{"id":34301,"date":"2016-03-12T10:41:21","date_gmt":"2016-03-12T09:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peregrinusmundi.com\/le-temps-un-weekend-a-nagoya\/"},"modified":"2020-07-12T18:20:16","modified_gmt":"2020-07-12T16:20:16","slug":"for-a-weekend-in-nagoya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peregrinusmundi.com\/en\/for-a-weekend-in-nagoya\/","title":{"rendered":"For a weekend in Nagoya"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Nagoya being an hour by train from Tajimi<\/strong><\/a>, I take advantage of a weekend to visit it. First step: Aichi Park in Nagakute commune in the eastern hills of Nagoya. The park was the site of the 2005 Specialized International Exhibition (International exhibitions are world\u2019s fair\u00a0held around the world since the 19th century. More info on Wikipedia<\/strong>). The theme of Aichi’s exhibit was “The Wisdom of Nature”. Many pavilions were built in the park, including a replica of the Kusakabe family’s residence, which we see in the film “My Neighbor Totoro<\/em>” by Hayao Miyazaki! As the film was set in the 1950s, the building was constructed using ancient construction techniques dating back to the beginnings of the Showa era (1926-1989). You know my love for Ghibli studio movies, I was not going to miss that! Especially since the house of Satsuki and Mei (the two little heroines) is beautiful in the film. For those who have not seen “My Neighbor Totoro<\/em>“, I invite you to view it as soon as possible!<\/p>

So I cross the park to access the place where the house is located. First disappointment, the visit is done in a group with a guide. Impossible to visit it alone. (I am not a fan of guided tours. I find that it kills the immersion. And a guided tour in Japanese is not of great interest to me). So here I am following the small troop of fifteen people. Arrival in front of the building, second disappointment: the environment is not at all the same! In the film, the house is built in a small meadow surrounded by a forest. The reconstruction is built on a white earth floor on the banks of a small lake. Nothing similar! Okay, yes I know I am picky. But the group, plus the guide with his megaphone, plus the different environment completely takes me out of the vision of the film in a second. I can see the scenery, but I can hardly feel the atmosphere of the film. Despite these few disappointments, the house is still very beautiful and if I put the environment aside, it looks like two drops of water to that of the film. The interior (photos prohibited, alas) is filled with small details that can be found in the film. And I\u00a0can touch anything! Opening cupboards and furniture, rummaging through supplies, leafing through Mei’s sketchbooks, turning on the water pump\u2026 Satsuki and Mei’s dad’s office is full of books, cards, notes, in precarious balance as in the film. This is the place where I find the atmosphere of the film the most. To see the interior of the house, I invite you to take a look at this article<\/strong>\u00a0and this one<\/strong>. The visit lasting only thirty minutes, it is a bit of a race. I leave a little disappointed but nevertheless happy to have been able to visit in reality one of the sets of the films of the studio Ghibli.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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