7-10+JIBURI

７−１０Saturday Visiting **GHIBLI,** ジブリ美術館

Since this is not my first visit to JIBURI, I knew I was going to be bored if we have to stay until 6:00 pm. However to my surprise, I enjoyed looking at all the displays more than I expected. Since this is the first time to visit here without the group of my high school students, I could take time to watch observe how the movie was made without worrying about my students.

ココロ大さんぽ　I started feeling sick by watching the movie. That story is too familiar to our hears. Two years ago, we bought a Las Aposo puppy for my daughter who was struggling with depression. Somehow the poppy got out from our home and lost for two nights. We looked everywhere all day long. The thoughts of the cute puppy got hit by a car or eaten by a coyote kept coming to me. My daughters were crying and going neighborhood. By the 2nd night, we gave up to find him. Then the veterinarian called us to inform that someone brought our puppy to him. What a relieve and joy to see my daughter’s puppy again!. So this movie was too real to me and did not enjoy it at all.

we were looking at the little figures in a glass case. When the light was on and the figures are spinning fast in the case. Then we saw that TOTORO was doing jumping rope with Mei and her sister while the rest of the creatures were moving as if they were real. Harada-san shouted “ Wow” along with the people who were watching it

Thousand draft for the movies. This was my favorite activity there. I enjoyed seeing the rough drawing with pencil and comments Mr. Miyazaki made. Some were water painted, some were just the painted with acrylic paint I realized that they have to have a hundreds and thousands of drawing to make a short movie.

ジブリreally is pronounced GIBURI. It is an Italian word meaning “ hot air in the dessert.” Mr. Miyazaki choose it because he liked the sound of the word!

Being in the sun and crowds made us tired. Harada-san, Andrew-san, Yamamoto-san and I left JIBURI.