The museum is a 15 minute walk from Mitaka station through a leafy suburb of Tokyo. The Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, western Tokyo opened in 2001. It was designed by animator Miyazaki Hayao and receives around 650,500 visitors each year.

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Copyright Tony McNicol. Museum and Ghibli characters "Museo d'Arte Ghibli".