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Towns, forests, bathhouses and coastlines you can actually visit, each tied to the Studio Ghibli film it shaped. The photos run in the order the films came out, from Castle in the Sky to When Marnie Was There. A place earns its spot when the filmmakers' research trips or the film's own setting connect it to the story. A few famous claims with weaker evidence are included because so many fans travel to them, and their captions say plainly how solid each link is: Dogo Onsen, Jiufen, Colmar and the cove fans call Porco's hideout. Mont Saint-Michel is left out, since its link to Ghibli rests on resemblance alone.

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Rhondda Valleys, South Wales (Castle in the Sky)
Rhondda Valleys, South Wales (Castle in the Sky): The pithead winding gear of the old Lewis Merthyr Colliery at Trehafod…
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Totoro no Mori, Sayama Hills (My Neighbor Totoro)
Totoro no Mori, Sayama Hills (My Neighbor Totoro): A timber-stepped path through Totoro Forest No. 1, the first plot of the…
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Niteko Pond, Nishinomiya (Grave of the Fireflies)
Niteko Pond, Nishinomiya (Grave of the Fireflies): The stone marking the birthplace of the novel Grave of the Fireflies…
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Visby, Gotland, Sweden (Kiki's Delivery Service)
Visby, Gotland, Sweden (Kiki's Delivery Service): Visby's tiled roofs and a medieval church ruin tumbling down toward the…
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Gamla Stan, Stockholm (Kiki's Delivery Service)
Gamla Stan, Stockholm (Kiki's Delivery Service): Trångsund, a narrow street in Stockholm's Old Town, running up to the…
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Dubrovnik, Croatia (Porco Rosso)
Dubrovnik, Croatia (Porco Rosso): Dubrovnik's walls and red roofs above the Adriatic, the sea wall running along the…
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Stiniva Cove, Vis, Croatia (Porco Rosso, fan lore)
Stiniva Cove, Vis, Croatia (Porco Rosso, fan lore): Yachts anchored in the turquoise inlet that leads to Stiniva Cove on…
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Kochi Castle, Kochi (Ocean Waves)
Kochi Castle, Kochi (Ocean Waves): Kochi Castle's keep rising above autumn trees, with the Otemon Gate below. Ocean Waves…
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Tama New Town, Tama Hills (Pom Poko)
Tama New Town, Tama Hills (Pom Poko): Rice fields and wooded slopes in the foreground, the apartment blocks of Tama New…
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Iroha-zaka, Seiseki-Sakuragaoka (Whisper of the Heart)
Iroha-zaka, Seiseki-Sakuragaoka (Whisper of the Heart): The shortcut stairs on Iroha-zaka, the winding slope that climbs…
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Shiratani Unsuikyo, Yakushima (Princess Mononoke)
Shiratani Unsuikyo, Yakushima (Princess Mononoke): Moss swallowing rocks, roots and fallen trunks in Shiratani Unsuikyo…
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Shirakami-Sanchi, Tohoku (Princess Mononoke)
Shirakami-Sanchi, Tohoku (Princess Mononoke): The 400-year-old beech, one of the best-known trees of the Shirakami…
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Takei Sanshodo, Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum (Spirited Away)
Takei Sanshodo, Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum (Spirited Away): Inside Takei Sanshodo, an old Tokyo stationery…
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Dogo Onsen Honkan, Matsuyama (Spirited Away, fan lore)
Dogo Onsen Honkan, Matsuyama (Spirited Away, fan lore): Dogo Onsen Honkan lit up after dark in Matsuyama on Shikoku, its…
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A-Mei Tea House, Jiufen, Taiwan (Spirited Away, denied by Miyazaki)
A-Mei Tea House, Jiufen, Taiwan (Spirited Away, denied by Miyazaki): The A-Mei Tea House in Jiufen at dusk, its balconies…
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Maison Pfister, Colmar, France (Howl's Moving Castle)
Maison Pfister, Colmar, France (Howl's Moving Castle): The Maison Pfister in Colmar, a merchant's house from 1537 with a…
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Tomonoura, Hiroshima (Ponyo)
Tomonoura, Hiroshima (Ponyo): The Joyato, Tomonoura's old stone lantern lighthouse, standing over fishing boats in the…
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Harbor View Park, Yamate, Yokohama (From Up on Poppy Hill)
Harbor View Park, Yamate, Yokohama (From Up on Poppy Hill): Signal flags flying at dusk from a radio mast in Harbor View…
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Kushiro Wetland, Hokkaido (When Marnie Was There)
Kushiro Wetland, Hokkaido (When Marnie Was There): The Kushiro Marsh and the meandering Kushiro River from the Hosooka…

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