Monday, April 30, 2012

mc donalds snack :)

Daddy is home this afternoon so we can stay a little togather. We have to go out to buy the special drops for Momichan to help her sleep and as we are all hungry we want to have a snack at the nearby McDonalds :)

Momichan wants fries and nuggets, a little novelty helps me choose what to drink for her, there is a new banana/strawberry drinkable yogurt, she loves it so much that I have to buy two :)

Daddy takes two big hamburgers, I take a ice cream and a chiken wrap HUNGRYYYYYY :)

We are really hungry today, eventually can be for the weather ? it is cloudy and cold .... bah !

Sunday, April 29, 2012

evening pizza party :)

This evening from 20.00 PM to 23.00 PM Arcobaleno delle Favole organizes a pizza party.

Normally I would not have taken Momichan but theese days she is home on holiday so I guess we can have a special evening :)

Momichan has her usual nap but after we have to go out around 17.30 to meet granny before she gets inside the church, problem is today Momichhan doesn't want to sleep so we are late, when we arrive at our preferred coffee shop granny is already gone so we have to wait until 19.00 PM when she will get out.

As the party is a couple of kilometers from our house and even if Momichan is 3 years old now, we take the stroller, I need a complete change of dress, some juice and other items, also as she will be very tired is best for me to use the stroller instead of taking Momichan in my arms all the time on the way home, she is quite heavy now :)
I profit of the situation to take a coffee, Momichan wants some sparkling water but she doesn't want to get up from the stroller :)
After the coffee I ask Momichan if she wants to go on the little train, we can use three tickets and she is happy about the idea, the owner of the carousel gives her a flower shaped balloon.

Around seven we come back to the coffee shop (we just have to cross the street), granny is arrived, time for a second coffee (I am a little tired too today and continuously yawn so coffee is perfect).
At 19.30 PM granny has to go home prepare dinner and we have to go party so I slowly start to push the stroller. When we arrive ther is not so many people, we have the playin lot all for us, there are just 5 other kids and their parents, adults are more than kids this time HAHAHA, tables are ready and I profit to drink some water because I am all sweaten after having pushed the strolley till here, Momichan runs quickly away on the games :) she can do whay she want because as kids are only five there is no queue on the attractions and she can use the little cars and tricycle everytime she wants.

It is nice also for me because I do not have to get crazy searching for Momichan every second, I can clearly see her because there is a lot of space without dozen of kids running and screaming everywhere :)

The adults are all sitting at the tables eating appetiziers and drinking, I call Momichan because she has promised that if I took her there she would have eaten dinner there, coming home around midnight even if today is a exaordinary occasion, I will not cook dinner another time, she has to eat there and anyway she said she loves pizza (even if is not as good as the one we cook at home).

mmm .... she is not really jouzu for dinner time, she hardly eats a small piece of pizza but anyway she can eat more the next lunch tomorrow, she jumps quickl away.

Adults continuously chat and drink and eat sitting at the tables while the five kids run and jump everywhere. After half an hour baby dance start so every kid stop doing whatever he was doing and runs near the coffee corner (foto on the left), between the various songs thekids love we hear two that I guess will be the leading motive of this summer: Danza Kuduro and Ai Se Eu Te Pego.

Momichan loves so much theese two songs that once home after having put her to bed I have searched them on the net, words and mp3 instantly transferred in the cell phone. I have also recorded the coreography of the dance to learn and make togather HAHAHA

ikea games


After having played treasure hunt we go outside in the parking lot, we need to go home cooking lunch, daddy has to go work but we have one more thing to do: just outside the main store entrance there are a small worm shaped train and a jumping castle :)

The cost of the tickets is a special price reserved for the Ikea card owners and anyway Momichan deserve another prize so we give her a few coins to buy the tickets for the little train and the jumpiing castle :)


She is so happy to have the opportunity to amuse a little more before going home, is one of the few occasion in which we are alltogather somewhere and she loves it.


The worm train complete the first tour, for the second one I also jump on the train and Momichan laugh so much.

At the end of the second turn we jump out and she goes of the castle.



