In March, Ghibli Park, the Nagoya-area theme park dedicated to the anime films of Studio Ghibli, opened its final area, called Valley of Witches and with attractions inspired by Kiki’s Delivery Service, Howl’s Moving Castle, and Earwig and the Witch.
Ghibli Park hasn’t said why they decided to make frog-shaped taiyaki, but selling them in the Valley of Witches feels like a nod to fairytales and folklore about frogs being used as ingredients in witches’ brews and other magical ingestibles.
These unique-looking morsels are being cooked up at a cart located next to the Flying Oven restaurant in the Valley of Witches section of the park.
They’re certainly photogenic little critters, as shown in the announcement tweet from Ghibli Park’s official account.