In the film it’s implied Satsuki and Mei grew up in Tokyo, where their father still works as an archaeology academic. As a pre-industrial farming method, Satoyama communities see the forests as part of their livelihoods, and the inhabitants live in harmony as custodians and inheritors. This traditional style of agriculture dates back to the Edo period and utilises the natural bounties of a mixed forest landscape – leaf mulch, water purification, wood, grasslands – for rice production, livestock and vegetables. Satoyama are unique to Japan: the word translates literally from ‘sato’ – village – and ‘yama’ - mountain or hill. My Neighbor Totoro opens with the arrival of sisters Satsuki (Noriko Hidaka / Dakota Fanning) and Mei (Chika Sakamoto / Elle Fanning) to their new rural home in the Satoyama of Saitama Prefecture.
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