Tuesday, January 25, 2005

 

ANOTHER REASON TO GO BACK TO JAPAN?

A lifesize replica of the house in My Neighbor Totoro is being built in Japan! It is part of EXPO 2005, an environmental themed event being held in Aichi, Japan.
Visitors will be able to freely explore the house, looking inside closets and chests and touching things, just like the heroines Satsuki and Mei did when they first arrived at the house. In addition, programs will be offered in which visitors can get a taste of life in the mid-1950s to the mid-60s (the Showa 30s)--what might be considered the "slow life" of the good old days, when people lived closer to nature that they do today.[Emph. added]
Slow life, of course, is the movement in Japan that Cindy told me about a while back. Imomus livejournaled on it too.

Hat tip to Brenda for emailing me the link to Expo 2005.
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