"Ghibli Park" planned in central Japan set to open in early 2020s

Aichi Prefecture said Thursday it will build a theme park based on an animation film by director Hayao Miyazaki within a park in central Japan, aiming to open the area in the early 2020s.In collaboration with Studio Ghibli Inc., the tentatively called "Ghibli Park" will be constructed to restage situations and landscapes of Miyazaki's 1988 film "My Neighbor Totoro" at the Expo 2005 Aichi Commemorative Park, Gov. Hideaki Omura said at a press conference.Omura said Toshio Suzuki, the company's producer, agreed on the plan during their meeting on Wednesday, adding that the prefecture and Studi…READ FULL ARTICLE