by Ghibli Park (inside the Expo Memorial Park in Aichi
Nagakute City, Aichi Prefecture, has announced new events and experience programs from May to July. Information has also been released about a short animation produced by Studio Ghibli that will be screened in the “Orionza Video Exhibition Room” in the Ghibli Warehouse. [Photos] Cuts of a new video by director Hayao Miyazaki have arrived! Photos of the experience session and the latest menu
Until June 16, Hayao Miyazaki’s “Boro the Caterpillar” (about 14 minutes) will be screened, and from June 25 to July 31, “Treasure Hunt” (about 9 minutes), also planned and composed by Hayao Miyazaki, will be screened. Anyone can see it at the Ghibli Warehouse, but please note that the park will be closed from June 17 (Tue) to June 24 (Tue) due to work.
In addition, at the Tatara-ba experience learning facility in Mononoke-no-Sato, instead of the “Gohei-mochi charcoal grilling experience” that has been held since the area opened, the “Kinako making stone mill grinding experience (with wasabi mochi)” will be held for the first time only in the summer from June 25 to September 29, 2025. You can grind soybeans using a stone mill and sprinkle the kinako you made on the spot on warabi mochi.
The experience fee is 1,000 yen (tax included) per person. At the restaurant Flying Oven in Witch’s Valley, “Croque Monsieur” will be added to the breakfast menu on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays only from May 10. This classic French brunch dish is characterized by bacon spilling out of the bread.
The price is 1,300 yen (tax included). Also, a special set ticket will be on sale from May 10, which will allow you to enjoy both “Suzuki Toshio and Ghibli Exhibition” to be held from July 12 to September 25, 2025, in the same Expo Memorial Park as Ghibli Park on the same day as Ghibli Park. 3,600 yen for adults, 3,200 yen for junior and senior high school students, 1,800 yen for elementary school students, and 1,000 yen for preschoolers (over 4 years old). Tickets must be reserved in advance and go on sale about two months before the month of entry.
Film information
“Boro the Caterpillar” Boro the caterpillar hatches from an egg before dawn in the grass. It’s the first time he’s seen the morning sun, and the world is filled with delicious air. Boro lands at the base of a ragweed tree and steps into a world where senior caterpillars and predators come and go. Running time: about 14 minutes. Original story, screenplay, and director: Hayao Miyazaki Music: Joe Hisaishi
“Treasure Hunt” A little boy, Yuji, and a rabbit named Gick. The two of them find a stick simultaneously, and they start competing to decide who is the owner. They run, they long jump, they wrestle. But the result is always the same. So they decide to ask Gick’s grandmother for advice.
The grandmother decides to play a game called “Treasure Hunt.” So, what will the game between the two be? Running time: about 9 minutes. Original story: “Takara Sagashi” (published by Fukuinkan Shoten), written by Rieko Nakagawa, illustrated by Yuriko Omura. Planning and composition: Hayao Miyazaki. Music: Michiru
