Learn How to Cook the ‘Ponyo’ Special Ham and Egg Ramen With Studio Ghibli’s Latest Cookbook

Summary

• Shufunotomo has announced Kodomo Ryouri Ehon: Ghibli no Shokutaku — Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, the sixth volume in its Studio Ghibli-supervised cooking picture book series, releasing July 10
• The book includes four recipes drawn directly from the film: Lisa’s Hurried Sandwich, Honey Hot Milk, Lisa’s Special Ham and Egg Ramen, and Everyone’s Favorite Soft Serve Ice Cream, alongside six original recipes inspired by the film’s world

Shufunotomo has announced the sixth volume of its Studio Ghibli-supervised cooking picture book series, Kodomo Ryouri Ehon: Ghibli no Shokutaku — Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, releasing July 10, 2026. The book translates the film’s most memorable food moments into child-friendly recipes, with step-by-step photo instructions designed for children to cook alongside an adult.

The four film-sourced recipes are the book’s emotional core. Lisa’s Hurried Sandwich and Lisa’s Special Ham and Egg Ramen are two of the most discussed food moments in the film, scenes whose warmth and specificity have made them cultural reference points well beyond Ghibli’s core audience. Honey Hot Milk and Everyone’s Favorite Soft Serve Ice Cream round out the film adaptations, each translating a moment of comfort or joy from the film into a recipe that uses supermarket ingredients and is pitched at a level accessible to first-time young cooks. Difficulty level markers are included throughout, allowing children to work up from simpler recipes to more complex ones.

The six original recipes extend the book’s scope beyond direct adaptation. Sea Creature Sausages, Easy Three-Kind Soup, Magic-Filled Omurice, Sailor’s Seafood White Curry, Witch’s Sparkling Accessory-Style Fruit Candy, and Mysterious Ocean Water Balloon Jelly each draw on the visual and emotional world of the film rather than reproducing a specific scene, giving the book a creative range that rewards imagination as much as it does culinary instruction. The Mysterious Ocean Water Balloon Jelly is the most formally inventive of the six, translating the film’s ocean imagery into a dessert format that reads as genuinely playful rather than decorative.

The Ghibli no Shokutaku series has been building its case since 2021, when Shufunotomo launched the first volume with Earwig and the Witch. My Neighbor Totoro followed in 2022, Castle in the Sky in 2023, Kiki’s Delivery Service in 2024, and Spirited Away in 2025. Ponyo is the sixth and arrives as the series has found its rhythm, with each volume using the same format — B5 variant, 64 pages, supervised by Studio Ghibli, recipes by Futaba Sukenari — across a different film from the studio’s catalogue.

The choice of Ponyo for the sixth volume is a natural one. Of all the Ghibli films, it is arguably the most food-dense, with eating scenes that carry as much narrative weight as the dialogue around them. Lisa’s ramen in particular has accumulated a cultural life of its own, discussed and recreated online by viewers who remember it long after the plot details have faded.

Kodomo Ryouri Ehon: Ghibli no Shokutaku — Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea releases July 10.