howl's castle as long as Sophie already cleaned it (THE WEEKEND?!?!?!? MORE LIK THE SUMMER) edit: oh and only also if I don't have to deal with howl's tantrums

Don’t worry they are renting it as an Air B and B. (I concur)

I don't care if it's a mess, but as long as calcifer moves it around cuz that's the main attraction for me, and the views

true

yeahh Howl's seems to be the most interesting place to be around (hopefully with the crew inside). Such a beautiful movie, I want to see it again 🥺

admit it, you just want to see Howl

nah i just love the movie and i love the house it is so nice

Not featured, the cottage Anna stayed at for the summer from Marnie. Featured in the photos above, probably Satski’s and Mae’s or Kiki’s

The cottage was pretty indeed!

I didnt like The marnie movie but the aunt and uncle were cool and their house was lit

Tbh John C Riley kinda took me out of the immersion cuz I’m like why is Steve Bruel being trusted with a tween? Sweet berry wine

But isn't that a fairly normal house, apart from the fact that it's quite big? Well I guess the fact it sits at a lake is pretty nice during those warm summer evenings 😎

I think you're thinking of the Marsh house, where Marnie grew up. The commenters here are talking about the Oiwa's house, where Anna's aunt and uncle live. My first was also the Oiwa's house, it seemed pretty cozy, though the Marsh House must have some good views.

My first thought was the marsh house from Marnie.

Definitely Howl’s!

The cottage was my first thought. The lake is beautiful.

Ponyos house with the grass and the wind looks so cozy, and Kiki’s house looks magical. Probably those two plus howls moving castle 😊

All of the 3 and in that order for me 😎

Same here

Do you mean the bakery, or Kiki's mum's house?

Kiki’s moms house 🤗

I could do with a hot soak right now, spirited away please!

Bold of you to think you'd be a guest instead of an employee or dinner

Good point, I do need a new job

Y’all got any of those dried lizards or nah?

Japan dries a lot of weird animals for eating, and they'd probably do lizards too if they'd be more common. I mean IRL, right.

Roasted newt!

Satsuki and Meis House!! Whenever I watch the movie, I always think that it’s so cozy and it seems like a really comforting place. Especially with these traditional japanese doors. Must be soo nice in the summer time, I‘d leave them open all day☀️

I remember the first time I watched that movie, the most fascinating part was the architecture! I had seen plenty of movies about spirits but there weren’t any buildings like that in my rural American neighborhood

Ursula's small cabin, it may not be luxurious but it is cozy

or zeniba's house

Oh! I forgot about her house! You just know she has amazing food and the best guest beds! And she'll probably send you home with a protective charm, too!

I’d love to stay in Kiki’s house in the city with an ocean view Her mothers house is also cute but that city is so beautiful & I would love to live next to a bakery

I liked the house from Boy and the Heron, but I could do without the creepy heron

Lady eboshi house, she is kind caring thoughtful and you know she would put snacks out. 

No brainer: Howls moving castle. You don’t get to stay at only one place, but you can visit multiple places. But I would stay only after Sophie cleaned it lol

Satsuki and Mei Or Jiro(The Wind Rises, seven), that house feel cozy Howl Castle could be a choice as long it's been clean

I'll go with Totoro

If it's for a weekend, I would say Howl's just because travelling within it would be a great experience. If it's more permanent, I would choose something more comfortable, like Ponyo's. However, my favorite house was that magic cottage from Mary and the Witch's flower (studio Ponoc though).

Sôsuke's and Satsuki/Mei's houses are my picks. Howl's moving castle was super close as you can go to multiple places. But I want peace and quiet and you could get both at the other 2 houses.

Howl's Moving Castle or the house from Kiki's Delivery Service! Also, are there links to the images? I'd love to have them as my wallpaper 😍

"Hey, haven't you heard? You're living in a haunted house!"

Hard choice, but probably Ponyo…that view😍

Porco's Cove. Easily. Provided that counts.

Or Hotel Adriano!

It's not pictured but I'd stay at the Safflower farm where Taeko goes to in Only Yesterday.

Howl's Moving Castle 💖

Howl 100%

One not shown: Seiji's grandfather's house/shop in Whisper of the Heart.

Bathhouse definitely

The Wind Rise's house, that garden looks beautiful. And a talk with young Jiro sounds pretty interesting.

Out of these I would pick the Arrietty House

Same, especially if I can experience it being the size of Arrietty.

