I found a mandolin arrangement here:
https://www.dlmarket.jp/products/detail/235388
If you don't read Japanese, use the Google Translate dropdown in the upper left, next to the DL Market logo. I was able to register & check out with no problems using a credit card. ¥324 comes out to about $2.76 USD at the moment. It's in standard notation despite the "solo tablature" tag.
Here's Joe Hisaishi with the New Japan Philharmonic World Dream Orchestra performing "The Wind Rises Suite No. 2". Interestingly, a balalaika is used in the Journey theme...a mandolin does come in around 14:37, for Castorp's theme.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHLeTafgY-o
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