Are any animation studios open to the public for tours?


There are lots of anime fans all over the world, and [Japan does promote the
industry to boost tourism.](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/188/are-
anime-and-manga-subsidized-or-actively-used-by-japanese-government-to-
promot/259#259)

However, I am unaware of any animation studios that allow visitors. I'm sure a
lot of visitors would like to peek inside and see what it is like - perhaps
not the working areas, but the general surrounds & going-ons.

I have noticed [one tour group doing such a
trip](http://www.japanjourneys.co.uk/site/item/japan-manga-
tour-10-17-march-2016/) \- but for the traveller who goes without a guide
group - are there any options?




I was there with my college Japanese class a few years ago and we got a tour
of a Production IG studio. Everyone was super nice and it wasn't touristy. We
also got some random swag (manga, phone cases, pins, glasses cloths, phone
charms, etc.).

Our professor did all of the planning, so I'm not really sure how you go about
getting that set up unfortunately. Still something to look into though.

Side note, I think it might have also been around a bunch of sake breweries
that had some cool tours (and samples).




# Studio Ghibli museum

The [Studio Ghibli museum](http://www.ghibli-museum.jp/en/) in Tokyo is open
to public tour, for _me_ and _probably_ for other regions too, you have to
book _**three months**_ in advance to purchase tickets.

![](https://sqeries.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/dsc03163-800x531.jpg)

