10 THINGS you NEED to know BEFORE buying tickets to the STUDIO GHIBLI Museum [2024] 

12 devices with separate internet connections and barely got tickets. The struggle was real

I just bought 4 tickets with my family, thanks to your advice! We used 8 devices and in one of them we luckly got the 880th spot! Others varied from 1300 ~ 17000. I had the impression that the 10am tickets went really fast, no matter if it was weekday or weekend. We chose a Sunday, 14pm. Thank you thank you thank yooou 😭 I believe we wouldn't make it without this video!

Oh my gosh thank you for the tips! I've been a little stressed out about buying tickets but you explained it step by step with helpful tips! I feel at ease knowing what to expect lol thanks!

Ok this is actually so concise and informative, thank you so much Currently studying in japan and am planning to try getting tickets for me and my family, literally fighting for my life😂 ready to have people with credit cards I can borrow to buy the tickets prepared

Thanks so much for the tips! Didn't know buying Ghibli Museum is like buying concert tickets!

Great advice -- especially about using multiple devices. I bought tickets for May, and started with two, signing on 30 and 29 minutes before the start of ticket sales. Ten minutes later, I also logged in with my phone. The first told me I was 17,000th in line, the second 9,000th. With the last device, I was under 1,000! So it looks like there's no benefit in getting there too early, but using a larger number of devices, as you say, increases the odds.

Thank you for sharing!

Thank you!

japan needs another ghibli museum or maybe even two+ more

Hey wanted to thank you for the tips. Having multiple screens, cards and picking a circle time were definitely the keys for my success. Feeling very lucky. I got to the checkout page with visa and conpleted the 2fa but the purchase was still declined for some reason. Having a mastercard backup saved the day. Not even 10 minutes later the day was fully sold out. By the time i finished, the triangle times i would have preferred were gone. Picking the circle time was 100% the right call. Thank you!

I can't handle the stress so I paid 5 times the price for a professional shopper in Japan to get tickets, was told April is specially tough to get, all sold out!😭

Was today in the 13.000+ despite being 15 minutes early and could snipe a triangle ticket. For 4PM though, but happy I got two… maybe it was a second device that let go of the tickets until they managed their booking on one device. Went in as a single device user…

I had to pick a triangle because there were no circles available apart of 16:00. I then choose 12:00 because I expected that 10:00 would be the most popular and likely to be sold out during data entry. Overall, it worked smoothly, but the queue position is key and totally random. I had only two devices with 2.9k and 9k. On the 2.9k I waited 30min.

these tips are really helpful, thank you! my friends and i all tried to secure tickets and successfully bought after going through a tough battle! unfortunately, due to the panic, we now have 2 extra tickets for March 22 morning (if anyone is interested it's available for grabs!) good luck to all trying for next months!

you just did god's work sir. thank you.

I underestimated the struggle completely. I'm currently in Japan for about 5 months now and I did try to get a ticket for April but I just messed up completely. I was to late and the queue place was at 24k !! Like wtf. I did not get any tickets. But I will try again next month with your tips in mind. :)

Thank you for the advice on not wasting time on picking the ones with the triangles. I was able to get my tickets yesterday within 20 minutes with no issues with the credit card ( I did have multiple cards on the ready). Based on what I did yesterday. The queueing system seems to punish you if you use multiple computers with the same IP address. Internet speed will play a huge role on your spot. I had a laptop using cellular data and got a place @380, but my other laptops using the home internet was anywhere from 3000 to 8000. The queue started about 25 minutes or so prior to 10am (Japan time)

Dude, I couldn't even buy Disney tickets online for Tokyo and finally gave up. Thanks for warning us about this one; I had no idea it was this hard to get those tickets.

I got my exact tickets thanks to your advice!

For 5 Times the price, you can also use a professor shopper. They will buy the tickets for you and guarantee you to have them. I went for that option since i have terrible bad luck and am very sensitive to stress lol

I watched your video last week and thought it wouldn’t be so bad…little did I know…I joined the line 2 minutes late and I was placed behind 17,000+ people😅 I had two devices actively trying to grab tickets when my turn came after 45 minutes, but no luck 😭 I’m so bummed I can’t go there next month!!

tried to get tickets from the uk in the early hours got on the website 15 mins before they went on sale when i got in the queue there were 22,000 people in the queue! insane!!! needless to say despite staying in the queue until it was my turn (1 hr 15 mins later) i did not get any tickets, i think people in other countries should be given priority to people who live in japan. does the queue actually start before the tickets go on sale 10am japan time, so should i have gone on the website hours before they went on sale ? also once i got to the choosing ticket stage it kept malfunctioning and saying error due to lots of traffic

How’s the process for retrieving the tickets?

Do I need to create a Lawson account before trying to buy? It asks for a Japan address which I don’t have. Thank you!

Bought a ticket for the wrong date by accident. Im devastated. What can I do? I meant to get a ticket fir Sunday 12th at 12 but bought for 5th at 12. 😢

Thank you for the video. Did you succeed finally? I managed to buy tickets for March 2024. I joined the queue 30 mins before start time but was 8000+ in the queue. I used my phone with separate mobile data as back up. When i finally get into the booking page. All were triangles and crosses. I tried all the triangles with no luck, refreshed multiples times and at one time it was ALL crosses. Few minutes later, some preciously fully booked slots became triangles again. I seized the chance. Finally able to buy 2 tickets. My advice: 1. Do not give up even with full page of crosses. 2. Practice makes perfect. I rehearsed and screen cap the process 3 months prior. Even went as far as the credit card 2FA step. 3. If possible, plan your itinerary so you stay in Tokyo a few days, preferably weekdays. This allows more flexibility to choose available slots.

Got up at 2:45am european time, tried with 3 devices exactly like this, on one i was

Thanks, any advice about booking Ghibli park?

Hi I bought the premium ticket but at 2PM. They said that this time only for Grand warehouse site, it means the other park we could enter before 2PM ? thx to clarify.

I totally flubbed the time zones and couldn't catch a ticket on the 10th thinking it was the 11th in my time zone. Is there any chance I could still get a ticket by someone who gives up or a situation like that?

which page leads us to the que? clicking on the lawson ticket button?

wow! I am not sure I'll be able to do it. Even the 10:00 in the morning is what time in europe? :-O But thank you for info.

I imagine it's worth all the extra effort.

Truly miserable experience. I was 2k something in queue on one PC, 3k something on another. 2k queue comes up and I get all the way to payment and it crashes. Spend the next hour refreshing. Then try the 3k queue pc. Same deal. Now everything is sold out.

I didn't book tickets in time and now the only entry times available are 2pm 😭are they even worth getting since the park closes at 5

i was there yesterday. It was nice actually but I didnt kniow it s quite difficult to acquire tickets.

im about to buy in 40 mins im scared

haha sounds like a nightmare. Ill just watch the films.

tickets just taken! thanks for your tips