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Ghibli stores in Tokyo: the five Donguri Republic shops and the two GBL stores compared, with floors, opening hours, tax-free, the nearest stations and the museum shop
Shops given over to Studio Ghibli in Tokyo come in three kinds. Donguri Republic is the character goods chain, with five shops in the city. GBL is a clothing brand for grown-up fans, with two stores. And MAMMA AIUTO! is the shop inside the Ghibli Museum, which only ticket holders reach. The five Donguri Republic shops are not interchangeable. One sits under Tokyo Station, one beneath Tokyo Skytree, one in Ikebukuro, one in Odaiba and one out in Tachikawa. Four of them carry the tax-free mark, closing times run from 20:00 to 21:00, and the Tokyo Station shop announced an entry limit when it reopened in August 2025. This guide puts all seven side by side, then takes each in turn with its floor, its hours and its station, and covers holds, the online shop, the tax-free refund in force from 1 November 2026, and the places people expect a Ghibli store but will not find one. Every fact comes from official pages, chiefly the chain's own website, GBL's store list, the pages of the buildings the shops are in and GO TOKYO, Tokyo's own tourism site, all read on Sunday 1 November 2026. Every one is linked, page by page, under Sources.
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In short
The chain's own shop list has five Donguri Republic (ジブリがいっぱい どんぐり共和国) shops in Tokyo. Tokyo Station's is in Tokyo Character Street, a level below the station in First Avenue, by the Yaesu Underground Central Gate. Tokyo Skytree's is on 2F of Tokyo Skytree Town Solamachi. Ikebukuro's is on B1 of Alpa in Sunshine City, Odaiba's on 5F of DiverCity Tokyo Plaza, and the fifth on 3F of LaLaport Tachikawa Tachihi in western Tokyo. GBL, Studio Ghibli's clothing brand for adults, has stores on 3F of MIYASHITA PARK South in Shibuya and on B1 at Tokyo Station. All of them open at 10:00 or 11:00. Ikebukuro closes at 20:00, Tokyo Station at 20:30 and Solamachi at 21:00. Every Tokyo shop except Tachikawa carries the tax-free mark. Neither list has a shop in a Tokyo PARCO, in Akihabara, in Shinjuku, at Tokyo Tower or at the airports.
The Ghibli stores of Tokyo at a glance
What is Donguri Republic?
Its full name is Ghibli ga Ippai Donguri Kyowakoku (ジブリがいっぱい どんぐり共和国). Ghibli ga ippai means Ghibli galore, donguri is an acorn and kyowakoku a republic, which is why English speakers call the chain Donguri Republic. It is the shop chain for Studio Ghibli character goods. Its own introduction promises a place of calm and warmth where the smiles never stop (微笑みのたえない やすらぎとぬくもりのある場所), names My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service, Spirited Away and Ponyo as the start of a long list of films, and says its shops are restful spaces full of the warmth of wood.
Do not be thrown by the spelling on signs and maps in English. The English pages of DiverCity Tokyo Plaza and LaLaport Tachikawa Tachihi both write it as Dongri Republic, Sunshine City's English page spells out the Japanese as jiburigaippai dongurikyouwakoku, and other English guides keep the Japanese, Donguri Kyowakoku. All of them mean the same chain.
- 5Donguri Republic shops in Tokyo
- 2GBL stores in Tokyo
- 4of the five Donguri Republic shops with the tax-free mark
The chain's list runs to about 40 shops in all, from Sapporo to Okinawa. Osaka Prefecture has seven of them and Kyoto two. In Tokyo, the list marks three shops as run by the chain itself (Tokyo Station, Solamachi and Ikebukuro) and two as franchises (DiverCity and Tachikawa). It matters a little, because the list marks the chain's official app as usable only in the first three.
Three kinds of Ghibli shop in Tokyo
- Donguri Republic: the character goods chain, stocked from across the Studio Ghibli films. Five shops, no ticket needed.
- GBL: a clothing brand aimed at adult fans, with its own stores in Shibuya and at Tokyo Station.
- MAMMA AIUTO!: the shop inside the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, reached only with a museum ticket booked in advance.
