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Sunday 19 April 2009

ghibli!!!!

So yesterday i made my way to the Ghibli museum. You would think it would be pretty central really would you not?
Ha! No! I had to make my way to the central train station (good pratice for tomorrow I guess) then I had to find the right line, which really should be pretty easy you know follow the signs around. Only there werent any signs for the line that i needed, whcih by the way is like 3 lines anyway. So after about half san hour of wandering i found the line in the new east wing of the station and then got on the train.
Took like half an hour or so. then you get out and walk down this really pretty road with a stream next to it like a mini gourge. Ferns and trees and flowers and carp really pretty. I got pictures somewhere.
So yeah at the station and i see this little notice saying that to get into ghibli you have to book in advance....
Great! So i walk down there anyway hoping that i can either blag my way in or buy tickets for today. The museum is in this massive park which is cool within itself so waljk around that for a bit. Then I go talk to this wom,an at the gate and shes like do you have your passport on you. Which as the clever traveler I am I do...
Then she tells me there is a secret system where I can get in today. Gives me this random slip and sends me to the local shop. Who then sells me the ticket and I can get in!
Amazing place! So cool. you just wander about randomly through all the rooms in this mad house which reminds me more of the moomins than anything to be honest.
SAw this film that is only shown there and its like a mini film of after my neighbour totoro!!
There is a mini cat bus and then the mini bus takes the girl to the king of the cat buses! and there are cat trains!! and the kind is this massive cruise liner that can fly thing.
Sooo cool.
Anyway I got some playing cards cos i forgot them foolishly and also a keyring of my favorite ghibli character ever!! the soot spirits from spirited away!! Woooo.

Anyway people are waiting foe the comp here so I should really get off.

But the pictures and drawings in the ghibli museum are amazing and I wish i was that good and that i could live there kinda...
Ok Im going to try and get myself on a boat today....

1 comment:

sleep said...

its been a couple of days and already im really fucking envious

how much do u expect this trip to cost in total btw? XXX sean