Ghibli Park, the world’s only Studio Ghibli theme park, is now selling ‘grilled frogs’ in its new Valley of Witches area.
Valley of Witches, the park’s fifth and final area, opened in March. It is based on anime films such as Kiki’s Delivery Service and Howl’s Moving Castle.
Ghibli Park calls its new snacks “kaeruyaki” instead of taiyaki – a Japanese fish-shaped cake. Via SoraNews24, kaeru translates to frog, and yaki means grill.
Like taiyaki, the frogyaki is stuffed with anko (sweet red bean paste) and baked. Guests can purchase a frogyaki at a food cart located next to the Flying Oven restaurant in Valley of Witches.
As well as a life-size Howl’s Moving Castle, Valley of Witches features the witch’s house from Earwig and the Witch, and Ghibli Park’s first amusement park-style rides, like a merry-go-round and an aerial carousel-ride.
Additionally, Valley of Witches includes the bakery home of Kiki and her black cat Jiji from Kiki’s Delivery Service, a hot dog stand called the Hot Tin Roof, and a shop named 13 Witches.
New experiences at Ghibli Park
Valley of Witches was Ghibli Park’s last area to open to the public. It has now joined Ghibli’s Grand Warehouse, Hill of Youth, Dondoko Forest, and Mononoke Village.
After launching Valley of Witches, Ghibli Park introduced a fleet of eco-friendly electric vehicles inspired by the Catbus in My Neighbor Totoro.
The new vehicles are based on Toyota’s APM (Accessible People Mover) and were created to provide 10-minute trips between the Mononoke Village and Dondoko Forest areas via an inaccessible forest.
Images courtesy of Studio Ghibli
