The Aichi prefectural government confirmed on Wednesday that the Dondoko Mori Area, the previously announced area featuring My Neighbor Totoro for the planned Ghibli Park, is under construction. The announcement unveiled a new visual for the area, and also revealed that the Ghibli Park will contain a 6.3-meter (about 21-foot) long recreation of the airship in Castle in the Sky. A replica of the witch’s home in Earwig and the Witch will appear in the Majo no Tani Area, along with a 956-square-meter (10,290-square-foot) brick-laid restaurant in an image of a storehouse on the park’s lakeshore.
The Ghibli no Daisōko (Giant Ghibli Warehouse), Seishun no Oka (Hill of Youth), and Dondoko Mori (Dondoko Forest) areas of the Ghibli theme park are slated to open in fall 2022, followed by the Mononoke no Sato Area (Mononoke Village, inspired by Princess Mononoke) and Majo no Tani Area…
