We visited Studio Ghibli’s long-awaited theme park. It’s a sensory delight.

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Updated October 14, 2022 at 2:01 p.m. EDT|Published October 13, 2022 at 12:52 p.m. EDT
The No-Face character from Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away, one of the exhibits at the new Ghibli Park in Japan. (Shiho Fukada for The Washington Post)
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NAGAKUTE, Japan — Finally, it’s here: the extraordinarily visual theme park from the legendary Japanese animation house of Studio Ghibli.

The studio announced plans for the attraction five years ago, and legions of Ghibli fans around the world have been eagerly awaiting its opening. That will happen Nov. 1, just as Japan is again welcoming international tourists.