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Ninjas!!!!
... a local speciality called Iga beef. Very tasty.
My next stop in the park was the impressive Ueno castle, sat atop a hill overlooking the town below. The castle was quite small but housed a treasure trove of samurai and ninja items. Also the view over the town from the top of the castle was fantastic, so I took the opportunity to take a few pictures.
My final stop in Iga for the day, was the Basho memorial museum. Matsuo Basho was ...
Yabusame Horseback Archery Festival
... such as crepes, candied fruit and meat on sticks. There was also a tent set up where
Shinto priests were writing in calligraphy on the broken pieces of the targets and selling them. We bought one as a souvenir.
Afterward, we walked over to the nearby Tado-Taisha shrine. It was a plus to our trip because we had only come to see the archery. We almost ...
Road Trip
... the way for a monkey that was sitting in the middle of the road. We had heard that there were monkeys and that occasionally they would steal food from the gardens at peoples' homes, but this was the first time for us to see one in the wild. He slowly made his way to the side of the road so we could pass through.
We had heard about a famous onsen in the area, but weren’t exactly sure where it was. We came upon a very large ...
Ninjas!
... ninja village was ever discovered, the ninja had multiple choices to hide, escape or defend themselves. Next, a museum displayed the weapons and items a ninja used to use for climbing walls, picking locks,.. Techniques used by the ninja to gain entrance somewhere, find water,... were displayed.
Next up was the ninja show, where we could see how the ninja ...
Japan, land of crazyness I love it
... local speciality. "Yodofu" This is also recommeded in the lonely planet. Basically it turned out to be tofu in water. Drab and devoid of any flavour. What was even worst was we had to make it ourselves!! A pile of different tofu some pickled vegetables which were all neon purple or pink or some other non vegatable colour. There was even a pudding which looked good at first. A stick of vanilla fudge with chocolate on top ...