There is an enduring art museum in Tokyo, and not only do tickets need to be reserved for several months in advance, but photography is prohibited and limited to 2,400 visitors per day. Even so, it is still popular.
It is the Ghibli Museum of Art by Hayao Miyazaki. In this museum, not only the studio of Hayao Miyazaki has been restored, but also his original paintings, manuscripts, unreleased animated short films, limited edition souvenirs, and scene restorations from classic animations.
It is more like a dream factory in miyazaki's fairy tale world than an art museum.
Every year, many fans from Japan and even at home and abroad come here to punch in.
However, since last year, due to the impact of the epidemic, the operation of the Ghibli Museum has also experienced huge losses.
On July 15 of this year, in order to maintain the museum, they even had to launch a crowdfunding campaign on the official website. The crowdfunding period is from July 15, 2021 to January 31, 2022, for a total of 201 days.
Japanese residents can donate money in the form of a "hometown tax" to support the Ghibli Museum to survive the difficulties.
What many people did not expect is that this crowdfunding has just begun, and it has received crazy support from the Japanese people, with a target amount of 10 million yen and a minimum of 5,000 yen for individual donations.
Friends living in Japan should be familiar with the "hometown tax", which is a tax system introduced by the Japanese government for the sake of regional tax gaps.
Foreigners who have left their hometowns to work hard can choose to donate a part of their resident tax to their hometowns as a source of local government finance. Of course, because after donating the hometown tax, there will also be a corresponding gift of local souvenirs, so the hometown tax is not necessarily to be donated to their hometown, and everyone can choose the donation object according to their own preferences.
This time, the crowdfunding of the Ghibli Museum also chose the model of the Mitaka City Hometown Tax, but unlike other hometown taxes, there was no return gift for this donation, only a card sent by the Ghibli Museum as a thank you.
Although there was no decent return gift, to everyone's surprise, the hometown tax reached the goal of crowdfunding in less than 24 hours, which was simply a miracle.
In order to preserve the fairy tale world in their hearts, the Japanese really fought.
You know, due to the deep impact of the epidemic, the Ghibli Museum has been closed twice since last year.
Last year, it was only open for 100 days and received 90,000 visitors, but before the epidemic, the Ghibli Museum received nearly 700,000 visitors a year. As a result, last year alone, ticket revenue fell by 150 million yen.
For the Ghibli Museum, the problem is not just a deficit due to the decline in tourists due to the epidemic.
The Ghibli Museum, which has been in operation for 20 years, has aged its buildings and equipment over time, raising money for repairs and maintenance every year, which is a serious challenge under the impact of the epidemic.
If deficits and the withdrawal of reserves continue, the normal operation of future facilities and the systematic maintenance and preservation of buildings and equipment will be affected.
Therefore, this crowdfunding donation is mainly used for the repair and maintenance of the art museum.
In response to the downturn of the epidemic, the Ghibli Museum has also made a huge "sacrifice", and the museum that has been banning indoor photography for more than 20 years has now abolished the prohibition of photography.
It is gratifying that when the young jun wrote this manuscript, 92 days before the end of the crowdfunding, 3995 people had already donated, and the amount of donations was as high as 31,569,313 yen, far exceeding the target amount of crowdfunding.
Everyone has only one idea in their hearts, to keep this dream-making world that the old man personally woven for us. As Miyazaki said, "Life will get better if it is bad to a certain extent, because he can't get worse, and after working hard, he knows many things, insists on persevering, and comes over." ”
The epidemic is good, let's go to see that fairy tale world again!