Ordinarily, the Ghibli Museum is closed for a period each May so that it can perform annual maintenance.
In order to provide the atmosphere and experience it wants, the Ghibli Museum strictly caps attendance by linking tickets to entrance times and requiring advance reservations.
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Totoro misses you too, but at least he’s letting us know when we can start buying tickets again.