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The city of Mitaka, Tokyo, has so far raised over $ 200,000 through crowdfunding to help Ghibli Museum staying afloat after losing revenue due to the pandemic.
Totoro’s home: Designed by director Hayao Miyazaki himself, the museum exhibiting Studio Ghibli’s work, opened in October 2001 in the city’s Inokashira Park ANN.
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The Ghibli Museum has a children’s museum, a technology museum and a museum of fine arts, which is dedicated to the art and technology of animation.
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Other attractions These include a specialty café, a bookstore, a roof garden, a theater for exclusive short films, a replica of Totoro and the Catbus from “My Neighbor Totoro” and a life-size robot from “Castle in the Sky”.
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The COVID-19 Pandemic forced the museum to close in February 2020. It only reopened to all Mitaka residents in July last year and finally in September.
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This year it was temporarily closed again from the end of April to the beginning of June, which further curbs its income.
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Mitaka has given the museum a grant, but it is insufficient to cover its expenses and operating costs.
Fans came through: To further support the museum, the city launched a fundraising campaign that sought 10 million Japanese yen ($ 91,000) and collected donations from online supporters on the crowdfunding platform Furusato choice.
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The campaign, which asks supporters for a minimum of 5,000 yen (US $ 46) in donations, is only open to Japanese residents.
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As of this writing, the online funding campaign has generated over 23 million yen ($ 209,000) to date.
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Supporters can continue to donate to the fund until January 31, 2022.
Selected image above Furusato choice
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