In Photos: Ghibli Park opens in central Japan to fans' delight

Visitors enter the Ghibli's Grand Warehouse area of the newly opened Ghibli Park in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on Nov. 1, 2022. (Mainichi/Koji Hyodo)

An aerial view of the newly opened Ghibli Park and the surrounding Expo 2005 Aichi Commemorative Park is seen in this photo taken from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on Nov. 1, 2022. (Mainichi/Takao Kitamura)

The foreground of this aerial photo shows the Elevator Tower, part of the Hill of Youth area within the newly opened Ghibli Park in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on Nov. 1, 2022. (Mainichi/Koji Hyodo)

Visitors walk outside the World Emporium from the Ghibli film "Whisper of the Heart" in the newly opened Ghibli Park in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on Nov. 1, 2022. (Mainichi/Koji Hyodo)

Fans photograph a recreated scene from the 1986 film "Castle in the Sky" at the newly opened Ghibli Park in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on Nov. 1, 2022. (Pool photo)

Visitors walk up the central staircase at the newly opened Ghibli Park in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on Nov. 1, 2022. (Pool photo)

Fans dressed as their favorite Studio Ghibli characters line up to enter Ghibli's Grand Warehouse at the newly opened Ghibli Park in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on Nov. 1, 2022. (Mainichi/Koji Hyodo)

Visitors walk toward Ghibli's Grand Warehouse from the Elevator Tower inside the newly opened Ghibli Park in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on Nov. 1, 2022. (Mainichi/Koji Hyodo)

Children enjoy the Cat Bus playroom atop a life-size version of the "My Neighbor Totoro" character in the newly opened Ghibli Park in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on Nov. 1, 2022. (Pool photo)

Ghibli director Goro Miyazaki and Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura attend the opening of Ghibli Park in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on Nov. 1, 2022. (Mainichi/Koji Hyodo)