Is so mujsing to jump like a cangaroo and is nicer because there are only two other kids so momichan has entire space for her and there is no queue :)

Momichan is a little tired and is already very late, if we do not go home quicky daddy will not have time for lunch and we want to taste the Momichanmeatballs so Momichan agrees we have to go.

She has the prize of the treasure hunt and another pelouche we have bought her, a small hedgehogof the new collection of the forest :)






ikea treasure hunt

Ikea store organizes today a game to find a pirate treasure chest in which there are some toys and sweets for the kids.

Every kid is provided by a sheet of paper on which there is a list of furniture they have to find, every bed, cupboard, wardrobe or else has a special etiquette with a riddle that tells where is the next indication until the final treasure.

To follow every indication the game is making kids run for the entire shop, in every sector there is something, Billy library, a bed, a bedside table, a blackboard that will take them to the treasure.

As soon as we arrive we are provided by a lady with the special sheet and we start our hunt.

Momichan is holding the paper, daddy is holding Momichan in his arms and I am looking around to find the first step. Momi and dad also help and look around to find the first furniture piece.

One by one we find all and we arrive to the lady to obtain the treasure, she has a big treasure chest with many little pelouche and easter eggs, she tells Momichan to choose one item and Momichan takes the easter eggs :)

Here she is with her prize :)

Momichan prepares meatballs :)


Today is a special day, daddy is home and Momichan too because is holiday so we have thought to prepare meatballs and to go Ikea for a special treasure hunt *

Daddy cuts in very tiny pices the veggies and ogather with Momichan they mix togather the veggies with fresh minced meat then ..... Momichan prepares the meatballs all by herself ! she has made 73 meatballs, taking always the same small quantity of meat and veggies from the blue bowl (see foto) and rolling the paste in her tiny hands :)

She was totally concentranted, she seemes an adult nearly HAHAHA what a special kid I have ^___^

Later when we came back home from Ikea store we cooked togather the meatballs and with a lkittle white japanese rice and a bowl of broccoli, cabbage and carrots we completed the menu :)

Here you can see Momichan with her 73 meatballs (foto on the right) and sitting at the table (foto on the left) with her meatball dish cooked and ready to be eaten, she sais the meatballs were wonderfully tasting HAHAHAHA the magic of doing food yourself HAHAHA

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

25 april day :)




Today in Italy is national holiday and daddy has a half free day so we organize something to stay alltogather. Momichan and I get up before daddy, we go kitchen to prepare breackfast so daddy can have somemore sleep.

After breackfast Momichan and I go to the bathroom to wash and get dressed and as soon as we have finished we call daddy so that he can use bathroom while I am finishing to dress Momi.

When we are all ready we finally get out.

We decide to go eating to the local chinese restaurant so Momi can have her spaghetti and veggies and grilled chiken but before we take a walk until our preferred bar to take a coffee.

It is sunny today but in our town nobody is around.

Momichan wants to go on the train (densha ni notte she says :) so we go near the train carousel and I give Momichan two tickets. There is a friend so they go togather on the same "coffee cup" (see foto), no other kids around even is just 12.30 PM anyway as Momichan finishes her turn we direct to te restaurant.

Still nobody around, best for us because we can be served quickly :)

Momichan is really jouzu, she eats nearly everything.

Quickly is time to go home, daddy has to go work and Momi need her usual nap.

Milk bottle is ready, daddy gives a kiss and Momichan is already in her little bed, when she will awake two hours later we will have anothe walk maybe to the park or we will meet granny at the local coffee shop :)

Monday, April 23, 2012

Peppa Pig present :)

