Hello,
I just wanted to share my experience getting Ghibli park tickets at Lawson today Aug. 30 2023.
The machine does not have English, but you can easily google a guide online. It is fairly straight forward with a little bit of basic japanese or some google translate via your phone app. Booking last minute though, the earliest date available was Sept 6, a week later. I checked all the days available and the earliest times available was 1pm. I read it is recommended to spend at least 3 hours at the park and the park closes at 5pm, so 1pm is probably just enough time to spend there if you take it slow and want to spend some time getting food. There is still alot to explore outside of ghibli park as well, so I think 1pm is still a decent time.
Once you pick a date and time and the machine gives you a receipt. You need to bring it to the counter to pay for the ticket there. Do this within 30 minutes of your reservation or it will be invalid.
Hope this helps if anyone is trying to book tickets last minute, best to do it at least a week in advance of when you want to go or earlier if you can.
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Nice to know there are more options if failing to buy the tickets online in advance.
Thanks for this! We will be there in a few weeks and weren’t able to get tickets online, we’ll give this a try.
Also, the gift shop closes at 5PM, or maybe a few minutes after. They start block off sections and ushering people out around that time. If you’re used to the attraction gift shops staying open the closing time, you’re gonna be in for a surprise. So give yourself at least 30 minutes to browse the shop and pick out what you want. The gift shop at the premise isn’t cheaper, but I think they have some items that other Ghibli shops do not have. At least, I didn’t see the giant Catbus plushie in any other Ghibli shops outside the park.
Sorry for the slightly unrelated question, but did you by chance check to see if it has the option to get Ghibli museum tix as well? Last time I was there in May I went around an hour after they went up for sale and the machine had a menu button for it, but when I clicked through it brought up a message that said they were only purchasable online on the site now. That totally confused me because I didn’t think they’d stopped that option.
How to book online?
Nice to see this option. I tried to book for the month of September online. I was 2 hrs late and everyday and every time was booked already. :/
You sure you’re talking about Ghibli Park? Or maybe Museum?