All seven Ghibli shops in Tokyo compared
The five Donguri Republic rows come from the chain's shop list and the two GBL rows from GBL's store list. Where a shop's closing days are given as the building's, the shop shuts when the shopping centre does.
| Shop | Where | Hours | Closing days | Tax-free mark | Nearest station |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donguri Republic Tokyo Station | First Avenue Tokyo Station B1, in Tokyo Character Street | 10:00–20:30 | Not listed | Yes | Tokyo |
| Donguri Republic Solamachi | 2F, Tokyo Skytree Town Solamachi | 10:00–21:00 | As the building | Yes | Tokyo Skytree, Oshiage |
| Donguri Republic Ikebukuro | B1, Alpa, Sunshine City | 10:00–20:00 | As the building | Yes | Higashi-Ikebukuro, Ikebukuro |
| Donguri Republic DiverCity Tokyo Plaza | 5F, DiverCity Tokyo Plaza, Odaiba | 11:00–20:00 weekdays; 10:00–21:00 weekends and holidays | As the building | Yes | Daiba, Tokyo Teleport |
| Donguri Republic LaLaport Tachikawa Tachihi | 3F, LaLaport Tachikawa Tachihi | 10:00–21:00 by the chain's list | Not listed | No | Tachihi |
| GBL MIYASHITA PARK | 3F, MIYASHITA PARK South, Shibuya | 11:00–21:00 | Irregular, as the building | Yes | Shibuya |
| GBL Tokyo Station | First Avenue Tokyo Station B1 | 10:00–20:30 | As the building | Yes | Tokyo |
One row needs care. LaLaport Tachikawa Tachihi's own pages, in Japanese and English, give the Donguri Republic shop there shorter hours than the chain does: 10:00 to 20:00 from Sunday to Friday and on public holidays, and 10:00 to 21:00 only on Saturdays. If you are heading there in the evening, plan on the earlier time.
Which Ghibli store to choose
The five Donguri Republic shops carry goods from the same films, so the choice is mostly about where your day already takes you. GBL is a different thing altogether, clothing rather than character goods.
Pick a Ghibli shop by your plans
- Catching a Shinkansen: Tokyo Station. Donguri Republic and GBL are neighbours underground at First Avenue Tokyo Station, near the Yaesu Underground Central Gate.
- Visiting Tokyo Skytree: Solamachi, 2F of the mall beneath the tower, open until 21:00.
- Ikebukuro and Sunshine City: the shop on B1 of Alpa, in a complex GO TOKYO credits with about 220 shops.
- Odaiba: DiverCity Tokyo Plaza, where the shop is designed after the woods and the house of My Neighbor Totoro.
- Clothes you can wear every day: GBL, in Shibuya or at Tokyo Station.
- Shopping tax-free: any of them except Tachikawa.
- Staying in western Tokyo: LaLaport Tachikawa Tachihi, which has its own monorail station, Tachihi.
- A museum ticket already booked: MAMMA AIUTO!, for goods sold only at the museum.
Donguri Republic and GBL at Tokyo Station
Tokyo Station is the only place in the city with two Ghibli shops on one floor. Both are one floor down at First Avenue Tokyo Station (東京駅一番街), the arcade beneath the station's Yaesu side, and both appear on the shop list of its character goods zone, Tokyo Character Street. On GO TOKYO, First Avenue is summed up as "Tokyo Station's underground shopping strip dedicated to ramen and character goods", and First Avenue's own English guide divides it into Tokyo Character Street, Tokyo Ramen Street and Tokyo Okashi Land, the sweets area.
The listing sums the shop up as a full line-up of goods from the Studio Ghibli films, with My Neighbor Totoro first among them.
First Avenue's page introduces GBL as a brand for grown-ups (大人のためのブランド), made with great care over materials and design. There is more on GBL further down.
How to find them
From the trains to B1 of First Avenue
- Make for the Yaesu Underground Central Gate.GO TOKYO says First Avenue connects to the station there, puts it a minute's walk from that gate, and lists the JR Shinkansen and the Yamanote, Chuo and Sobu lines for the trip.
- Stay underground on B1and follow the signs for Tokyo Character Street.