Momichan loves Peppa Pig, in Italy we can follow her adventures everyday on Rai YoYo in the evening with three episodes or at midday (I record them because Mom is in kindergarden) with five episodes.
Recently in the post office and at our local supermarked I have found three new titles, a sound book, two new adventures and sticker book and play book.
Momichan is so enchanted that I bought them all :) I think theese are good books and Momichan can easily understand what Peppa does is the same every kid of her age can do.
Up till now we have four stories, a bigger book that sounds and three activity books, pity is that Giunti Kids produces just two adventures a year !!!
In 2011 we had bought "La fatina dei dentini" (the fairy of the teeth) and "Festa in maschera" (masqued party), in 2012 we have discovered "Una gita nel bosco" (a trip inside the wood) and "L'armadio dei giocattoli" (the wadrobe for toys).
All the stories are old episodes shown on tv last year, I wonder if hey want to produce only two books a year or they want to increase because if we know there are 52 new episodes I guess at least they can produce fourty books so that a kid can have his own little Peppa Pig library and give a look at the book every time he wants; we cannot see often the old episodes because I have a little problem with the memory of the pc and it continually blocks if I show Momichan an episode even if they are very short so the best for her is see on tv in the evening and after look at the book but as I said we do not have all the books because they have not yed been produced HAHAHA :)
A happy sourprise however has been the other day in the supermarket to find (just two copies so I had to buy before loosing) a bigger book titled "A Peppa Pig piace ..." (Peppa Pig likes ...) which sound whenever you push the red button in front, it makes a funny laugh of Peppa, inside it shows what Peppa likes, going seaside with family, going dance class with her friends and much more :)
Last year I found an activity book "Colora con Peppa Pig" (right side foto)which I bought in two copies and fotocopied variuous times so that Momichan can colour the images various times everytime differently and we have always the original book to make other copies :)
Recently always inside our local supermarket I have found other two activity books, with stickers, games and other things to do.
Nice sourprise to find was the same books inside the post office book corner with a lower cost so I bought them in two copies each :)
The first book is "Gli attacca e stacca" (foto on the left) a sticker book you can put wherever you want inside the book and create your own Peppa story, it also has many games to do in which you have to think and choose options or easy labirinth or games where you have to mach images.
The other book is titled "Gioca con Peppa Pig" (play with Peppa Pig) has activity games, and other stickers.
Momichan got literally crazy for that (she loves stickers) and she always plays with them, when we make a short tripi she takes them with and at home she always gives a look and changes place at the stickers inside :)
(Go to Momichan and Peppa blog)

camping :)

We went at Decathlon store to give a look around for new products and while we were looking for baby sweaters, tshirts and gym shoes, Momichan discovered tents.

She loves them and would like to make a vacation and take one to live inside for a short period :) HAHAHA

Just outside this tent there is a small collapsable table and chairs with dishes, goblets and tools and Momichan played pretending to be at camping site HAHAHA

She jumped inside as quick as a lizard took the pillows and said "mommy this is my pillow and this one instead is my blanked, good night !"

When I was small we went campingside many times, at seaside and also to the mountains, right now if we can I prefer to go in a hotel even just two star but I guess eventually as Momichan will be a little bigger maybe we will buy another tent and will try go somewhere alltogather :)

Saturday, April 21, 2012

totoro - sampoo (starting song) (by Inoue Azumi)



SANPO
Arukou arukou, watashi wa genki
aruko no daisuki, don don don ikou
sakamichi tonneru kusappara
ipponbashi ni dekoboko jari michi
kumo no su kugutte kudari michi
Arukou aruko, watashi wa genki
arukou no daisuki, don don don ikou.
Mitsubachi ga, bun bun hana batake
hinata ni tokage hebi wa hiru ne
batta ga tonde magari michi
kitsune mo, tanuki mo, dete oide !
tanke shiyou, hayashi no oku made
tomodachi takusan ureshii na !
tomodachi takusan ureshii na !


(traduzione italiana)
camminiamo camminiamo,
mi sento proprio bene,

amo caminare andiamo velocemente,
una strada in salita una galleria un prato,un ponte crollato,
un sentiero di ghiaia dissestato

passando sotto una ragnatela,
un percorsco in discesa
un ape ronza in un campo di fiori,una lucertola si crogiola al sole un serpente fa la siesta di mezzogiorno
una cavalletta saltella, formando una traiettoria curva.
volpi e tassi venite fuori,
esploriamo la foresta,
ho un sacco di amici e ne sono felice !

