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<\/figure>\n Have you ever ever been to the Ghibli Museum? It\u2019s a magical place! However, on account of covid-19, it\u2019s a spot in want of additional money.<\/p>\n Final Friday, the town of Mitaka in Tokyo launched a crowdfunding drive<\/span> in Japan, requesting 5,000 yen ($45) donations, which will be tax writeoffs. The crowdfunding web site, nonetheless, is just for residents of Japan.<\/p>\n Within the first 24 hours, ANN<\/em><\/span> experiences, the ten million yen (roughly $90,000) aim was simply met. As of writing, the crowdfunding web page has 22,156,735 yen, which is over $200,000 and 221.5 p.c over the unique aim. There are nonetheless 197 days left within the crowdfunding marketing campaign. <\/p>\n Town of Mikata gave the museum a grant this spring; nonetheless, it’s not sufficient to cowl all the mandatory upkeep and repairs. Thus, the crowdfunding mission was launched to assist the museum keep afloat. <\/p>\n The museum closed quickly final 12 months from February 25 to July because of the first state of emergency declared in Japan on account of covid-19. It then closed once more quickly once more this 12 months from April 25 to early June. This has meant misplaced income.<\/p>\n Opened in 2001, the Ghibli Museum options a lot of massive shows and reveals (I imply, there\u2019s an enormous Catbus, for goodness sake!). Repairs actually looks like a big and fixed price, and with out income, the museum may simply fall into disrepair. Tickets are pre-sold and solely a restricted variety of guests are allowed as to not wreck the expertise. You recognize what would actually wreck issues? The museum working out of cash. <\/p>\n G\/O Media might get a fee<\/p>\n It\u2019s nice to see the Ghibli Museum get an outpouring of assist. It appears like an enormous stash of money will probably be raised. (Little doubt it\u2019s far more than the studio may have ever anticipated.) Hopefully, that cash will probably be poured into new, thrilling reveals that individuals can get pleasure from as soon as issues return to regular\u2014or considerably so. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"$50](\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_80,pg_1,q_80,w_80\/379d0a0f5795575052b20c1c825dbe46.png)