The Ghibli Park Exhibition is a touring, hands-on show that squeezes the fun of Ghibli Park into a single venue. Its first stop is the ATC Gallery in Osaka Nanko (Jul 18 – Sep 26, 2026), and it moves to the Yokosuka Museum of Art in Kanagawa from Feb 11, 2027.
Using the official Osaka website and press release, this guide covers what is on show and how tickets work. It also covers Zen and Ghibli, a related exhibition opening in Kyoto on Oct 3, including its prices and the best-value advance tickets.
Sep 26 (Sat), 2026
Dec 6 (Sun), 2026
May 14 (Fri), 2027
What is the Ghibli Park Exhibition?
Ghibli Park opened in 2022 inside the Expo 2005 Aichi Commemorative Park (Moricoro Park) in Nagakute, Aichi. Its five areas recreate the worlds of Studio Ghibli films and are spread across a large park, so you explore them on foot.
An earlier touring show, the Ghibli Park and Ghibli Exhibition (2022–2025), told the behind-the-scenes story of the park through production materials and prototypes. It visited 10 venues and drew about 1.7 million people.
The new Ghibli Park Exhibition takes a different angle: it is built to be played in. The organisers describe it as a travelling fairground that packs the fun of the park into one hall, with things for adults and kids alike to “look at, touch and wander around”. Its tagline translates roughly as “You won’t know until you come.”
Venues and dates: Osaka, then Yokosuka
The tour opened at the ATC Gallery in Osaka Nanko. Its second stop is the Yokosuka Museum of Art in Kanagawa.
Osaka
| Dates | Jul 18 (Sat) – Sep 26 (Sat), 2026 Open every day |
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| Hours | 9:00–19:00 (last entry 18:30) Final day, Sep 26 (Sat): 9:00–17:00 (last entry 16:30) |
| Venue | Osaka Nanko ATC Gallery 2-1-10 Nankokita, Suminoe-ku, Osaka |
| Access | About 18 min from Hommachi on the Osaka Metro Chuo Line, via Cosmosquare |
Yokosuka
| Dates | Feb 11 (Thu, holiday) – May 14 (Fri), 2027 |
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| Venue | Yokosuka Museum of Art (Yokosuka, Kanagawa) |
| Tickets | Not announced yet |
The museum says it is the second stop after Osaka and that details will follow once they are fixed. For prices and the on-sale date, keep an eye on the official exhibition website and its X account (@ghiblipark_exh).
Highlights of the Osaka show
The official site picks out four main sections.
Little Ghibli Park
Image: Ghibli Park Exhibition official website © Studio Ghibli
This section lets you tour the park’s five areas like a board game. It is modelled on the Children’s Town inside Ghibli’s Grand Warehouse: the floor is laid out as squares styled after the park’s posters, and you are the playing piece. You can photograph the buildings and scenery or try the games set up along the way.
“Drawing Food” (expanded edition)
Image: Ghibli Park Exhibition official website © Studio Ghibli
A popular exhibit from the Grand Warehouse has left the park for this tour. Why do meals in Ghibli films look so good? Storyboards, background art and other production materials, plus 3D pieces based on eating scenes, show how the animators pulled it off.
Step into famous scenes
Image: Ghibli Park Exhibition official website © Studio Ghibli
Image: Ghibli Park Exhibition official website © Studio Ghibli
The second exhibit on loan from the park lets you play a character and stand inside a famous scene, including ones from Porco Rosso and When Marnie Was There, and take photos.
A giant Haku
Image: Ghibli Park Exhibition official website © 2001 Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli, NDDTM
Haku in his dragon form from Spirited Away has been turned into a huge 3D sculpture, which the official site calls one of the symbols of the show.
How tickets work (Osaka example)
Tickets in Osaka were sold by date and time slot. Yokosuka prices have not been released, so here is how Osaka worked, for reference.
| Ticket | Price (tax incl.) |
|---|---|
| Adult | ¥1,900 |
| Junior high & high school | ¥1,600 |
| Age 4 to elementary school | ¥1,000 |
| Age 3 and under | Free (no booking needed; enter with an adult holding a timed ticket) |
- You pick a 30-minute entry slot (e.g. 9:00–9:30) and can walk in any time within it
- Each slot stops selling once it reaches capacity, and there are no tickets at the door
- Junior high and high school students show a student ID
- One carer per disability certificate holder pays half the adult price (choose the carer discount ticket)
- Tickets went on sale month by month: July and August entry on May 1, September entry on Aug 1 at 10:00
- Sold through Lawson Ticket, e+ and asoview!, among others
The real Ghibli Park: five areas
After the exhibition you may want to see the park itself in Aichi. The five areas are spread across a large park and you stroll between them. Tickets are by reservation.
