OWL Magazine Korea

When you ascend to the 6th floor of PARCO Department Store in Osaka’s Shinsaibashi shopping street, you’ll discover various character shops. One prominently catching the eye is the Ghibli merchandise store, selling products related to the character “Totoro,” now considered a representative character of Japan. Known in Japanese as “Donguri Kyowakoku,” which can be roughly translated to “Acorn Republic” in ...

Acorn Forest is the official commemorative shop of Studio Ghibli, well-known for animations such as “My Neighbor Totoro” and “Spirited Away.” Since Studio Ghibli is located in Japan, these Ghibli souvenir shops are easily found all over Japan, but they are relatively hard to come by in South Korea. You can find a few in Seoul, but there aren’t many. ...

Acorn Forest is the official souvenir shop of “Studio Ghibli,” well-known for animations like “My Neighbor Totoro” and “Spirited Away.” Since Studio Ghibli is based in Japan, it’s relatively challenging to find these Ghibli souvenir shops in South Korea, even though they can be easily found throughout Japan. While there are a few locations in Seoul, they are not particularly ...