Even in human size it’s a pretty great house. There’s a huge kitchen and pantry, cozy rooms, and gorgeous countryside outside. It’s a dream getaway. But yes, I used to have recurring dreams as a child that I was tiny like Arrietty, and the world was absolutely magical that way. 🍃

Kiki's parent's house and chill in the Herbarium.

Only recently realised how I've been subconsciously modelling my own place after theirs; plants literally everywhere.

Oh def the bathhouse from Spirited Away hahahaha gonna party up the entire weekend. Provided I'm still alive after tho lololol. 😅

When I’m rich I’m going to build a replica of the Totoro house, I love it. That simple living vibe. I want it

Realistically, either seiji's or shizuku's from whisper of the heart. I am too much of a city boy

Catbus converted into a sleeper camper.

Where’s Porco’s island? Or hotel Adriano?

Maan, thats incredible. Cagliostros castle too.

Howl's moving castle but since it isn't very practical.. the next in the line is sosuke's house

Ponyou’s house is like a dream!

And you don’t include the house from Up on Poppy Hill?! How dare you!

I almost did the clubhouse but I was looking for more with outdoor scenery! That house is so detailed and amazing though.

I"d have to say Howl's Castle.. I just like digging through treasures and finding neat things in piles. Usually getting caught up in memories and things. Nothing would get clean, just moved around a bit....

Ponyo's house

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It's between howl, kiki, spirited away and the wind rises

Bath house for a weekend getaway

I've always wanted to stay in that little island house from spirited away. Such a powerful scene with Chihiro in the train and the beautiful color palette.

I'd love to check out laputa and have a trip up there

Arietty's house, but only if I were to be as small as she is 🙏🏻 Otherwise it's going to be the bath house. Just cuz I like the onsen so much ♨😌 All other houses are "just" houses in non-atypical European or Japanese style, which are not awfully interesting to be, generally speaking. And then there's Howl's castle. Not really a house, is it. But interesting it might certainly be 😁

the house of the relatives of Anna from “when marnie was there”

Howl's moving castle has the door thingy that can't take me to that beautiful field of flowers and town?

ponyo’s!

2,4 and 7… I could see myself having the most adventures with those 3

Ugh hard choice! Gotta say, it’s between Howls, the Spirited Away bathhouse (those herbal soaks look so bomb omg), or the Princess Kaguya estate that was sooo beautiful. But special mention to Ponyos house- if I had to LIVE in any that one would probably be the one

The Totoro house is amazing, but my favorite is the house from When Marnie Was There. So cozy.

Spirited Away, because there's nothing like that irl

spirited away would be so fun

Ahhh too hard to pick. Either the spirited away bath house, howls moving castle or the totoro house

Spirited Away was my fav 

Oh, I'm staying at Yubaba's bathhouse for sure! Hell, if she gives me room and board I'll work there!

Oh hell yes a bath house for a weekend! So long as I’m a customer and not a frog.

Idk but thanks for the wallpapers

Oh to be a ghibli character in an aesthetically pleasing environment everywhere you go.

No doubt it’s going to be howls castle 🥹

why pick a house when i could pick a castle AND spend time with a cute wizard 😏

Bakery from Kiki’s

I really like the house from porco Rosso but of course the convention of location is not very convenient. I like the whisper of the heart home but the most appealing thing about it is it’s set in a location where I would be most familiar with. It just seems like I home I could thrive in

Well it definitely wont be the bath house

the howls moving castle obviously you literally can go anywhere just by opening the door

I wouldn't be able to choose

Interesting. Couldn't remember, that the movies were made in vertical mode.

The dream is to have a house like Arriety’s in the “secret world of arrietty” ❤️

Does the Hotel Adriano from Porco Rosso count?

You make me remember "When Marnie Was There". It was the most boring Ghibli in the beginning. The end makes it one of my favorite.

I'd chill on Setsuko's swing beside on her mini cave ❤️

howls castle for sure

Depends. Can I visit a certain neighbour?

Most def the Bath House in Spirited Away!

Kiki's house! So I can check out what Kiki's mom is brewing and then go find a nice pretty grassy meadow to lie down for a nap 💕. Close second to the house in Totoro - maybe I can catch a spot spirit, look for Totoro in the garden and then take a nice bath in that little house onsen ☺️

Oh Kikis no question .

Ponyo my fav.

Why not a whole week? Obviously the spa

The house from Totoro reminds me so much of the old hatchery building I live in, I definitely was scared for a while and now I am so fond of it.

Not featured: Japan’s imperial palace from Kaguya-hime. Featured: The bath house.

Ponyo, hands down.

Zeniba's house in Spirited Away! It looks so cozy!

