Ghibli ParkStep inside the animated houses

Five zones, scattered through one park

Nagakute, Aichi, Japan — Themed park complex.

The five zones opened in three separate batches.

On 1 November 2022 the Ghibli's Grand Warehouse, Hill of Youth and Dondoko Forest opened first; Mononoke Village was added in November 2023, and Witch's Valley completed the set on 16 March 2024. Aichi's official tourism page lists all five names and their order, noting you walk the woods and paths meeting each piece.

The five zones spread across one large park, linked by forest paths and slopes. JAL's on-site notes call it very large, and even the outer path runs a Cat Bus-style electric vehicle.

The five zones grew in three batches

On opening day, 1 November 2022, only the Ghibli's Grand Warehouse, Hill of Youth and Dondoko Forest were open. Aichi's official tourism page records this area as a park built from the site of the 2005 Aichi Expo, and the park sits inside it.

A June 2024 official notice introduced the first complete guide to all five zones, including interviews with Hayao Miyazaki and Goro Miyazaki, and illustrations drawn for the book by several key animators and animation supervisors.

JAL's on-site notes add background: the park was built gradually along existing green space — three zones first, Mononoke Village added a year later, then Witch's Valley a few months after that, a small piece each time.

The things inside the houses follow the films

Satsuki and Mei's House recreates the kitchen, bath, tea room, Japanese-style room and Western-style room one by one. Further up the hill is Dondoko-do, built from Aichi timber, with the earthen walls left to traditional plasterers.

The Earth House's second floor holds antique furniture and clocks, the mechanical clock the standout; the first floor workshop holds the tools Shizuku Tsukishima used learning violin-making. Inside the Cat's Office sit Baron and Muta; built to a cat's height, visitors can only peer through the small window.

Mononoke Village lays out the satoyama: the shape of Tatarigami, a slide in the form of Nightwalker, and the watchtower of the Emishi village. The ex-Darla Hall turned into a hands-on learning space roasts Aichi's gohei-mochi over charcoal — rice on a skewer, brushed with sauce after grilling.

It takes two train changes to get there

JAL gives a route: from Chubu Centrair airport by Meitetsu or airport bus to Fujigaoka, then the Linimo to Ai-Chikyuhaku-Kinen-Koen station, about an hour and a half. The airport also has direct buses.

Between zones you walk forest paths and slopes. The outer path linking Mononoke Village and Dondoko Forest runs a short, low-speed Cat Bus-style electric vehicle, made by Toyota; JAL specifically notes this vehicle is not a park facility.

The elevator tower in the north plaza is built in the style of late-19th-century speculative science; the Hill of Youth entrance is right beside it. Aichi's tourism page states the elevator tower and those shops are reachable without a park ticket. JAL also notes that on weekdays, except for some areas, photography is not allowed inside the park.