Where the place to go for a ninja maniac in Japan?
It is hard to find any historical monument relating to Ninja. Also the life style and living environment has completely changed since then. Shall we take a look at the pictures of place now where battle of Magari took place which made Koka ninja famous.
As you see through pictures we do not sense any sign of ninja’s vital spirits or their living environment at all. Their way of living did not appear in any record of historical events. And it could be said that ninja’s techniques were being valued in invading enemy’s properties or secret services that followers of their tradition or the succession of techniques were terminated in Edo Age. So, Yu-pon would think people who like to get a knowledge of true ninja and hoping to follow them up in the sightseeing might require a certain level of knowledge plus a little imagination.
And also so many ninja theme parks have opened lately due to ninja boom nowadays.
So people who would enjoy ninja as an attraction have option of visiting amusement parks with “would like to see” attractions in line with the latest ninja boom. At the same time a lot of them are showing such a poor program treating ninja just like bait to the fish. Often times you get disappointed in this regards unless you choose them carefully.
Meanwhile Yu-pon would like to summarize the places I was attracted and actually visited where ninjas from Iga,Koka and Sanada are featured. After then I would tell you about the places where amusement type of attractions are waiting.
maniac place
Ninja Amusement park
| Nikko Edomura | 470-2 Karakura,Nikko City,Tochigi HP:English, Thai, Chinese and Korean |
| Shuriken Dojo Shinjuku Ninja Trick House | Daiichi Wako Bldg 4F,2-28-13,Kabukicho,Shinjuku-ku,Tokyo Entry charge: 1,000 yen |
| Ninja village Chibikko ninja Mura (for kids) | 3193 Togakushi,Nagano City,Nagano An introduction for attraction by YouTube |
| Ninja village Chibikko ninja Mura:Zenko-ji Daimon(for kids) | 530 Daimon,Nagano City,Nagano |
| Toei Uzumasa Eiga Mura(movie village) | 10 Uzumasahigashihachioka-cho(太秦東蜂岡町),Kyoto City,Kyoto. Toei:One of Japanese Movie Company managed this amusement. Adult : 2,200 yen, junior high / high school student : 1,300 yen, 3 years old and over : 1,100 yen |
| The Ganso(Origin) of Ninja Mura(ninja village) | 716-1 Ooazashimono-kou(大字下野甲),Ureshino-machi,Ureshino City,Saga prefecture. Entry charge adult : 2,100 yen, children : 1,600 yen |
| Ninja restaurant | service with ninja costume and magic show (no ninja connection). Tokyu Plaza 1F,2-14-3,Nagata-cho,Chiyoda-ku,Tokyo. 538-2(Shinkyogoku-street),nakano-cho,Nakagyo-ku,Kyoto City,Kyoto. |
| Oshino:Shinobi no Sato | 2845,Shibokusa,Oshino-mura,Minamitsuru-gun,Yamanashi. One more visit with Mount Fuji sightseeing. |