Friday, April 20, 2012

train is coming again :)

Train carousel has arrived in town :)
It was two days we were seeing the train in the middle of the plaza but as it was raining there was nobody, this afternoon instead sun came out of the clouds and temperature got higher, kids started to get around and the carousel man opened the train :)
I bought 5 tickets for Momichan and she jumped happily on the train vagons. 
Granny came also with us, afterr a short coffee we got to the carousel, Momichan jumped on the train and we seated in front :)After amusement granny took us home but as   we arrived under our building I realized we needed some veggies and fruits so granny took us with herr car to the nearest supermarket where I bought some salad, ham for Momi, pears, berries, kiwi, apples for a fruit salad and some other items.
We arrived home again around 19.30 and as soon as dinnerr was ready it was already 20.00 PM GOSH !!!

となりのトトロ Tonari no Totoro

Totoro is also a beloved cartoon by Momichan, she has learnet the song in japanese before seeing the story, she didn't know who Totoro was but she already loved it, when she saw she got crazy about the little Totoro and "makkurokuroske" :)
(to read about Totoro in italian just click here)

TONARI NO TOTORO (il mio vicino Totoro)
Japan, 80 minutes, colour, 1988, Miyazaki

In 1958, the Kusakabe family reunites when a university professor and his two daughters, Satsuki and Mei (approximately ten and four years old, respectively) move into an old house in rural Japan to be closer to the hospital where their mother is recovering from an unnamed, long-term illness.
The daughters find that the house is inhabited by tiny animated dust creatures called susuwatari (makkurokuroske), small house spirits seen when moving from light to dark places. When the girls become comfortable in their new house and laugh with their father, the soot spirits (identified as "black soots" in early subtitles and "soot sprites" in the later English dubbed version) leave the house to drift away on the wind.
While she is playing outside one day, Mei sees two white, rabbit-like ears in the grass. She follows the ears under the house where she discovers two small magical creatures (chibi or "dwarf" totoro and chu or "medium" totoro), who lead her through a briar patch and into the hollow of a large camphor tree. She meets and befriends a larger version of the same kind of spirit (ō or "large" totoro), which identifies itself by a series of roars that she interprets as "Totoro" (トトロ) (in the original japanese dub, this stems from Mei's mispronunciation of the word for "troll"). Her father later tells her that this is the "keeper of the forest".
One rainy night, the girls are waiting for their father's bus and grow worried when he does not arrive on the bus they expect him on. As they wait, Mei eventually falls asleep on Satsuki's back and Totoro appears beside them, allowing Satsuki to see him for the first time. He only has a leaf on his head for protection against the rain, so Satsuki offers him the umbrella she had taken along for her father. Totoro is delighted at both the shelter and the sounds made upon it by falling raindrops. In return, he gives her a bundle of nuts and seeds. A bus-shaped giant cat (ネコバス) halts at the stop, and Totoro boards it, taking the umbrella. Shortly after, their father’s bus arrives.


The girls plant the seeds. A few days later, they awaken at midnight to find Totoro and his two miniature colleagues engaged in a ceremonial dance around the planted nuts and seeds. The girls join in, whereupon the seeds sprout, and then grow and combine into an enormous tree. Totoro takes his colleagues and the girls for a ride on a magical flying top. In the morning, the tree is gone, but the seeds have indeed sprouted.
The girls find out that a planned visit by their mother has to be postponed because of a setback in her treatment. Satsuki takes this very hard, having reached the age where she fully understands the concept of death. Frustrated and frightened, she yells at Mei, then stomps away. Mei, believing that her mother can be cured by healthy food, sets off on foot to the hospital with an ear of corn.
Mei's disappearance prompts Satsuki and the neighbors to search for her. Eventually, Satsuki returns in desperation to the camphor tree and pleads for Totoro's help. Delighted to be of assistance, he summons the Catbus, which carries her to where the confused Mei sits. Having rescued her, the Catbus then whisks her and Satsuki over the countryside to see their mother in the hospital.
The girls perch in a tree outside of the hospital, overhearing a conversation between their parents and discovering that she has been kept in hospital by a minor cold and is otherwise doing well. They secretly leave the ear of corn on the windowsill, where it is discovered by the parents, and return home on the Catbus. When the Catbus departs, it fades away from the girls' sight.
The closing credits show Mei and Satsuki's mother returning home and feature scenes of Satsuki and Mei playing with other children, with Totoro and his friends as unseen observers.

