The sugoroku journey round Ghibli Park can also be an Easter egg hunt.
Ghibli Park does issues just a little in a different way than different theme parks. It focuses extra on artwork and environment than parades and rides, and it’s unfold out amongst a number of sections of Aichi Expo Park, encouraging friends to discover and recognize the pure environment throughout their go to.
So when it got here time to design a brand new poster/newspaper advert for Ghibli Park, Goro Miyazaki, who takes level on most of Ghibli Park’s initiatives, didn’t wish to simply slap the park’s brand on a chunk of paper with a “tickets accessible on-line” discover. He needed to do one thing extra creative and enjoyable, and the result’s a charmingly lovely illustrated board sport. What’s extra, it’s yours without cost, so long as you’ve bought entry to a printer, a pair of scissors, and a few tape.
▼ The poster contains Ghibli Park’s web site URL, a QR code, and a reminder that tickets may be reserved on the tenth of each month, however all the remainder of the house is devoted to artwork and play.
The supplied supplies even embrace sections to make use of to make the enjoying items and die, which is the place the scissors and tape are available.
▼ Sure, the 1 on the die is a Makkurokurosuke/Soot Sprite!
The board sport falls into the sugoroku class, a preferred, easy-to-play sport through which you simply roll the die, transfer your piece the indicated variety of areas, and observe the instructions for wherever you occur to land. Whoever reaches the aim first is the winner, and whereas the supplied art work contains 4 enjoying items, you’ll be able to actually have as many gamers as you need, so long as you’ve bought one thing to maintain observe of the place everyone seems to be.
▼ Your aim, naturally, is the enormous Totoro on the heart of the board.
A PDF of the board is out there right here by way of the Ghibli Park web site as a free obtain. We’ll be again quickly with extra cool stuff from Ghib- oh, what’s that? You’re a Ghibli fan who’d like to play the sport along with mates, relations, or your Totoro, Jiji, and Yakul plushies, however you’ll be able to’t learn Japanese? OK, simply give me a second and…all set! Right here’s an English clarification for each house you’ll be able to probably land on.
▼ You begin right here, on the decrease proper, on the house with リニモ愛地球博記念公園駅 (Linear movement automobile Aichi World Expo Commemorative Park Station) written on it
●リニモ愛地球博記念公園駅
Linear movement automobile
Aichi World Expo Commemorative Park Station
●ロタンダ 風が丘
Rotunda Kazegaoka
Purchase onigiri rice balls
●エレベーター塔
Elevator Tower
●忘れものをして駅にもどる
Appears to be like such as you forgot one thing! Return to the station to get it.
●地球屋
World Emporium
Sing “Concrete Highway”
●猫の事務所
Cat’s Workplace
When you land right here, soar forward to the Cat Fortress playground tools house.
●夢のトンネル
You fell right into a life quandary within the Tunnel of Goals. Return 5 areas.
●青サギ
You met the Grey Heron. Go ahead 2 areas.
●ジブリの大倉庫
Ghibli’s Grand Warehouse
Everybody has to cease right here. In your subsequent flip, should you roll a 1, 3, or 5, observe the purple arrow. When you roll a 2, 4, or 6, observe the inexperienced arrow.
☆Purple Arrow Path
●ネコバスルーム
You’re enjoying within the Catbus room. Skip your subsequent flip.
●プラモデル
You stopped to purchase a plastic mannequin. Skip your subsequent flip.
●カフェ大陸横断飛行
Transcontinental Flight Cafe
You bought hungry and stopped to eat a sandwich. Skip your subsequent flip.
●写真をとりに
You went again to take an image. Return 3 areas.
☆Inexperienced Arrow Path
●２マスすすむ
Go ahead 2 areas
●４マスもどる
Return 4 areas
● ここに止まったら猫の城の遊具へ
When you land right here, head in the direction of the Cat Fortress playground tools (observe the purple arrow)
●猫の城遊具
Cat Fortress playground tools
●タタラ場
Tataraba
Everybody has to cease right here. In your subsequent flip, should you roll a 5, observe the Catbus (brown) arrow. When you roll a 5, you cease to eat goheimochi. Skip your subsequent flip. When you roll a 2, 3, 4, or 6 observe the black arrow.
☆Catbus Arrow Path (to be continued later)
●「私たち風になっている」
You journey the APM Catbus! Shout “We’re driving the wind!” and soar forward to the Dondoko Forest Entrance house.
☆Black Arrow Path
●魔女の家
Witch’s Home
You forged a spell, and all different gamers have to maneuver again 3 areas.
●噴水で遊ぶ
You cease to play within the fountain. Skip your subsequent flip.
●「人生」の言いながら３回まわる
You journey the merry-go-round. Spin round in a circle 3 times whereas saying “Life.”
●ハウルの城
Howl’s Fortress
Everybody has to cease right here. In your subsequent flip, should you roll a 6, soar forward to Satsuki and Mei’s home.
●グーチョキパン屋
Gütiokipänjä Bakery
Play rock-paper-scissors with the participant in your proper. When you win, take one other flip straight away.
●オキノ邸
Okino Residence
Depart house to coach as a witch. Return 3 areas.
●２マスすすむ
Go ahead 2 areas
●バスを乗りまちがえる
You took the fallacious bus. Return to Tataraba.
●サツキとメイの家
Satsuki and Mei’s Home
Shout “Come on out, Makkurokurosuke!”
☆Catbus Path (continued)
●どんどこ森入口
Dondoko Forest Entrance
You are taking just a little break. Skip your subsequent flip.
●どんぐりを拾いに
You get caught up gathering acorns. Skip your subsequent flip.
●山道
You get drained out strolling up the hills. Return 4 areas.
●ゴール どんどこ堂
End! Dondokodo pavilion
You’ve reached the end, so do the dondoko dance!
What’s the dondoko dance it’s a must to do with a purpose to declare victory? It’s the “pulling up crops” movement from the moonlight backyard scene in My Neighbor Totoro.
▼ When you don’t acknowledge it, you’re in all probability not within the sport’s target market.
Along with Ghibli Park sights, the board is stuffed with callbacks to Ghibli anime, with drawings of issues like Seiji’s violin from Whisper of the Coronary heart, Arrietty’s hairclip, and the tataragami from the opening of Princess Mononoke adorning areas with no particular directions. There are additionally subtler references too, like having to say “life” on the merry-go-round house, for the reason that most well-known piece from the Howl’s Shifting Fortress soundtrack is titled “Merry-Go-Spherical of Life.”
So it seems that not solely is Ghibli Park’s poster a board sport too, it’s additionally an Easter egg hunt for Ghibli followers.
Associated: Ghibli Park official web site
Supply: Ghibli Park
High picture: Ghibli Park
Insert pictures: Ghibli Park, Studio Ghibli
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