Few landscape architectural building complexes in Japan have been as anticipated as iconic animator Hayao Miyazaki’s gigantic Ghibli Park, outside Nagoya. Read Erik Augustin Palm’s experience of the tranquil “amusement park”, which stands in stark contrast to Disney World’s aloofness and instead delivers a combination of environmental awareness, tastefully balanced exhibitions and an undertone of meditation and mindfulness. “It is poetic, uplifting and an example for amusement parks in a world where many of them have become monstrosities with enormous consumption and large carbon footprints,” writes Erik Augustin Palms.
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