Getting Tickets for Japan’s Ghibli Museum Was a Mighty Task

The first time I went to Japan, I was in the air longer than I was on the ground. It was for a press event and while I walked around a bit, between sleep and work I didn’t really get to see anything. So when Lucasfilm announced that Star Wars Celebration was going to be in Japan in April 2025, I took it as a sign. I’m turning 45 in April and a trip to Japan for a Star Wars convention sounded like a fun way to celebrate. But I wasn’t gonna make the same mistake again—no quick trip in and out. This time, I’m staying longer, giving me a chance to visit the number one place on my Japan bucket list: the Studio Ghibli Museum. The Ghibli Museum in Mitaka (not to be confused with the park in Nagoya) is somewhere I’ve wanted to go for as long as I’ve known it existed. Not many of my favorite film studios (Lucasfilm, Pixar, Marvel, Amblin, Aardman) have dedicated tourist locations you can visit without knowing someone on the inside, so this was something I wasn’t going to miss. As soon as the d ... Read full article.