Updated October 2026
Ghibli Park Tickets (2026):
Prices, When They Go On Sale and How to Buy From Overseas
There are no gate sales. Everything depends on being ready at 2 p.m. Japan time on the 10th of the month, two months before your date.
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Standard pass (adult)
¥3,300 / ¥3,800
Premium pass (adult)
¥7,300 / ¥7,800
On sale
2 months ahead, 10th, 14:00 JST
Gate sales
None at all
In short: buy online from LAWSON TICKET or Klook — the two sellers the park itself names — two months before your date, at 2 p.m. Japan time on the 10th. Weekday prices are the lower figure, weekends and public holidays the higher. Premium is the only pass that opens the building interiors, Hill of Youth and Dondoko Forest.
What Do Ghibli Park Tickets Cost and How Do You Get Them?
Ghibli Park tickets are date-specified O-Sanpo Day Passes with no gate sales at all, and they come in two tiers: the Standard pass at ¥3,300 for an adult on a weekday and ¥3,800 at a weekend or on a public holiday, and the Premium pass at ¥7,300 and ¥7,800. Children aged 4 to 12 pay half — ¥1,650/¥1,900 and ¥3,650/¥3,900 — and under-4s are free. They go on sale two months in advance, on the 10th of the month, at 2 p.m. Japan time, and the park names exactly two sellers for overseas buyers: LAWSON TICKET and Klook. The park is in Nagakute, east of Nagoya; Meitetsu's direct bus from Nagoya Station takes 40 minutes for ¥1,200. Every figure here is the park's or the operator's own, read on 26 October 2026.
The rest of this page is the detail that decides whether you get the date you want: what each pass actually opens, the entry-time rule on Ghibli's Grand Warehouse, the Tuesday closure that also stops the direct bus, and the two routes in from Nagoya Station.
Ghibli Park Ticket Prices
| Pass | What it opens | Adult | Child |
|---|---|---|---|
| O-Sanpo Day Pass Standard | Ghibli's Grand Warehouse, Mononoke Village and Valley of Witches | ¥3,300 weekday / ¥3,800 weekend & holiday | ¥1,650 / ¥1,900 (ages 4–12) |
| O-Sanpo Day Pass Premium | All five areas, plus the interiors of World Emporium, Satsuki and Mei's House, Okino Residence, Howl's Castle and The House of Witches | ¥7,300 weekday / ¥7,800 weekend & holiday | ¥3,650 / ¥3,900 (ages 4–12) |
Ghibli Park's own English ticket page, read on 26 October 2026. The lower figure in each pair is the weekday price and the higher one the weekend and public-holiday price. Children aged 0 to 3 are free on both passes. The park states that no refunds and no changes to dates, times, ticket types or quantities are accepted, and that reselling is prohibited. These sit alongside every other attraction we have checked in our Japan attraction ticket prices table.
Which Areas Does Each Pass Cover?
This is the decision the price difference is really about. Ghibli Park is five separate areas spread across the former Expo 2005 site, and the Standard pass covers three of them without the building interiors.
| Area | On which pass | What to know |
|---|---|---|
| Ghibli's Grand Warehouse | Standard and Premium | The indoor centrepiece, and the only area with a designated entry time on your ticket. Premium adds the World Emporium interior |
| Valley of Witches | Standard and Premium | Standard gets you into the area; Howl's Castle, Okino Residence and The House of Witches are Premium, or limited same-day tickets sold inside the area |
| Mononoke Village | Standard and Premium | The outdoor village, included on both passes |
| Hill of Youth | Premium only | Not on the Standard pass at all |
| Dondoko Forest | Premium only | Satsuki and Mei's House is here, and its interior is a Premium inclusion |
From the park's own ticket page, read on 26 October 2026. Ghibli's Grand Warehouse is the only area with a designated entry time: the park lists 9 a.m., 10, 11, 12, 1 p.m. and 2 p.m., with the 9 a.m. slot only on days the park opens at 9, and you must be inside no later than one hour after your reservation time.
How Do I Buy Ghibli Park Tickets From Overseas?
Online, from LAWSON TICKET or Klook — the two sellers the park itself names. There is no third route and nothing to buy at the gate, so the whole exercise is about being ready at the right minute with the right decisions already made.
Work out which month your date is in — tickets appear two months ahead
The park's own ticket page states that tickets go on sale two months in advance, on the 10th, at 2 p.m. Japan time. So a date in, say, March opens on 10 January at 14:00 JST. There is no rolling daily release to wait for: it is one date, once a month.
Pick Standard or Premium before the clock, not after
Premium is roughly double the Standard price and is the only way into Hill of Youth, Dondoko Forest and the five named building interiors. Decide first — at 2 p.m. on the 10th you want to be choosing a time slot, not a pass type.
Buy from one of the two sellers the park names
For overseas buyers, the park's English ticket page names LAWSON TICKET and Klook. Both sell online and both are accessible from outside Japan; tickets are not sold at the park gates at all.
Choose the Grand Warehouse entry time
Ghibli's Grand Warehouse is the one area with a designated entry time. The park lists 9 a.m., 10, 11, 12, 1 p.m. and 2 p.m., with the 9 a.m. slot available only on days the park opens at 9. You must be inside the Grand Warehouse no later than one hour after your reservation time.
Travel with the passport that matches the booking
The park states you may be selected at random to show identification on entry, that the person named on the tickets must be present and able to provide ID, and that buying tickets on behalf of other visitors is prohibited. It asks you to bring your passport. No refunds, and no changes to dates, times, pass types or quantities.
Do Ghibli Park Tickets Sell Out?
