This love for the old ways has resulted in a number of very Japanese goods being released at the studio’s affiliated Donguri Kyowakoku retail chain, and now they’re giving us a traditional collection that combines classic design with My Neighbour Totoro.
Unlike a lot of other Ghibli releases, this range won’t be sold in physical Donguri Kyowakoku stores in Japan.
Studio Ghibli has a long-held soft spot for traditional processes, preferring hand-drawn anime to computer-generated images and championing local crafts and culture in Japan.
The red cloisonné pattern conceals a tiny Totoro, acorn and leaf, while the blue design contains small Soot Sprites.