- Look for both Ghibli shops along the street.Donguri Republic is inside it, and GBL appears on its shop list too.
Tokyo Character Street is a whole row of character shops. Its own page names Pokémon, Rilakkuma, Kamen Rider, Ultraman and Pretty Cure among them, and JUMP SHOP is there as well. Our guide to JUMP SHOP in Tokyo covers that store and the rest of the street.
Donguri Republic at Tokyo Skytree (Solamachi)
GO TOKYO counts "300-odd shops and restaurants at the foot of TOKYO SKYTREE", and Donguri Republic is one of them, on the second floor.
The shop's 2025 redesign
The Solamachi shop closed after Sunday 25 May 2025 to be rebuilt. While the work went on, a pop-up shop traded from 2 to 30 June 2025 on 3F of Solamachi's Tower Yard, and the new shop opened on Friday 11 July 2025. The chain's notice describes what it built.
The new shop, as the chain describes it
- Two areas: a wood full of trees, partly floored with a material that feels like soft earth underfoot, and a small Western-style room furnished with antique fittings.
- At the entrance: a large Catbus greets you. Opposite it, Chu Totoro and Chibi Totoro are running, and if you follow them you find a big Totoro asleep among the trees.
- At the far end: a natural, café-like path down the middle of the shop ends at a window that looks different by day and by night.
- The small room: flasks and test tubes line the shelves by its window, so it feels like a laboratory.
You may want one of those Totoros, but they are not for sale. The chain's FAQ says the big Totoro and the other display pieces are neither sold nor given away.
Donguri Republic in Ikebukuro (Sunshine City)
GO TOKYO heads its page on Sunshine City "Pokemon, Totoro, and other popular characters at Ikebukuro's Sunshine City", and the Totoro part means this shop. It is underground, on B1 of Alpa (アルパ).
Sunshine City's English page for the shop lists its tax-free goods with the note "In-store processing", and its Japanese page names My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki's Delivery Service among the films it stocks. If the rest of your day is anime shopping, our Akihabara-or-Ikebukuro guide shows what else is nearby, and Otome Road is a short walk away.
Getting to Sunshine City
There are two stations. Higashi-Ikebukuro, a Yurakucho Line station, is the closer, and GO TOKYO puts Sunshine City three minutes from its Exits 6 and 7. Inside that station, follow the passage signed for the Sunshine City underground passage towards those exits. Ikebukuro Station brings in more lines, among them JR's Yamanote and Saikyo lines and Tokyo Metro's Marunouchi and Fukutoshin lines.
Walking from Ikebukuro Station
- Come up at East Exit 35.Sunshine City's access page names it as the exit to use.
- Follow Sunshine 60 Streetaway from the station.
- Look right for the Sunshine Vision screen.Beside it, an escalator leads down into the underground passage to Sunshine City.
Sunshine City's access page gives these times to the two stations. They leave out changes and waiting.
| From | To | Time | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo | Ikebukuro | 16 minutes | Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line |
| Shinjuku | Ikebukuro | 5 minutes | JR Saikyo Line (JR Yamanote Line: 9 minutes) |
| Shibuya | Ikebukuro | 11 minutes | JR Saikyo Line, or the Fukutoshin Line express (Tokyo Metro) |
| Nagatacho | Higashi-Ikebukuro | 13 minutes | Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line |
| Otemachi | Higashi-Ikebukuro | 20 minutes | Change at Iidabashi for the Yurakucho Line |
| Haneda Airport | Ikebukuro | 41 minutes | Tokyo Monorail and JR Yamanote Line |
| Narita Airport | Ikebukuro | 48 minutes | Keisei Skyliner and JR Yamanote Line |
Donguri Republic at DiverCity Tokyo Plaza (Odaiba)
This is the shop to visit if you want the setting as much as the goods. DiverCity's English page for it, which spells the name Dongri Republic, says the shop's ceiling "has a gradient that evokes the sky as it turns from sunset to night". The same page says the left side of the shop is modelled on Tsukamori, Totoro's home wood, and the back right on the Kusakabe house, home to Satsuki and Mei.
