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Completely forgot to upload these photos! I took them at the beginning of November during our trip in Nagano prefecture.
We spent an afternoon in this Ninja village : even if it was a rather small place, it was fun!
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The place is called : Togakushi Ninja Karakuri Yashiki.
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I said village but it mostly composed of 3 main houses.
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One being a "trick" house. This is where the fun happened! You enter the house and the goal, well, is to get out of it!
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This room was built at an angle, just looking into it I was feeling bad, kind of a car sick (I must be too sensitive -_-).
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So you have to discover the many secret path and doors.
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Good this one was not "active"...
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Then there was this wall, much more difficult than it looks like, start was easy but the end asked for skills...
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Ninja toilet!
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Inside the old mill.
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And then a house was dedicated to Ninja weapons and gears
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Lots of evil stuff! :)
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The usual representation of Ninja wearing black stuff comes from the movies.
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Actually being spies, their goal was to remain undiscovered and usually they dressed like anybody...
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Maybe during night mission their outfit was different though
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Many photos coming from movies or guys practicing... It seems there was (is??) an actual "association"...
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Any ninjitsu specialist around here ?
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Hey dude! what's wrong with your arm ?
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Secret ninja stories or manual ?
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It's funny how the traditional roofs remind me the ones in Normandy, almost same technique is used...
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Any need of winter shoes ? Last trend in Nagano mountain!