Studio Ghibli Museum Passes
You can officially purchase Studio Ghibli Museum passes a month in advance on Lawson's website for about $10 each (or cheaper for children). Online ordering opens at 10am on the 10th in Japan so do the conversion to make sure you are online at the right time. (Tickets opened up Friday the 10th at 10am so I had to be online Thursday the 9th at 8pm in Chicago.) Get as many people to try to increase your chances. I was trying on my computer and my phone. The person to finally get through was my husband on his phone.
I found it easier to be on my computer. The system crashes multiple times and there's a lot of refreshing and copy/pasting. Even when you get through to one page, the next might crash from high traffic and you start back at the beginning.
You'll need information such as your passport number and the address you're staying at while in Japan. They don't really check these when you're there but it's best to have this information ready so that you can fill out the form quickly (before it crashes). When we tried, husband's page crashed after he submitted it. We were sure that we had to start over but we checked his email and he got the confirmation.
You can also risk unofficially getting tickets on other websites but they can cost between $40-$120 per person.
Once there, bring the tickets and your passport for whoever is on the ticket.
You can take photos outside but not once you are inside.
TIP: The ticket only designates when you are supposed to enter the museum. You can actually stay as long as you want once you are inside. There is a cafe in there but the line is long! The tip was to go to the cafe first, especially since you can stay in the museum as long as you want. We ended up waiting probably 2 hours which didn't seem worth it. This was the only sit down restaurant inside the museum. There was a shorter line for just snack foods.
INFO:
The museum is closed on Tuesdays.
Give yourself plenty of time to get there! It's located in Mitaka which is about 35 minute commute from Shinjuku, Tokyo. We ended up not being able to find the train station because it was so confusing in Shibuya so we had to pay $50 to take a taxi there! See the museum's directions here.
I found it easier to be on my computer. The system crashes multiple times and there's a lot of refreshing and copy/pasting. Even when you get through to one page, the next might crash from high traffic and you start back at the beginning.
You'll need information such as your passport number and the address you're staying at while in Japan. They don't really check these when you're there but it's best to have this information ready so that you can fill out the form quickly (before it crashes). When we tried, husband's page crashed after he submitted it. We were sure that we had to start over but we checked his email and he got the confirmation.
You can also risk unofficially getting tickets on other websites but they can cost between $40-$120 per person.
Once there, bring the tickets and your passport for whoever is on the ticket.
You can take photos outside but not once you are inside.
TIP: The ticket only designates when you are supposed to enter the museum. You can actually stay as long as you want once you are inside. There is a cafe in there but the line is long! The tip was to go to the cafe first, especially since you can stay in the museum as long as you want. We ended up waiting probably 2 hours which didn't seem worth it. This was the only sit down restaurant inside the museum. There was a shorter line for just snack foods.
INFO:
The museum is closed on Tuesdays.
Give yourself plenty of time to get there! It's located in Mitaka which is about 35 minute commute from Shinjuku, Tokyo. We ended up not being able to find the train station because it was so confusing in Shibuya so we had to pay $50 to take a taxi there! See the museum's directions here.
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