The Ghibli Museum is like the ultimate tease for Studio Ghibli fans - it's RIGHT THERE in Mitaka, but getting tickets? That's a whole other story. We totally dropped the ball on their reservation system, which requires Miyazaki-level planning skills (two months in advance!) to score tickets. Some people swear the tickets get snatched up by bots the moment they're released.

Pro tip that we learned too late: apparently some folks have had luck getting tickets through Fiverr, though that feels a bit like buying concert tickets from scalpers. But when you're talking about seeing exclusive Ghibli shorts and getting up close with Miyazaki's creative process, desperate times call for desperate measures.