DiverCity has two stations nearby. These are the times its train access page gives.
| From | Line | Get off at | Ride | Then walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shimbashi | Yurikamome | Daiba | 15 minutes | 5 minutes |
| Toyosu | Yurikamome | Daiba | 16 minutes | 5 minutes |
| Shin-Kiba | Rinkai Line | Tokyo Teleport, Exit B | 6 minutes | 3 minutes |
| Osaki | Rinkai Line | Tokyo Teleport, Exit B | 10 minutes | 3 minutes |
For the rest of the waterfront, see our page on Rainbow Bridge and the bay.
Donguri Republic at LaLaport Tachikawa Tachihi
The fifth shop is a long way from the others, in the city of Tachikawa in western Tokyo. It makes sense if you are staying or sightseeing out that way.
LaLaport's Japanese page for the shop adds that it also acts as a branch counter for the Donguri Bank (どんぐり銀行), which the page describes as helping to grow forests. That page is old, though. It calls When Marnie Was There the newest film, while the film list in the chain's online shop now runs to The Boy and the Heron and Earwig and the Witch.
To get there, take a JR train to Tachikawa, change to the Tama Monorail at Tachikawa-Kita, and ride two stops, about four minutes, to Tachihi. LaLaport's access page says the station connects straight to the building.
GBL, the Ghibli clothing brand, in Shibuya and at Tokyo Station
GBL is not a character shop. RAYARD MIYASHITA PARK's English page for the Shibuya store calls it "An adult apparel brand for Studio Ghibli fans", and the brand's own story opens with a question: "What was the first Studio Ghibli work you saw?" The idea, as the page tells it, is clothing that keeps the films you love close to you, with the same care over materials and design that the studio puts into its animation. Shibuya is the only place in Tokyo with a GBL store and no Donguri Republic.
The other GBL store is the one on B1 at Tokyo Station, described above. GBL's store list also names one stockist outside Tokyo: a GBL corner inside Donguri Republic Shinsaibashi, on 6F of Shinsaibashi PARCO in Osaka, which carries only part of the range.
GBL's own app
- What it does: works as a membership card, shows your points and has a store map.
- Where it counts: the GBL stores. The Shinsaibashi corner does not take GBL app points.
The Ghibli Museum shop, MAMMA AIUTO!
The third kind of Ghibli shop is the one you cannot walk into off the street. The Ghibli Museum in Mitaka has its own shop, and the museum's English welcome page explains that it is named after the band of air pirates in Porco Rosso. In Italian, the page adds, the name means "Mama, help me!" Alongside Studio Ghibli character goods, it sells "original Museum gift items" that the shops in town do not.
What the museum shop sells, by its Japanese page
- Food: cookies printed with the museum's crest (紋章クッキー) and candy in a cat-shaped jar.
- Goods: gifts based on pieces in the museum's exhibitions.
- Fashion: T-shirts in the museum's own designs, and accessories.
- Tableware: pieces chosen to brighten up mealtimes.
The catch is getting in. The museum admits visitors by advance reservation only, so only ticket holders reach the shop. At the till, the museum's accessibility page lists yen in cash, six card brands (Visa, Mastercard, JCB, UnionPay, American Express and Diners Club) and the iD, nanaco, WAON, Edy and Suica e-money cards. How to get a ticket is in our Ghibli Museum ticket guide.
Is there a Ghibli store in Shibuya, PARCO, Akihabara or Shinjuku?
These are the places people most often expect one. Here is what the chain's list and GBL's list say.
Ghibli shops by area
- Shibuya: yes, but it is GBL, the clothing brand, at MIYASHITA PARK. There is no Donguri Republic in Shibuya.
- PARCO: the Donguri Republic shops inside a PARCO are in Sapporo (7F of Sapporo PARCO), Osaka (6F of Shinsaibashi PARCO) and Okinawa (3F of the PARCO CITY mall in Urasoe). None is in Tokyo.
- Akihabara: none on either list.
- Shinjuku: none on either list. Ikebukuro is the nearest, and Sunshine City's access page times the JR Saikyo Line ride there from Shinjuku at five minutes.
- Ginza and Asakusa: none on either list.