To read the words of the song Sampoo (walk) just click here ;)

崖の上のポニョ Gake no ue no Ponyo

Ponyo is Momoko's preferred cartoon, she never say "no" when we ask her if we go to Genova Aquarrium or Milano Civic Acquarium, she loves fishes, the sea and all the water animals and recently she has asked me to call her "Ponyo" :)

PONYO ON THE CLIFF BY THE SEA
Japan, colour, 2008, 100 minutes, Miyazaki

Brunhilde is a fish-girl who lives in an aquarium with her father Fujimoto, a wizard, in his underwater castle with numerous smaller sisters. One day, when her father takes her and her siblings on an outing in his four-flippered submarine, Brunhilde is driven by a desire to see even more of the world and floats away on the back of a jellyfish. She ends up stranded on the shore of a small fishing town and is rescued by a boy named Sōsuke, who cuts his finger in the process. She licks his wound when he picks her up, and the wound heals almost instantly. After taking a great liking to her, Sōsuke names her Ponyo and promises to protect her forever. Meanwhile, Fujimoto is looking for his daughter. Upset that she ran away, he believes the humans have now kidnapped her, and he calls his wave spirits to return Ponyo to him. After the wave spirits take Ponyo away, Sōsuke is heartbroken and goes home with his mother, Lisa, who tries to cheer him up, to no avail.
Ponyo and Fujimoto have a confrontation, during which Ponyo refuses to let her father call her by her birthname, "Brunhilde." She declares her name to be Ponyo and voices her desire to become human, because she has started to fall in love with Sōsuke.
Suddenly she starts to grow legs and turn into a human, a consequence of the human blood she swallowed when she licked Sōsuke's finger. Her father turns her back with difficulty and goes to summon Ponyo's mother, Granmamare. Meanwhile, Ponyo, with the help of her sisters, breaks away from her father and releases his magic to make herself human. The huge amount of magic released into the ocean causes an imbalance in the world, resulting in a huge tsunami. Riding on the waves of the storm, Ponyo goes back to visit Sōsuke. Lisa, Sōsuke, and Ponyo wait out the storm at Sōsuke's house, and the next morning Lisa leaves to check up on the residents of the nursing home where she works.
Granmamare arrives at Fujimoto's submarine. On her way there, Sōsuke's father sees and recognizes her as the Goddess of Mercy. Fujimoto notices the moon has come out of its orbit and satellites are falling like shooting stars. Granmamare declares that if Sōsuke can pass a test, Ponyo can live as a human and the world order will be restored. If he fails, Ponyo will turn into sea foam. Sōsuke and Ponyo wake up to find that most of the land around the house has been covered by the ocean. Lisa has not come home yet, so with the help of Ponyo's magic, they make Sōsuke's toy boat life-size and set out to find Lisa.
While traveling, they see prehistoric fish swimming beneath them. After landing and finding Lisa's empty car, Ponyo and Sōsuke go through a tunnel. There Ponyo loses her human form and reverts into a fish. Sōsuke and Ponyo are taken by Fujimoto into the ocean and down to the protected nursing home where they are reunited with Lisa and meet Granmamare, both of whom have just had a long private conversation. Granmamare asks Sōsuke if he can love Ponyo whether she is a fish or human. Sōsuke replies that he "loves all the Ponyos." Granmamare then allows Ponyo to become human once Sōsuke kisses her on the surface. The film ends with Ponyo jumping up and kissing Sosuke, transforming into a little girl in mid-air.

If you want to read and sing the Ponyo main title song just click here ;)

千と千尋の神隠し Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

Questo cartone animato è il più vecchio che ho visto da alcuni dvd di Sampei portati dal Giappone diversi anni fa, lo hanno dato spesso su Boing nelle ore serali e Momoko lo ha visto a metà una sera prima delle nanne e ne è rimasta un pò affascianta anche se non so se ha capito molto la storia :)

LA CITTA' INCANTATA (Spirited away)
SEN TO CHIHIRO NO KAMIKAKUSHI
Giappone, colore, 125 minuti, Miyazaki

