Ever wish you could dive into the world of the Ghibli movies to go on exciting adventures? Below are 16 real-world locations that are rumored to have inspired the movies:
Kiki’s Delivery Service
Gotland Island, Visby, Sweden
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Stockholm, Sweden
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Spirited Away
Jiufen, Taiwan
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Dōgo Onsen (hot springs)
Ehime, Japan
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Porco Rosso
Dubrovnik, Croatia
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Zakynthos Island, Greece
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Castle in the Sky: Laputa
Caernarfon Castle, England
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Beng Mealea (Temple Ruins), Cambodia
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Howl’s Moving Castle
Alsace, France
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Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind
Kata Tjuta (Valley of the Winds), Australia
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Hunza, Pakistan
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Crimea peninsula, Ukraine
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Princess Mononoke
Yakushima, Japan
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The Secret World of Arrietty
Seibi-en, Aomori, Japan
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Ponyo
Tomonoura, Hiroshima, Japan
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My Neighbor Totoro
Totoro’s Tree, Japan
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Which do you want to visit? While Spirited Away isn’t my favorite Ghibli movie (that award goes to Castle in the Sky), is definitely looks like the best vacation!
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This is a really fantastic post with amazing pictures! Hope to see more details and some fun trivia soon!
Caernarfon Castle that inspired Laputa is actually in Wales, NOT England….so could you please change it?
For kikis delivery service, check out Troy, NY in addition to stockholm. The resemblance is very uncanny. Especially the aerial shot of the two bridges. Maybe troy and stockholm use the same architecture.