, three areas are scheduled to open in fall 2022. Details of “Ghibli Large Warehouse Area” and “Dondoko Forest Area” have been revealed.

The Youth Hill Area, which will serve as the main gate, will be lined by buildings resembling the antique shop Chikyuu-ya from “Whisper of the Heart” and Cat's Office from “The Cat Returns”. It seems to be an area inspired by 19th century science fiction.

The mysterious town of "Spirited Away" appears in the "Ghibli Warehouse Area", complete with exhibition room and cafeteria. There will also be a video exhibition room with around 2.5 times the number of seats at the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka. What content will be screened has yet to be announced.

The “Dondoko Forest Area” will have a company (Yashiro) and a footpath that appear in the movie, in addition to the existing Satsuki and Mei's House from "My Neighbor Totoro".

The remaining two areas, “Princess Mononoke Area” and ”Witches’ Valley Area”, are scheduled to open in 2023, with details revealed in the future.

The Princess Mononoke Area will consist of themes from Irontown and a charcoal kiln from Princess Mononoke.

Finally, the Witches’ Valley Area will be lined by buildings inspired by "Howl's Moving Castle" and Okino House, home to the main character of Kiki's Delivery Service.

According to the announcement, there is a possibility that admission will be done completely online. It is also said that there are different approaches under consideration, including ticket lottery and letting people visit the outside of the park or gift shops, so that there are a number of ways to enjoy the facilities.

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The Ghibli Park Promotion Division is estimating that there will be around 1 million visitors a year at the time the facilities first open, with 1.8 million at the time the park is completed and fully opened in 2023.