Image: The Chunichi Shimbun (PR TIMES press release) © Studio Ghibli
Image: The Chunichi Shimbun (PR TIMES press release) © Studio Ghibli
- Ghibli’s Grand Warehouse: an indoor space packed with play areas, hands-on displays and rare materials, plus a café and shops
- Hill of Youth: the World Emporium antique shop and Roundabout Square from Whisper of the Heart, the Cat Bureau from The Cat Returns, and an elevator tower anyone can use
- Dondoko Forest: Satsuki and Mei’s House from My Neighbor Totoro, with a wooden play structure at the top that only children can enter
- Mononoke Village: countryside modelled on the Emishi village from Princess Mononoke, with a hands-on facility themed on Tatara Town and statues of the Tatarigami and Okkoto
- Valley of Witches: the worlds of Kiki’s Delivery Service, Howl’s Moving Castle and Earwig and the Witch, with the Okino house, Howl’s Castle, the Witch’s House, shops, restaurants and rides
Ticket types and booking details are on the Ghibli Park official website.
This autumn in Kyoto: Zen and Ghibli
The exhibition’s own site points visitors to Kyoto this autumn, where Zen and Ghibli (禅とジブリ) opens at the Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art on October 3. It grew out of the book Zen and Ghibli, a set of conversations between Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki and Zen monks. The show is built around Hayao Miyazaki’s latest film, The Boy and the Heron (2023), and uses famous lines, film stills and Suzuki’s calligraphy to bring out the Zen way of seeing that runs through Ghibli’s work.
Image: Zen and Ghibli official website © Studio Ghibli
| Dates | Oct 3 (Sat) – Dec 6 (Sun), 2026 |
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| Hours | 10:00–18:00 (last entry 30 min before closing) |
| Venue | Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art, New Wing Higashiyama Cube 124 Okazaki Enshoji-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto |
| Ticket | Advance / group | At the door |
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| Adult / university | ¥1,700 | ¥1,900 |
| Junior high / high school | ¥1,300 | ¥1,500 |
| Elementary school | ¥900 | ¥1,100 |
| Preschool | Free | Free |
Students other than elementary schoolers need a student ID. With a disability certificate, the holder and one carer get in free.
Image: Zen and Ghibli official website
Image: Zen and Ghibli official website
EX Tabisaki Yoyaku also sells limited tickets bundled with vouchers for special goshuin temple stamps at Nanzen-ji, Shokoku-ji and Myoshin-ji, or with a limited-design goshuin book. Temple admission and the stamp fee are paid separately. A limited set with a zazen meditation session at Daiji-in in Daitoku-ji is also available.
For visitors who prefer English, tickets are also sold through Rakuten Travel Experiences and Art Pass, both of which have English pages. JR Central’s “Souda Kyoto, Ikou” campaign has released a special ticket plan too.
Coming from the Tokyo area? The Aki no Norihodai Pass (¥7,850 for adults, three days of unlimited JR local trains) is valid from Oct 3 to 18, right as the show opens. If you take the Tokaido Shinkansen, you can also pick up a free Chiikawa mini tote until Oct 31.
Before you go
- Osaka has no door tickets. The final day, Sep 26 (Sat), closes at 17:00 (last entry 16:30)
- Yokosuka prices and on-sale dates are not out yet. Watch the official exhibition website and X account (@ghiblipark_exh)
- The Zen and Ghibli early Pair Ticket is on sale until 23:59 on Oct 2 (Fri)
- Free entry: age 3 and under in Osaka, preschoolers at Zen and Ghibli
FAQ
- Q. When does the Osaka Ghibli Park Exhibition end?
- It runs until Sep 26 (Sat), 2026. The final day is open 9:00–17:00 (last entry 16:30), and no tickets are sold at the door.
- Q. Where is the next venue?
- The Yokosuka Museum of Art in Kanagawa, from Feb 11 (Thu, holiday) to May 14 (Fri), 2027. Prices and the on-sale date have not been announced.
- Q. How much were tickets in Osaka?
- ¥1,900 for adults, ¥1,600 for junior high and high school students, ¥1,000 for ages 4 to elementary school, and free for age 3 and under.
- Q. What is on show?
- Little Ghibli Park, a board-game-style tour of the park’s five areas, the expanded Drawing Food exhibit, a step-into-famous-scenes exhibit, and a giant 3D sculpture of Haku the dragon.
- Q. When and where is Zen and Ghibli?
- Oct 3 (Sat) to Dec 6 (Sun), 2026, at the Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art, New Wing Higashiyama Cube. Advance adult tickets are ¥1,700.
- Q. What is the cheapest way to see Zen and Ghibli?
- The early Pair Ticket (two adults for ¥3,200), on sale until 23:59 on Oct 2 (Fri), costs ¥600 less than two tickets at the door.
Sources: Ghibli Park Exhibition Osaka (official), Osaka tickets, Studio Ghibli events, The Chunichi Shimbun press release, Zen and Ghibli Kyoto (official), Zen and Ghibli tickets (all checked on Sep 25, 2026)