 Most viewed - Iga 伊賀市 |
Kunoichi female ninja guide1989 views
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Ninja disguises1690 views
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Ninja costumes1671 views
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An altar in the Iga-ryu Ninja House.1336 views
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Lets you escape to the next room instantly, or climb up or down the ladder on the right wall.1307 views
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Pepper bombs to blind you.1234 views
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The first demo is this swinging wall.1215 views
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What would a ninja museum be without a display of shuriken?1212 views
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This is a staircase concealed as a shelf.1111 views
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Ninja swords are short and straight with no curvature.1048 views
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Sword hidden in the floor.932 views
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Another wall door that leads to the basement tunnel.927 views
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Now a shelf. It leads to the attic.911 views
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Ueno-shi Station has ninja dolls to greet you.901 views
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Emergency escape hatch whose lock can be quickly released with a sheet of paper.893 views
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Entrance to the basement.890 views
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Hidden floor compartment where they hid their valuables outside the house.876 views
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Ninja swords.876 views
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When you push in the end of this floor plank, it opens up to reveal a sword.859 views
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Lock picks803 views
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Another swinging wall door.802 views
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Ninjas in the kitchen. We could not go up into the attic as we can in Koka's ninja house in Shiga.761 views
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Bamboo sticks concealing a sword.759 views
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Inside the Iga-ryu Ninja House754 views
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Inside the Iga-ryu Ninja House.754 views
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There she goes.750 views
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Flipper-like clogs to walk through swamps734 views
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Iron claws727 views
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Nakayama Emiri, a TV personality, tries to throw shuriken.712 views
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Storefront shutter with ninja drawings.699 views
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Female ninja climbing over a wall.677 views
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Kitchen in Iga-ryu Ninja House.674 views
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Sword demo674 views
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Iga-ryu Ninja Museum 673 views
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Juggling sickles. Having a sickle did not arouse suspicion as it was a common farming tool. But for the ninja, it was an effective weapon.651 views
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Kitchen area in Iga-ryu Ninja House.639 views
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Revolving door of Iga-ryu Ninja House 625 views
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Iga-ryu Ninja House ninja show.625 views
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Once a group gets large enough, they take you all in and a female ninja guide explains the house's ninja trickery. Admission charged. Recommended is the set of tickets that admit you to the ninja house, castle, and Danjiri Museum.622 views
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Duel to the death.609 views
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Making medicine.608 views
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Kitchen598 views
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Five-colored rice grains used for secret communication.598 views
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Shuruken takes skill to throw.598 views
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Ninja shop593 views
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Five-colored rice grains used for secret communication.587 views
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Cushion585 views
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For an extra 200 yen, you can watch the ninja show right next to the ninja house.580 views
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Female ninja579 views
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Iga-ryu Ninja House is in Ueno Park which includes Iga-Ueno Castle nearby.573 views
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Thatched-roof of Iga-ryu Ninja House.570 views
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Iga-ryu Ninja House is a thatched-roof house whose roof once caught fire in the 1990s. It was rebuilt.563 views
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More secret ninja language.558 views
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Inside ninja museum which is in a former rice warehouse.557 views
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Ninja doll on a pole.555 views
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Throwing sickles and shuriken.545 views
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You have to applaud once in a while.542 views
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Even ninja get thirsty.538 views
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Veranda of Iga-ryu Ninja House 529 views
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Rope knots hung on roof eaves, etc., were also used for communication.521 views
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Iga-ryu Ninja House garden. They take you in groups, so you may have to wait a while before you can go in.516 views
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Shuriken throwing.511 views
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Everywhere you go in Iga-Ueno, you see a ninja motif.497 views
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Iga-Ueno Ninja Festa poster491 views
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Another ninja museum.486 views
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Even the trains have a ninja (female) paint job.485 views
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Ninjas under cherry blossoms.478 views
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Where you can rent a ninja costume.471 views
