A Trip to Ninja Country: Three Museums Dedicated to the Master Spies

A multilingual sign greets visitors.

The Iga residence features a device known as dondengaeshi, a wall that revolves to expose a hiding place.

Clockwise from top left: Reproductions of shuriken, mizugumo used for crossing water, ninja clothing, and ninja swords.

Swords were hidden below the floorboards of the ninja residence.

Using a sword as a step when climbing a wall. Its long cord makes it easy to pull up after getting to the top.

Practice your skills at the shuriken throwing range. In the background is a ninja residence.

The Kōka village also has its dondengaeshi revolving wall.

Clockwise from top left: An exhibition at the ninjutsu museum, unusually shaped shuriken and makibishi spikes, and the ninjutsu manual Bansen shūkai.

Clockwise from top left: Kōka Ninja House, signs advertising medicine, and shuriken.

A rope ladder for quickly moving from the third to the first floor.