"I'll build you a mobile house later, okay? It's filled with balloons that can fly to the ends of the earth. It may be small, but it will be big enough for you and me."

-- Howl's Moving Castle

The town scenes in Howl's Moving Castle are mainly based on Colmar, France. In search of this scene, Miyazaki visited the south of France for 12 days, and finally settled on this place. How can you describe the beauty of Colmar? "The town that came out of a fairy tale" is the most accurate description. Although the town can be explored in half a day, it is highly recommended to stay for one night! You can feel the different styles of the town. Bright and warm in the morning and quiet and comfortable at night.

Colmar is a town in Alsace in northeastern France, the capital of Haut-Rhine and one of the most romantic regions in France, named for its canals and flower boats. From the bridge, you can see the reflection of the former boatman and laundry in the water, and the scenery is beautiful. Colmar still retains the architectural style of the 16th century - wood rib houses, multi-faceted roofs made of wood, unique designs, each with a personal taste. A wooden house, so that the town is full of strong Alsace style.

Colmar's treasure collection is enough for once! The town is as fantastic as Hayao Miyazaki's Hal Moving Castle! Some scenery will be more amazing to see with your own eyes, if you go to France, you must go to Comal!

Colmar is the wine center of Alsace, the main dry white wine producing region in France, and is the site of the most prestigious Colmar Wine Festival, which takes place for two weeks every September.

🎬 Town Attractions Collection:

The old town of Colmar

The old town of Colmar is very small, and you can easily walk to all the attractions. It is suitable for city walk, and the scenery is very good. Can today Christmas, the church is not open, the cruise point is closed, but there are people on the boat, unfortunately did not find where to buy tickets, or you can experience, after all, Colmar called little Venice.

The colorful wooden house is beautiful, and if the weather is fine, it looks exactly like the one in the anime (✪▽✪) and there are many cute dogs.

The old town of Colmar is the fairy tale world of Hayao Miyazaki, and the town where the heroine lives in the animated film Howl's Moving Castle. Tributaries of the River Ill pass through the city, attracting thousands of tourists every year.

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🍽️ With the second most Michelin three stars in the world, Paris represents the highest level of haute French cuisine environment/service/taste. Each restaurant has been posted separately before, and in this summary post, I will mainly sort by < taste + overall experience > and simply comment on the 10 Michelin stars in Paris.

1️⃣ 𝐄 𝐩 𝐢 𝐜 𝐮 𝐫 𝐞
Set or a la carte at 💶440
At Le Bristol Hotel, next door to the Elysee Palace, it was a "state dinner" of sorts. The environment/service/food is indeed a "state banquet". Classic and stable, 80% traditional +20% innovative French food, calm and energetic, can be described as perfect. The new chef, Arnaud Faye, is the head chef of eze Mi 'Chevre d 'or, who takes over on the 20th of this month. He's a bit better but I'm afraid I prefer Eric Frechon.



2️⃣𝐋𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐥
💶 Lunch Set 98/148; Package 278/378

2024 New rice three, chef from the famous blue lobster origin of Brittany, extremely good at doing seafood is the same restaurant in the hotel, the service environment is very good, the only small drawback is that the chef loves acid, some side dishes/desserts are too sour, but the impact is not big.



3️⃣𝐋𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐧𝐪
Set or a la carte at 💶595
At Four Seasons George V, the environmental service is very good, and the overall style is similar to Epicure, which is a little more innovative. The first three restaurants are of a very high standard