Hiroshima: ‘Ponyo'-Linked Town Gets New Tunnel for Traffic Relief; Tomonoura Inspired Setting of Ghibli Film

FUKUYAMA, Hiroshima — A long-awaited tunnel has opened in the Tomonoura area, a scenic spot in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, which was the inspiration for the setting of 2008 anime movie “Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea.”