Studio Ghibli and the Chunichi Shimbun newspaper jointly established the Ghibli Park, Inc. company that will be responsible for the management and operation of the park.
Studio Ghibli also maintains The Ghibli Museum, located in Mitaka in west Tokyo.
Aichi prefecture and Studio Ghibli are collaborating to open the park in a 200-hectare area in Nagakute, Aichi’s Expo Park, also known as Moricoro Park, the site of the 2005 World’s Fair.
Construction contractor Kajima Corporation is under a provisional contract to construct the first three areas of the planned Ghibli Park for 10,657,900,000 yen (about US$98,323,700), with construction beginning in July.