Il lungometraggio inizia con Chihiro, una bambina di 10 anni, seduta sul sedile posteriore dell'automobile dei genitori, mentre percorrono la strada verso la loro nuova casa, dove i traslocatori li attendono. Chihiro non vede di buon grado il trasloco, e passa il viaggio lamentandosi dello stesso e del fatto che il suo primo mazzo di fiori ricevuto in regalo stesse appassendo. Il padre crede di prendere una scorciatoia, ma quando si trova sbarrata la strada da una grossa costruzione dall'aspetto antico capisce di aver sbagliato strada.
Nonostante la pietra davanti all'ingresso (in Giappone una pietra posata davanti all'uscio significa "per favore non entrare") questa strana costruzione attira i genitori della bambina, mentre Chihiro ne è impaurita. Ciononostante, i genitori decidono di esplorare la costruzione, che credono faccia parte di un luna park abbandonato, e Chihiro, suo malgrado, li segue.
Quello che trovano all'interno è un'intera città composta esclusivamente da ristoranti e locali, senza però anima viva per le strade; la presenza del profumo di ottimo cibo attrae il padre di Chihiro, che trova un ristorante con il bancone imbandito di leccornie varie. Il ristorante è vuoto, ma i genitori di Chihiro decidono di mangiare comunque, con l'intenzione di pagare all'arrivo di eventuali padroni o camerieri.
In realtà questa città apparentemente abbandonata è un complesso termale degli spiriti della natura, e la potente maga Yubaba, padrona del complesso, trasforma i due genitori in maiali, punendoli per aver mangiato il cibo sacro degli spiriti.
A questo punto cala la notte, e gli spiriti ospiti delle terme cominciano ad affollare le vie; Chihiro si rende conto che sta lentamente diventando invisibile. La sua salvezza è l'incontro con Maestro Haku, apparentemente un ragazzo della sua età.
Haku le fa mangiare un mirtillo proveniente dal mondo degli spiriti che rende Chihiro nuovamente tangibile e le permette di rimanere viva anche all'interno del complesso magico. Lui le spiega che l'unico modo per evitare di essere catturata dagli uomini di Yubaba è quello di trovarsi un lavoro all'interno delle terme: in questo sarà aiutata dall'"uomo delle caldaie" (in realtà Kamagi).
Per stipulare il contratto di lavoro, Chihiro viene privata del suo nome, e viene chiamata Sen (con un gioco di parole, o meglio di ideogrammi, non traducibile, vedi nota sotto); la mancanza del nome la rende incapace di abbandonare il mondo controllato da Yubaba. Inoltre Haku è suo amico solo di nascosto, perché ufficialmente è il braccio destro della maga Yubaba. Oltre a lui, la bambina conosce altri personaggi e tutti in qualche modo diventano suoi amici, conquistati dalla sua semplice bontà.
In tutto questo, lo scopo di Chihiro è quello di salvare i genitori, e per raggiungere il suo obiettivo, dovrà crescere interiormente. La sua crescita avviene tramite il duro lavoro a cui è sottoposta nelle
terme, con l'amore che nascerà tra lei e Haku, affrontando le sue paure, dalle vertigini, all'incontro con il dio del fiume, imprigionato da un involucro di fango, o allo scontro con uno spirito "maligno", Kaonashi, che diventerà suo amico e poi aiutante della maga Zeniba, sorella gemella di Yubaba. Sarà però, proprio il legame tra lei e Haku, insieme al suo sconfinato altruismo e alla mancanza di avidità, che le permetterà di diventare più umile e coraggiosa e che alla fine le permetterà sia di aiutare Haku a ritrovare il suo vero nome sia di salvare i suoi genitori.
Chihiro ricorda che lei ed Haku si sono incontrati prima: quando era più giovane era caduta in un fiume e sopravvisse perché era stata trascinata dalla corrente alla riva. Era stata salvata da Haku che era lo spirito del fiume Kohaku, in seguito interrato per edificare palazzi, e per questo lo spirito aveva perso la strada di casa. Dopo aver ricordato ciò, Chihiro dice ad Haku che il suo nome è Kohaku, e in questo modo lo libera dal controllo della maga Yubaba.
Haku e Chihiro, appartenendo a due mondi diversi, si lasciano, con la promessa però di rivedersi.
Usciti dal mondo magico i genitori non ricorderanno nulla, ma constateranno sorpresi che è passato più tempo di quello che pensavano (l'assenza di Chihiro, l'auto impolverata), mentre la bambina conserva ancora sia il ricordo, le esperienze, sia un nastrino per capelli intessuto con tanto affetto dai suoi amici del mondo magico e da loro regalatole.

