Japan’s long-in-the-works Studio Ghibli theme park is now planning a grand opening for fall 2022, /Film reports. The amusement park was first announced back in 2017, and a report from The Japan Times in 2018 said organizers behind the theme park were targeting an opening sometime in 2020. Development delays and the coronavirus pandemic have now pushed the park’s opening to fall 2022. Construction has been underway and was stopped for two weeks in April amid the pandemic. Studio Ghibli president Kiyofumi Nakajima is reported to be attending a July 28 groundbreaking event as construction continues.
The Studio Ghibli theme park is being built in the Aichi Prefecture near Nagoya, where Japan hosted the 2005 World’s Fair. The exact location is Aichi Expo Commemorative Park. According to Aichi Prefecture Governor Hideaki Omura, the park is on track to open to the public in fall 2022. The park is being split into five different worlds, each...
The Studio Ghibli theme park is being built in the Aichi Prefecture near Nagoya, where Japan hosted the 2005 World’s Fair. The exact location is Aichi Expo Commemorative Park. According to Aichi Prefecture Governor Hideaki Omura, the park is on track to open to the public in fall 2022. The park is being split into five different worlds, each...
- 7/24/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
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