Wandertips: How to check on available Ghibli tickets

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  I did promise a Ghibli Ticket buying guide. I wish it was more comprehensive like pictures of me at lawsons and the machine, but if you are bold enough to consider buying your own tickets thus far, then you can do this too!
I went to Ghibli Museum twice. I loved it both times. Some people say they've seen it already and decline after one time, but if you love Ghibli, go again and again. They have a special exhibit room for new projects that always changes! And they change out the special screenings of Ghibli film shorts. You can only view these once per visit and they change, so it's worth seeing. Oh and you can't watch them outside of the museum!

So if you've visited their site you may have noticed that there's two options for the average Ghibli goer who is on vacation. Otherwise you can have someone in Japan buy it for you and this guide is a moot point for you! The two options tend to be buy it through a service ( sometimes with double markup) or buy it at a lawson's convience store! Lawson's are everywhere really so it's not so hard to buy there! Also if you worry about lack of Japanese, I will recommend a few things:

1. Say G-bli or Jee-bli when referring to the museum.
2. Locate and write down the L-code ( you can put this in and get straight to tickets on the machine)
3. They have the guide to buy on the machine on the site: http://www.lawson.co.jp/ghibli/museum/ticket/english.html
4. If all else fails, go to the clerk at Lawsons, say G-bli to the store clerkand they will help you through the process!

Remember when buying from the machine, you take the little reciept back to the clerks at the counter to pay and get the REAL tickets. The machine is just a way to reserve them, but you have to pay for them and get the real tickets at the register. ( ALL within LAWSON's Convience store).
YOU CANNOT BUY TICKETS AT THE GHIBLI MUSEUM!  
You then show those tickets at the museum and they give you the souvenir tickets with a piece of film at the museum.

So what I will cover in the guide is how to check what tickets are available so that you have an idea of when you want to go and what time ( you have to buy them before you go). That will make it easier to buy your tickets at Lawson's.

Click into the Screenshots to see what I'm doing!

Search for Ghibli, copy Japanese characters.

Search for Lawson's tickets site.

Paste Japanese Ghibli into search.

L-codes should pop up and click into your month.

Check times and Dates. X- no tickets available, O- tickets available.

Oh and the red character at the beginning of the week is Sunday. So the weeks start with Sunday! :) 
So if you see x there are no tickets available at that time. If there is an O, that means tickets are still available. If there is neither, it means tickets are not purchasable. Example would be a date that already passed or one too far in the future ( such as April at this point).

So once you plan you can even screen shot that calendar and write down your L-code to take with you to Lawson's. The clerk should recognize it and the code will make it faster so you don't have to type in Japanese to search. Do not be shy to ask the clerk by showing them the paper or saying a one word G-bli. They understand that there are tourists and are accommodating. I have yet to find one turn me away or act anything but awesome. I even had a gentleman who wanted to use the machine, help speed up the process since I was having a hard time typing my name in lol. You won't have to do that if you ask the clerk. It'll be a lot faster.
I do have a Ghibli post coming up! :)