- Tokyo Tower: none. The Ghibli shop at a Tokyo tower is the one at Tokyo Skytree.
- Haneda and Narita airports: none on either list, so buy before you head out.
Which is the biggest Ghibli store in Tokyo?
We found no floor areas on any official page for these shops, and no shop is billed as the flagship, so there is no ranking to give. What two of them do describe is their design: the Solamachi shop rebuilt in 2025 as a wood with a sleeping Totoro and a laboratory room, and the DiverCity shop with its sunset ceiling and the Kusakabe house. If you want the look of the place to be part of the trip, those are the two to choose.
Stock, holds, bags and prices
Donguri Republic's FAQ answers most of the questions travellers ask before they go.
What the chain's FAQ says
- Stock: it differs from shop to shop and changes from day to day. The FAQ suggests ringing the shop to ask.
- Holds and posting: the shops do not keep items aside, and they do not send goods out for single orders. The FAQ points you to the online shop instead.
- Restocks: sometimes announced on the chain's social media and on its news page.
- Bags: plastic carrier bags cost extra and come in three sizes, S, M and L. Your own bag is welcome.
- Gift wrap: there are wrapping items, sold separately.
- Point cards: each shop issues its own. Points do not carry over to other shops or to the online shop, and the scheme changed on 1 March 2024.
- Paying: the methods follow each building's rules, so ask the shop.
Prices are not on the shops' pages, but one notice gives a sense of them. On 4 August 2026 the chain announced that its finger puppet (ゆびにんぎょう) series would go up from ¥495 to ¥770, tax included, citing higher costs for materials and shipping.
Can you buy from the Ghibli online store abroad?
Not directly. The chain's online shop, そらのうえ店 (Sora no Ue), delivers only to addresses in Japan, and its guide says so in English as well: "We don't have services for shipping overseas." The same guide turns down orders placed for resale or to be forwarded (転売・転送), and says it may cancel any order it judges to be one. A forwarding address will not get round the rule.
- ¥8,800spend for free delivery in Japan
- ¥880delivery charge below that, per order
Some items carry their own delivery charge. If you want something you saw online, the practical answer is to buy it in one of the shops while you are in Japan.
Tax-free at the Ghibli shops, and the November 2026 change
Six of Tokyo's seven Ghibli shops carry the tax-free mark: Donguri Republic at Tokyo Station, Solamachi, Ikebukuro and DiverCity, and both GBL stores. Tachikawa is the exception. At Ikebukuro, Sunshine City's page says the tax-free paperwork is done in the shop, not at a central counter.
Since Sunday 1 November 2026, the tax-free price is no longer what you pay at the counter. The Ghibli shops, like every tax-free shop in Japan, now charge the tax-inclusive price, and you recover the tax after customs has seen your purchases on your way out of the country. This is the short version of the Japan Tourism Agency's guide.
The refund in brief
- Minimum: ¥5,000 before tax, spent at one shop within one day, and only what you yourself will carry out of the country.
- Deadline: 90 days from the purchase date to get the customs check done.
- Where: a tax-free terminal in the departure lobby. Scan your passport there before you drop off any luggage, with all the goods on you.
- Screen result: green ends the check; red sends you to customs for an inspection.
- By phone: seven busy airports, Tokyo's Narita and Haneda among them, also accept the check through Visit Japan Web, on a special departure-lobby wi-fi that works up to security.
- Payout: by the shop, or by the refund firm acting for it.
Customs works receipt by receipt. If a single item listed on a receipt has gone missing, every item on it loses its refund, so put anything you will open or eat in Japan through on its own receipt. Goods already consumed skip the terminal entirely; say so to customs staff at their desk.
To estimate your refund, try our refund estimator. The full rules are set out in our guide to shopping tax-free, and this page on Visit Japan Web covers the app.
