Today was the last full day that my friend was in Tokyo with me, and in Japan for that matter. After spending one semester in Asia he is going back to Utah. I am going back to Quebec in less than a month.
We had a real nice treat for us today. To continue the museum treck we went on yesterday, we visited the Ghibli Museum. For those of you who are not familiar with Japanese Animation, Ghibli studios is responsible for some of the most popular animated movies from Japan. Few of them have been distributed by Disney, such as Spirited Away and Howl's Moving castle. I suggest you to look into those movies if you like magic and fantasy.
The museum is a real charm and the exhibits are surprising, some being very simple but still astonishing. One of them features a recreation of Hayao Miyazaki's office (the director of many popular Japanese animations). The main point of the museum is the life-size statue of a robot in The Island in the Sky.
Of course like every respected museums, you will find an overpriced boutique for tourists. This really got me in the mood of buying Ghibli merchandise and I ended up buying 2 card holders, 2 keychains, 1 fridge magnet and 1 figurine. My craze also sent me scrambling for Ghibli merchandise in different boutiques and Toys R Us stores all over Tokyo.
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