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
Stockholm, Sweden
Spirited Away
Jiufen, Taiwan
Dōgo Onsen (hot springs)
Ehime, Japan
Porco Rosso
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Zakynthos Island, Greece
Castle in the Sky: Laputa
Caernarfon Castle, England
Beng Mealea (Temple Ruins), Cambodia
Howl’s Moving Castle
Alsace, France
Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind
Kata Tjuta (Valley of the Winds), Australia
Hunza, Pakistan
Crimea peninsula, Ukraine
Princess Mononoke
Yakushima, Japan
The Secret World of Arrietty
Seibi-en, Aomori, Japan
Ponyo
Tomonoura, Hiroshima, Japan
My Neighbor Totoro
Totoro’s Tree, Japan
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.