The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has required enormous sacrifices from the whole world, where not only people and their health have lost, but also many activities that have found themselves out of the blue in a truly delicate situation. Japan was also very affected by this, which having closed its borders at the very beginning of the pandemic to avoid foreign infections, at the same time brought to its knees all those activities that draw a lot of support from tourism, including the historical Ghibli Museum.
The famous museum dedicated to the beloved animation studio has in fact opened one new fundraiser, which unlike the one aimed only at the Japanese held last August, this time asks for the support of fans around the world to be able to overcome these really complicated periods. In addition to the actual support in the absence of a good slice of visitors, there are also the expenses for the various maintenance and large-scale repairs of the building.
We are currently operating in the red… and if we continue to draw on our financial reserves, we believe the facility’s operation and scheduled maintenance will be at risk.
Donations have been made accessible only for certain territories such as USA, Canada, Australia And Singapore, cutting out due to some legal complications theEuropean Union, the UK, the China, and other states from which interesting aid could certainly have come.
Fortunately, however, the fundraising campaign is going just fine, and at the time it has collected over 34 million Yen (the target was set at 10 million), and will continue until the end of January 2022.
Fans can contribute with donations ranging from 5,000 Yen up, and as a reward for the supportive gesture, you will be able to receive a thank you card with an illustration of Hayao Miyazaki:
Source: SoraNews24
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