Tomo-no-ura and Ponyo

^ Tomonoura port, Sōsuke’s home town

^ Ponyo was hiding everywhere around Tomonoura

Umi No Okâsan (Mother of the Sea) – Joe Hisaishi, Ponyo Soundtrack

We were initially drawn to Tomonoura by Hayao Miyazaki (co-founder of Studio Ghibli) and his 2008 film ‘Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea’. ‘Ponyo’ was written by Miyazaki after a sojourn in the port town which largely inspired the setting for the film. We hoped