Ghibli shops a short trip from Tokyo
If you are heading out of the city, the chain's list has seven more shops in the neighbouring prefectures.
| Shop | Prefecture | Where | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAZONA Kawasaki Plaza | Kanagawa | 3F | 10:00–21:00 |
| Landmark Plaza, Yokohama | Kanagawa | 4F | 11:00–20:00 |
| LaLaport Yokohama | Kanagawa | 2F | 10:00–21:00 |
| Kamakura | Kanagawa | Komachi, Kamakura | 10:00–19:00, open all year |
| LaLaport Fujimi | Saitama | 1F | 10:00–21:00 |
| Kawagoe | Saitama | Saiwaicho, Kawagoe | 10:00–18:00, closed on irregular days |
| AEON MALL Makuhari Shintoshin | Chiba | 3F, Grand Mall | 10:00–21:00 |
Further away, Osaka Prefecture has seven shops and Kyoto two, named Kiyomizu and Ninenzaka. For the Ghibli theme park in Aichi, see our Ghibli Park ticket guide.
Getting to each Ghibli shop
| Shop | Station | From the station |
|---|---|---|
| Donguri Republic and GBL, Tokyo Station | Tokyo, Yaesu Underground Central Gate | About a minute to First Avenue, by GO TOKYO |
| Donguri Republic Solamachi | Tokyo Skytree (Tobu) or Oshiage (Tobu, Hanzomon, Toei Asakusa, Keisei) | A minute on foot from either, by GO TOKYO |
| Donguri Republic Ikebukuro | Higashi-Ikebukuro (Yurakucho Line) or Ikebukuro | 3 minutes from Exits 6 and 7 of Higashi-Ikebukuro |
| Donguri Republic DiverCity | Daiba (Yurikamome) or Tokyo Teleport (Rinkai Line) | 5 minutes from Daiba, 3 from Tokyo Teleport's Exit B |
| Donguri Republic Tachikawa | Tachihi (Tama Monorail) | Linked straight to the building |
| GBL MIYASHITA PARK | Shibuya, or Meiji-jingumae (Harajuku) | About 3 minutes from Shibuya, 8 from Exit 7 of Meiji-jingumae |
If you are shopping with your suitcase in tow, our luggage guide has the options for your bags. To pay fares by tapping a card instead of buying tickets, read our Suica page first.
Frequently asked questions
How many Ghibli stores are there in Tokyo?
Seven. The chain's list has five Donguri Republic shops (Tokyo Station, Solamachi, Ikebukuro, DiverCity Tokyo Plaza and LaLaport Tachikawa Tachihi), and GBL, the clothing brand, has two stores (MIYASHITA PARK in Shibuya and Tokyo Station). The Ghibli Museum's own shop is an eighth, but only for museum visitors.
Where is the Ghibli store at Tokyo Station?
One floor below ground, in Tokyo Character Street within First Avenue Tokyo Station, on the Yaesu side. Use the Yaesu Underground Central Gate. GBL is on the same floor.
What floor is the Ghibli store at Tokyo Skytree on?
On the second floor (2F) of the Tokyo Skytree Town Solamachi mall beneath the tower. It opens at 10:00 and closes at 21:00.
What time does the Ghibli store at Tokyo Station open and close?
From 10:00 to 20:30, for both Donguri Republic and GBL. The chain announced an entry limit there in 2025, so allow extra time if it is busy.
Is there a Ghibli store in Shibuya?
Yes, but not a Donguri Republic. GBL, the Studio Ghibli clothing brand, has a store on 3F of MIYASHITA PARK South, about three minutes from Shibuya Station, open from 11:00 to 21:00.
What is the Ghibli store in PARCO called?
Donguri Republic, but none of its PARCO shops is in Tokyo. They are in Sapporo PARCO, Shinsaibashi PARCO in Osaka and a PARCO CITY mall in Urasoe, Okinawa.
Does Akihabara, Shinjuku or Tokyo Tower have a Ghibli store?
No. Neither the chain's list nor GBL's has a shop in Akihabara, Shinjuku, Ginza, Asakusa or at Tokyo Tower. The nearest Ghibli shop to Shinjuku is in Ikebukuro.
Do Tokyo's Ghibli stores offer tax-free shopping?
At six of the seven; Donguri Republic Tachikawa is the one without the tax-free mark. Since 1 November 2026, though, the saving is not instant: the shop charges the full price, with the tax repaid only after customs has looked at your goods as you leave.
Can I order from the Ghibli online store from abroad?
