day 5- Studio Ghibli Museum and travel to Oita

Mitaka, the area that the Studio Ghibli Museum is located, is beautiful. The museum had some of the coolest 'exhibits' ever. The giant statue of the robot from Castle in the Sky towers over the park that the museum is in, making it extra cool. A Ghibli marathon is scheduled upon our return to SF, CA, USA. After the museum, we embarked on an 8 hour cross country train trip to Oita. It was beautiful. Among the cities we passed through was Hiroshima, a place we've both wanted to visit. Next time, we will actually make time to get off the train though.