Honolulu Advertiser newspaper from Hawaii featuring a photo of a ninja from Koka who performed at Ala Moana Shopping Center in 1990.There are two major NINJA villages in Japan. 10,000 yen for adult costume, and 7,000 yen for children's size. The hand has the same scale as the Giant Buddha's hand in Nara's Todaiji temple. Outdoor stage, where they hold events like the Miss Kunoichi Contest. Shuriken target practice at the Shuriken Dojo in Koka Ninja Village, Shiga Prefecture. For a few hundred yen, you can throw real shuriken at wooden targets. Even today, Koka has numerous medicine manufacturers. Medicine packages from Koka ninja-related medicine companies. Koka ninja were always in contact with the local people. It was a disguise and a means to gather information from people when they went around selling medicines. Many Koka (Koga) ninja were medicine makers. Tools for making medicine (including gunpowder). Ninja armored suit for protection against swords. Must've been troublesome to find and snatch a cat to find out what time it was. If the iris was almost closed, it was noon. Ninja looked at a cat's eyes to find out what time it was. Iga-Ueno and Koga ninja were the most famous. Map of Japan showing numerous ninja schools which existed during the feudal era. Koka Ninja Museum also has showcases with various ninja costumes, documents, weapons, etc. The dirt-floored room has various ninja ladders. Inside Koka Ninja Museum which opened in 1983. This was also a fomer house transplanted here. Next to the Ninja house is the Koka Ninja Museum (Koka Ninjutsu Hakubutsukan). Ninja well with an escape tunnel which you can almost walk through. Ninja house attic showing the thatched roof. This entire ceiling was designed to fall down on any assailant in this room. Trap door behind a scroll with the kanji "shinobi" (stealth). A tour guide shows you the gimmicks of the house. Hearth with a escape hatch at the bottom. A hearth with a escape hatch at the bottom. There is a guide (dressed in ninja costume) inside to show you around. It was disassembled and transplanted here from Ohara Ichiba in Koka. This was an actual ninja house belonging to the Fujibayashi ninja family. The Ninja house (Ninja yashiki) is one of the main attractions of the Ninja Village. The ninja sat on the board inside the wooden ring and waded through the water while partially submerged. This drawing from the Koka Ninja House shows how it was done. Just dragging himself across with the rope. There he goes, not exactly walking on water. You can rent a ninja suit in various colors for 600 yen. Of course, ninja never wore a bright red costume. Grab the rope and step into the foot rings. A few visitors, wearing ninja costumes, try it out.Ī pair of floating rings with a platform in the middle. The Mizugumo Water Spider Pond where you can walk on water. However, he was only fictional character. Monument for Sarutobi Sasuke, a famous Koga ninja who was born in Koka. Made during the early Edo Period, it's Japan's largest wooden statue of Daikokuten. He is worshipped for good marriage, food, and prosperity. Shinobi Shrine has a statue of Daikokuten, one of the seven gods of good fortune. Worships all the nameless ninja who died. Free shuttle bus available from JR Koka Station. You can call them from the train station to be picked up. Quite far from the nearest train station (Koka Station on the Kusatsu Line). As a theme park, the Koka-no-Sato Ninjutsu-mura or Koka Ninja Village offers a good tourist sampling of ninja in a hidden village of former ninja houses transplanted to this "village." Entrance to Koka Ninja Village, tucked away in a hidden, lus Entrance to Koka Ninja Village, tucked away in a hidden, lush forest.