PERSONAGGI

Chihiro Ogino (荻野 千尋 Ogino Chihiro):
Bambina di 10 anni, protagonista del film. Nel corso della storia subisce una crescita profonda, passando dall'essere una bambina stanca e svogliata, a diventare una ragazza intraprendente e decisa. È costretta ad ottenere un lavoro all'interno dell'impianto termale, per poter rimanere nel mondo degli spiriti e sperare un giorno di poter liberare dall'incantesimo i suoi genitori. Accetta così il contratto che Yubaba le offre, perdendo il proprio nome e diventando Sen (千 Sen). Questo perché Yubaba le concede di mantenere solo il primo dei due kanji che compongono il nome Chihiro 千尋, ossia 千 che isolato viene letto "sem" (lettura on) e non "chi" (lettura kun).
Akihiko Ogino (荻野 明彦 Ogino Akihiko?):
Padre di Chihiro.
Yumiko Ogino (荻野 悠美子 Ogino Yūmiko): Madre di Chihiro.
Haku (ハク Haku): Un bambino che ha circa la stessa età di Chihiro, ma che svolge già un incarico importante come tirapiedi di Yubaba (gli altri spiriti per rispetto lo chiamano "Maestro Haku"). Diventa amico di Chihiro e la aiuta nella sua impresa per liberare i suoi genitori. Al tempo stesso riceve un grande aiuto da parte della ragazza, che gli rivela il suo vero nome e identità, sottrattigli da Yubaba per costringerlo a lavorare per lei: egli è lo Spirito del fiume Kohaku (饒速水琥珀主(ニギハヤミコハクヌシ) Nigihayami Kohakunushi), che aveva salvato in passato la stessa Chihiro, quando era caduta nelle sue acque e rischiava di annegare.
Yubaba (湯婆婆 Yubaaba): Strega proprietaria delle terme in cui si svolge la storia. È una donna anziana, dalla testa e dal naso incredibilmente grandi e sproporzionati rispetto al corpo. Ha un carattere severo e autoritario, che si addolcisce solo in presenza del figlio Bō.
Kamaji (釜爺 Kamaji): Spirito dalle sembianze di ragno che opera nelle caldaie dell'impianto termale. È un personaggio dall'aspetto severo e laconico, ma sotto questa facciata si nasconde in realtà un essere buono e comprensivo. Egli infatti offre aiuto a Chihiro senza neanche conoscerla; e in seguito si affeziona molto alla bambina, tanto da regalarle il biglietto del treno, che custodiva gelosamente da molti anni.
Senza volto (カオナシ Kaonashi): Spirito che si affeziona "morbosamente" a Sen, seguendola ovunque e cercando disperatamente di renderla felice. Ha l'aspetto di un'esile figura ammantata con una maschera bianca in volto, ma in seguito alla grande quantità di cibo ingerita si trasforma in un essere enorme che si muove su quattro zampe. All'inizio calmo e silenzioso, va su tutte le furie quando non si sente ricambiato nei suoi sentimenti da Sen e rischia di distruggere l'intero complesso termale. Sembra in grado di materializzare qualsiasi richiesta, come quando crea dal nulla l'oro che dona ai dipendenti delle terme, che tuttavia svanisce dopo poco.
Rin (リン Rin): Lavoratrice delle terme che viene affiancata a Sen in qualità di supervisore. Anche lei sviluppa un affetto sincero nei confronti della bambina.
(坊 Bō): Infante, figlio di Yubaba. È un bebè incredibilmente grande, tanto da assomigliare a un gigante. Viene continuamente viziato e coccolato da Yubaba, così che approfitta della prima occasione che gli si presenta per fuggire di casa insieme a Sen.
Zeniba (銭婆 Zeniiba): Anziana strega, sorella gemella di Yubaba. A differenza della sorella è di indole buona e usa la sua magia a fin di bene.
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