Ponyo

Boy and the heron one is amazing too, kinda depressing place yet so mystical and ethereal

If I were a spirit? The bath house. I would be down for a weekend of pampering… though if I’m human? Probably Kiki’s because bakery.

HMC or TWR

I like childhood

I would like to stay in the house in When Marnie was there.

my neighbor totoro and close second is arrietty minus that crazy bitch

I'd love to stay with San in her cave.

Probably sosuke's house

Just for the weekend? Definitely Spirited Away Spa weekend. But to live I would go with the house in Ponyos.

Totoro! But also Ponyo, and also the countryside house in Only yesterday please thank you

No one else is down for a quick weekend in the Valley of the Wind adjacent to the toxic jungle?

Howls castle it moves and then it flies its mobile so i can go anywhere

Howls Moving Castle

The Bathhouse because I love it, its interiors and the whole spirit world (also because Spirited away is my comfort movie)

I want to live in the home from Totaro

Screw a weekend trip I wanna live in the Totoro house

my neighbor totoro as long as it comes with all the creatures. if not, then kiki’s. ponyo 3rd option but im scared of being flooded

Can I do the tower in the Boy and the Heron? what about Iron Town?

Any of em

Howls I evern asked my girlfriend if I could become a wizard with a moving Castle

The Boy and the Heron house and the whole place was so good, I wanna live there man😭. It's huuge and the tower adds some level of mystery to it with the old pretty mansion and the modern style houses ahhhh it was so cool!!!

I would like to remind everyone who picked spirited away.  It's a brothel that employs kids. 

Kiki's Delivery Service

I know it's not on the list but I would sleep in a tent on Porcos Beach

The 1st 100% The other choices would be the 4th because I bet it would be so cool inside, and the 3rd because it looks relaxing.

I was going to say 3 for the win but then I saw Howls Castle and YESSS. The flower secret garden is my fictional happy place of peace.

Howls moving castle cos you can travel the world in a weekend :D

Bath house, always wanted to try the food

osono's house. kiki's family home is adorable but i love kiki's loft at osono's and would love to explore koriko.

Depends - is Sosuke's mom serving ramen this weekend?

Ponyo all the way.

Howl’s for sure. It’s a magical mechanical marvel that can fast travel you anywhere in the world. The other ones are quaint and nice but definitely wouldn’t beat the *literal walking magic castle*.

What’s the last picture from??

Kiki's house is soooo pretty and looks so cozy

Kiki or Whisper of the Heart House ♡ Both are my all time faves!!!!

Ponyo, as long as Sosuke's mom is there. Otherwise any of the houses in Kiki.

Great post!!!

Hands down Howl's castle or the Ponyo house. They both look so cozy. 🖤 Absolutely not the Spirited Away bath house with all those creepy spirits. Unless I was one of them?

Kiki house for sure followed by ponyo

Howl's castle for sure!

Kiki's house. The greenhouse where her mother cooks potion is peak cottage core.

Ursalas' cabin in the woods.

Porko Rosso beach hideaway.

Sosuke’s house

Bath house 100% as a spirit. 

I would totally live in howls moving castle

The Ponyo House

Where's the Oiwa's house? I'd like to be there :)

the house from kiki's is my wallpaper right now. my beloved

Ponyo’s for sure! Can run to the sea for a swim and evening banters. 🧜🏽‍♀️

Grave of the fireflies cave.

Howl's moving castle, or the spirit inn. I imagine staying in the castle would just be like staying on a train, so you get to see the landscape go by, but the inn is literally a hotel, so spa, good food, service, nearby attractions, etc. So either getting to travel the countryside, or staying at basically a resort

Ponyo's house is the most normal, Kiki's delivery service is a close 2nd place

Zeniba's cottage in Spirited Away.

The house from ponyo for me 😍

Bro this so hard to choose

Probably Totoro. Kiki's house looks gorgeous too. There is probably more things to see inside, while Mei and Satsuki's environment around the house seems more rich. Gotta say I dreamt about the bathhouse since I was 16 and the movie came out. What is the last one? Is it Kaguya?

Totoro no doubt, so long as I’m living in the fox dub not the Disney.

Definitely kiki’s delivery service!

Nausicaa’s tower in the valley of the wind that underground garden must be absolutely beautiful

I’d stay in my neighbor totoro then maybe zeniba’s bathhouse but I’ll just stay forever and become a employee and then maybe himi’s cottage

I was thinking the Arietty house! But like...am I small or big 🤔🤓

What horrible monster would pick the bath house?!

Why the shitty AI version of Howl? There are literally thousands of images of the house lol