Treat the 2 p.m. release as the moment to book, not a window that stays open. The park sells a fixed number of date- and slot-specified passes and nothing at the gate, which is the structural reason popular dates go.
Two published facts show how tight it is. The same-day tickets that let a Standard pass holder into Okino Residence, Howl's Castle and The House of Witches are sold inside Valley of Witches on the day, and the park states the number is limited and sales end once the day's tickets are sold out. And GetYourGuide, which resells the Premium pass, states on its own Ghibli Park listing that tickets are limited and cannot be guaranteed at the moment of booking. Both read on 26 October 2026. If your date has gone on one seller, the useful move is to check the other and the guided versions of the day rather than to wait for a release that does not come.
How Do I Get to Ghibli Park From Nagoya or Tokyo?
The park sits in Nagakute, east of Nagoya, on the former Expo 2005 site. Two routes from Nagoya Station, and one of them stops running on the days the park is closed.
| Route | What the operator publishes | The catch |
|---|---|---|
| Meitetsu direct bus from Nagoya Station | Meitetsu Bus Center (Nagoya Station) to Ai-Chikyuhaku Kinen Koen, non-stop. The operator's own figure is 40 minutes, ¥1,200 for an adult and ¥600 for a child | Runs only on days Ghibli Park is open, and the direct buses are suspended on closure days. Nine services on weekdays (seven non-stop) from 08:20; ten at weekends and on holidays, all non-stop, from 07:55 |
| Subway + Linimo | Nagoya Station to Fujigaoka, the eastern terminus of the Higashiyama subway line, then the Linimo (Aichi Rapid Transit Tobu Kyuryo Line) to Ai-Chikyuhaku Kinen Koen. Linimo's own fare for that leg is ¥400 for an adult and ¥200 for a child | The park is immediately outside the station at Exit 2. Neither Linimo's Japanese nor its English station pages publish a journey time for the leg, so we do not state one |
| From Tokyo or Osaka | The Tokaido Shinkansen to Nagoya, then either of the two routes above — the Meitetsu Bus Center is in the Nagoya Station complex and the Higashiyama subway line runs beneath it | Worth checking the park's calendar before the train: a Tuesday arrival is a closed day, and the direct bus does not run on closed days either |
The bus figures are Meitetsu Bus's own and the shuttle counts the park's, both read on 26 October 2026; the Linimo fare is Aichi Rapid Transit's published fare table, read the same day. Our shinkansen guide covers the Tokaido run into Nagoya and whether a rail pass is worth it for it.
What Time Does Ghibli Park Open, and When Is It Closed?
10:00 to 17:00 on weekdays, 9:00 to 17:00 at weekends and on public holidays, and closed every Tuesday — the following weekday when a Tuesday falls on a public holiday — plus the New Year period and designated maintenance days. The park's own calendar, read on 26 October 2026, and it notes that dates and hours can change.
Two consequences worth planning around. The 9 a.m. Ghibli's Grand Warehouse entry slot only exists on days the park opens at 9, which in practice means weekends and holidays — the quietest start is therefore on the busiest sort of day. And Meitetsu's direct bus from Nagoya Station runs only on park opening days, so a Tuesday is not a quieter visit with a longer journey; it is no visit at all.
What Else Does a Ghibli Park Day Need Booked?
The ticket is only one of the bookings this day takes, and the other two are decided by your entry time: a 9 a.m. Grand Warehouse slot is a different morning from a 2 p.m. one, and the direct bus does not run on the days the park is shut.
- ▸Ghibli Park & Aichi Museum of Flight bus tour from Nagoya — The version of the day with no Linimo connection in it: a coach out of Nagoya that pairs the park with the Aichi Museum of Flight, which matters because the direct Meitetsu bus runs only on days the park is open. Check the Nagoya bus day →
- ▸Hotels near Ghibli Park — Ghibli's Grand Warehouse entry times start at 9 a.m. on 9 a.m. opening days, and you have to be inside within an hour of your slot — the Nagakute and Seto hotels out by the Linimo are the version of that morning that does not start in the city. Check Ghibli Park hotels on Klook →
- ▸Hotels around Nagoya Station — The alternative base, and the better one if the park is one day of a longer trip: both park runs and the Tokaido Shinkansen leave from Nagoya Station itself. Check Nagoya hotels on Klook →
- ▸Shoryudo Highway Bus Pass (3 or 5 day) — If Ghibli Park is the reason you are in Chubu at all, this is the regional pass that also reaches Takayama, Shirakawa-go and Kanazawa from the same station — bought once rather than leg by leg. Check the Shoryudo pass →
- ▸Klook Japan eSIM — The park's own ticket rules put your name on the pass and allow a random ID check at entry, and both sellers deliver the ticket to a screen — this is not a day to land without working data. See eSIM options on Klook →
These go to Klook, which pays us a commission at no extra cost to you. Prices and availability are Klook's — we do not quote them here because its product pages block automated checks.
Common Questions
1. How do I buy Ghibli Park tickets from overseas?
2. When do Ghibli Park tickets go on sale?
3. Do Ghibli Park tickets sell out?
4. How do I get to Ghibli Park from Nagoya or Tokyo?
5. How much are Ghibli Park tickets?
6. Is the Premium pass worth it over the Standard pass?
7. What time does Ghibli Park open and when is it closed?
8. How long do you need at Ghibli Park?
9. Can I visit Ghibli Park and LEGOLAND Japan on the same trip?
Be ready at 2 p.m. on the 10th
Two months ahead, one release, no gate sales. Decide Standard or Premium first, know which Grand Warehouse slot you want, and have the seller open before the hour.