Ghibli Park "Valley of the Witches" won a special award at the 2nd "Everyone's Architecture Awards"

February 10, 2025 (Monday) At the 2nd "Minna no Kenchiku Taisho" (Everyone's Architecture Award)
Studio Ghibli/Nihon Sekkei's "Valley of the Witches" at Ghibli Park received a special award in recognition of spreading interest in architecture to a new demographic.
NOMURA Co.,Ltd. Ltd.Howl's CastleResponsible for the design and construction cooperation and the design and construction of the demonstration project I did it.

What is the "Minna no Kenchiku Taisho" (Everyone's Architecture Award)?
This new award will be established in 2024 to provide citizens with an opportunity to learn about Japan's world-class, attractive architecture, and will be disseminated to society through the media, with the selection process itself naturally disseminated through social media.
It is hosted by the "Everyone's Architecture Award" recommendation committee, which consists of approximately 30 people, including editors and architectural historians.
From the nominees selected by the recommendation committee for the "Top 10 Amazing Architecture," the architecture that received the most votes on "X (formerly Twitter)," "Instagram," and "Google Forms" ("X" and "Instagram" are based on the number of "♡ (likes)") during the voting period (10 days) from Monday, January 27th to Wednesday, February 5th at 11:59 PM) was selected as the "Grand Prize."
https://bunganet.tokyo/award2025-4/