To accommodate the dream of "If Totoro comes back one day, he'll need somewhere to stay," local residents created the Totoro no Furusato (" Hometown of Totoro ") Foundation, which has been enthusiastically received. Kids appeared in droves to donate pocket money, and over a decade later, nine tracts of forest near Tokyo have been bought, for a total area of 1.56 hectares.
為了圓一個「龍貓有一天回來，才不至於無處棲身」的夢，當地民眾發起「龍貓故鄉基金會」，引發廣大迴響，小朋友紛紛捐出零用錢，十多年來已買下了東京附近的 9 塊森林，總面積達 1.56 公頃。