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See many people wearing ninja costumes during the ninja festa.471 views
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During April and early May, they hold the annual ninja festa.420 views
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Iga-Ueno really plays up its ninja past. 419 views
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Ninja paint job on a train.393 views
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Iga-Ueno Castle is one of three major tourist attractions in the city of Iga. It is a short walk from Ueno-shi Station on the Kintetsu Iga Line.292 views
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Ueno-shi Station235 views
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Iga-Ueno's Ueno Park includes this beautiful building called the Haisei-den (俳聖殿), a hall dedicated to Haiku poet Matsuo Basho who was from Iga-Ueno.233 views
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Iga-Ueno Castle and cherry blossoms, Mie Prefecture.203 views
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Iga-Ueno Castle and cherry blossoms, Mie Prefecture. During the Meiji Restoration, Ueno Castle's structures were dismantled as with many other castles.200 views
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Statue of Basho at Ueno-shi Station.165 views
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Todo Takatora's helmet149 views
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Samurai armor120 views
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A short walk from Ueno Park is the Basho Oseika (芭蕉翁生家) or Basho's childhood home. Iga is the birthplace of Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), and the house where he grew up in still stands.116 views
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Inside Iga Ueno Danjiri Museum.104 views
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Iga-yaki ceramic statue of Basho inside the Haisei-den.103 views
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The study is a very simple, yet aesthetic and meditative-looking room.103 views
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The house is open to the public as a tourist attraction (admission 300 yen). The house was rebuilt after it being damaged by a large earthquake in 1854.103 views
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Iga-Ueno Castle and cherry blossoms, Mie Prefecture.101 views
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Iga Ueno Danjiri Museum101 views
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Kitchen area with a well on the left and stoves toward the right.100 views
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Inside the castle tower is the Iga Museum of Culture and Industry. This is the first floor.99 views
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A short walk from Iga-Ueno Castle and almost next to the ninja house, the Haisei-den was built in 1942 to mark the 300th anniversary of Basho's birth. 99 views
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The back of the house is Basho's study called Chogetsuken (釣月軒) where he wrote the Kai-ooi (貝おほい) series of poems.99 views
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Room inside Basho's childhood home.99 views
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Hiroshige's woodblock print of Iga-Ueno from his "Famous Views of the 60 Provinces" series. The castle can be seen in the distance.99 views
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Iga-Ueno Castle was first built by Takigawa Katsutoshi, a vassal of Kitabatake Nobuaki (Oda Nobuo, Nobunaga's second son). In 1585, Tsutsui Sadatsugu took over.98 views initiated construction of Iga Ueno Castle in 1585. He was followed by Tsutsui Sadatsugu
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In 1611, Todo Takatora took over Ueno Castle. Iga-Ueno Castle is also a major cherry blossom spot in early April.98 views
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Top floor98 views
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Bust of Kawasaki Katsu.97 views
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In 1980, Ueno Castle served as a backdrop for Kurosawa Akira's movie, Kagemusha.96 views
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One of the tallest castle walls in Japan.96 views
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They are still excavating a few areas of the castle for historical remains. I visited in April 2009.93 views
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View from atop Iga-Ueno Castle.93 views
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Inside the Chogetsuken study. 釣月軒93 views
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Stone marker for Ueno Castle located in Ueno Park. Officially called Ueno Castle and nicknamed Hakuho Castle or Iga-Ueno Castle. Noted for cherry blossoms in April and the highest castle walls in Japan.92 views
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Iga-Ueno Castle and cherry blossoms, Mie Prefecture.92 views
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Iga-Ueno Castle's donjon or tenshu tower was reconstructed in 1935 by Kawasaki Katsu, a local politician, using his own funds.91 views
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Haisei-den and wisteria in bloom. The Basho Matsuri Festival is a poetry reading held here on Oct. 12.91 views
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Inside the Haisei-den is a ceramic statue of Basho.89 views
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Small door to the kitchen. People must have been pretty short then.89 views
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Todo Takatora was originally from Omi or neighboring Shiga Prefecture.88 views
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View from atop Iga-Ueno Castle, looking toward Ueno-shi Station.88 views
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You could jump off into the moat below. No fences, so watch your kids.88 views
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Urinal88 views
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Toilets and bath86 views
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Edge of castle wall.85 views
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The building was designed by architect Ito Chota (1867-1954) (伊東 忠太) who designed numerous shrine and temple buildings in the 1920s and '30s, including Tsukiji Hongwanji temple in Tokyo.85 views
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The Haisei-den was designed to look like Basho in travel clothing. The top roof resembles a hat, and the lower roof resembles his straw raincoat. Cherry blossoms were in bloom.85 views
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Kitchen stoves85 views
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Park area above the castle wall.83 views
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Water well83 views
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