Special Exhibition "The NINJA - who were they?" in Odaiba, Tokyo

A Special Exhibition "The NINJA - who were they?" is currently held at National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Nihon Kagaku Miraikan). I have to go there because I am from Ninja prefecture. 

お台場の日本科学未来館で企画展「The NINJA - 忍者ってナンジャ!?」が開かれています。伊賀忍者の三重県出身の私としては行かねばなりません。

You can actually throw Shrikens (knives) and experience shadow cloning techniques in the waterfall. (You might want to go there with kids, though.)

実際に手裏剣を打ったり、滝に打たれて分身の術を使えたり、「修行」ができます！（子供と一緒じゃないと行きにくいかも）

Even though this exhibition is mainly for kids and their family, there are some places for entertaining adults.

子連れファミリーにピッタリの展示ですが大人が楽しめるところもありました。

Goshikimai - the five colored rice code.

Ninja arranged a code system with colors and combination among team members, and used them to show messages of directions and detection. 

忍者はこの五色米を暗号として使って方角やメッセージを伝えるなどしていたそうですよ。

Invisible ink is the phenomenon in which a liquid (especially citrus fruits) that becomes colorless when it dries is used to write text on the paper, and the invisible text becomes visible when it is roasted. Japanese kids used to do this in childhood at least once.... but I did not know Ninja used this technique!

あぶりだし...日本の子供は必ずやりますよね？まさか忍者の手段だったとはビックリです。

Here are the legends of the NINJA.

忍者伝説

It is said that...

- Ninja could run on the wet paper!

- Ninja could jump from the height of 15m (5th floor of a building).

- Ninja could travel 15.7km per hour and 157km in one day.

- Ninja could jump up over a height of 2.7m from standing position. (So he could get on the top of a big truck.)

I wish they could go to Olympic starting today though they can't because they are spy...

- 忍者は濡れた唐紙の上を走り抜けられた。

- 忍者はビルの5階から飛び降りることができた。

- 忍者は東京から静岡まで1日で走る事が出来た。

- 忍者はトラックの屋根に飛び乗る跳躍力があった。

だそうです。忍だから出られないけど今日から始まるオリンピックに出てほしいです。

You can see the real text book for Ninja and the skills of Ninja from 49 schools are written - "Mansenshukai."

こちらは「万川集海」と言って伊賀・甲賀49流の忍術をまとめたものです。本物が展示してありますよ。

If you are interested in Ninja, please try!

忍者に興味のある人はぜひ行ってみて下さいね。

Period:  July 2(Sat), 2016 - October 10(Mon), 2016

Opening hours:  10 a.m. - 5 p.m. (Entrance closes 30 minutes prior to museum closing time)

Closed:  September 6, 13, 20 ,27/ October 4

Admission fees:  Adults: 1,600 yen, Junior (Elementary school students to 18 years old): 1,000 yen （900 yen on Saturdays), Child (Preschoolers over 3 years old): 500 yen

Information:  http://www.miraikan.jst.go.jp/en/spexhibition/ninjya/

Location:  National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Nihon Kagaku Miraikan)

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