No. The chain's online shop delivers only within Japan and does not accept orders meant for resale or forwarding.
Can a Ghibli store hold an item for me?
No. The chain's FAQ says the shops neither keep items aside nor post out single orders. Stock differs between shops, so the FAQ suggests asking the shop directly.
Can I visit the Ghibli Museum shop without a museum ticket?
No. MAMMA AIUTO! is inside the museum, and every visit to the museum is booked in advance. The shop also stocks gifts made only for the museum.
Can I buy the big Totoro on display?
No. The chain's FAQ says the big Totoro and its other display pieces are not for sale and are not given away.
Is there a Ghibli store at Haneda or Narita Airport?
Not on the chain's list or GBL's, so do your Ghibli shopping in the city.
Which is the biggest Ghibli store in Tokyo?
No official page we read lists floor areas for these shops, and none is billed as a flagship. The Solamachi and DiverCity shops are the two whose pages describe a themed interior.
Sources
Official and primary sources used for this page. Checked November 1, 2026.
- Donguri Republic: Shop list (in Japanese) — every shop's address, floor, hours, closing days and marks for tax-free, franchise and the official app
- Donguri Republic: About the chain (in Japanese) — what the shops sell and how they describe themselves
- Donguri Republic: FAQ (in Japanese) — stock, holds, bags, wrapping, point cards, payment and the display pieces
- Donguri Republic: News (in Japanese) — the list of notices, including the July 2025 closure notice for the Tokyo Station shop
- Donguri Republic: Solamachi shop closing for renewal (in Japanese) — the 2025 closure, pop-up and reopening, and the new interior
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- Donguri Republic: Tokyo Station shop trading notice (in Japanese) — normal trading from 1 August 2025 and the entry limit
- Donguri Republic: Finger puppet price change (in Japanese) — ¥495 to ¥770
- Donguri Republic online shop: User guide (in Japanese) — delivery within Japan only, delivery charges and the rule on resale and forwarding
- First Avenue Tokyo Station: Donguri Republic (in Japanese) — floor, hours and payment
- First Avenue Tokyo Station: GBL Tokyo Station (in Japanese) — floor, hours and the brand's description
- First Avenue Tokyo Station: User guide — the three areas of First Avenue
- Tokyo Character Street: Top page (in Japanese) — the shops in the street, both Ghibli shops among them
- GBL: Stores (in Japanese) — both GBL stores, the Shinsaibashi stockist and the GBL app
- RAYARD MIYASHITA PARK: GBL — the brand's description, tax-free and hours
- Sunshine City: Donguri Republic — floor, hours and in-store tax-free processing
- Sunshine City: Donguri Republic (in Japanese) — the films the shop names
- Sunshine City: Access — the walk from Ikebukuro Station and the travel times
- DiverCity Tokyo Plaza: Donguri Republic — the shop's design
- DiverCity Tokyo Plaza: Access by train (in Japanese) — the Yurikamome and Rinkai Line times
- LaLaport Tachikawa Tachihi: Donguri Republic (in Japanese) — hours, floor and the Donguri Bank counter
- LaLaport Tachikawa Tachihi: Donguri Republic — hours in English
- LaLaport Tachikawa Tachihi: Access by train and bus (in Japanese) — the monorail from Tachikawa
- GO TOKYO: First Avenue Tokyo Station — the gate, the walk and the opening days
- GO TOKYO: Tokyo Skytree — Solamachi's size and the stations
- GO TOKYO: Sunshine City — the number of shops and Higashi-Ikebukuro Station
- Ghibli Museum, Mitaka: Welcome — the museum shop's name and advance booking
- Ghibli Museum, Mitaka: Shop (in Japanese) — what the shop sells
- Ghibli Museum, Mitaka: Accessibility — how to pay inside the museum
- Japan Tourism Agency: The new tax-free system (in Japanese) — how refunds work for anything bought from 1 November 2026
Related guides
To cite or link to this page: Ghibli stores in Tokyo: the five Donguri Republic shops and the two GBL stores compared, with floors, opening hours, tax-free, the nearest stations and the museum shop — Japan Pocket Guide, https://japanpocketguide.com/shopping/ghibli-store-tokyo/