The doors here only open one way...: The rumour says that Totoro is the God of Death, so the persons that can see Totoro are actually close to death, or...
• The storytakes place in 狭山丘陵 (Sayama hills) where also 八国山病院 (Hachikokuyama Hospital) or 新山手病院 is, which is believed to be the model of the hospital where the mother is, 七国山病院 (Shichikokuyama Hospital).
There is also a murder-case (the Sayama incident) which has many scary coincidents with…
