Ghibli Park in Japan’s Aichi prefecture will now prohibit visitors from taking inappropriate photos with statues of characters from popular animated films, following incidents of men pretending to sexually assault young female characters that were shared on Twitter in February.
The acclaimed animation studio, Studio Ghibli, is known for producing Japanese titles such as My Neighbour Totoro and Spirited Away. Aichi Governor Hideaki Omura stated in a press conference that he plans to request Ghibli Park’s operating company to take immediate action to prevent any improper behavior by visitors.
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“Frankly speaking, posting photos like that on social media is very inappropriate. From adults to children, people go to Ghibli Park to enter the Ghibli world and enjoy themselves,” Hideaki Ōmura, governor of Aichi Prefecture, told a press conference Thursday.
“Clearly this action disturbed many people,” he said, adding that his team has told park management that “they need to firmly stop such actions once spotted and confirmed.”
He also said, “For those who come to the park to do this kind of thing, I would much prefer them not to come at all,”
The park, which opened in November 2022, was built by the Aichi prefectural government and privately operated by a Tokyo-based company jointly owned by the newspaper Chunichi Shimbun and Studio Ghibli.
Source: straitstimes, cnn
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