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good morning from abui Shrine we are
checking out this beautiful Shrine which
has been used as a location for lots of
movies and films because of its really
Dynamic cool stoic appearance this
Shrine also has a significant cultural
connection to the Koga Ninja
um the ninja that used to live in this
particular region it is said that at
this Shrine um they would gather to do
like Town Hall meetings the Koga ninja
were more about um protecting the
community as a community they were very
communal people communal ninjas and so
it is said that here at abui Shrine they
would often get together and discuss the
city issues they would get together and
discuss tactics for protecting the
community and first thing we're going to
do this morning is check out this Shrine
which has that sort of historical
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background hey guys how's it going it's
Michaela today we are at Koka no njut
tsumura which is the home of the koca
Ninja
and we're here to learn some
Ninjutsu uh which should be pretty
exciting so just like every other uh
Ninja theme park that we've visited up
until this point you can rent a ninja
outfit when you're exploring the area so
since this is the last video in the
series I've pretty much accepted that
this is my fate going to dress up as a
ninja again we're going to do ninja
things again and so I have transformed
today I'm a navy blue ninja and I've got
a hood this time which is pretty cool
the Koka ninja Village is very similar
to other ninja Villages across Japan in
that it includes Educational Tours which
showcase how historians speculate the
ninja lived back during the feudal Japan
era one of the most interesting displays
is an old-fashioned ninja house built
with the Ninja's very particular evasion
tactics in mind almost every room has an
emergency Escape Route and is built so
that Ninja can trap enemies and have an
advantage in battle as well
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so here at the Koka ninja Village just
like uh the one in EGA they have several
obstacle course activities that you can
try when you're dressed up as a ninja to
get a feel for some of the skills that
the ninja
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had let's try it
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after taking on the obstacle course in
EGA I thought I could handle anything
turns out Koka Village's challenges are
a little harder on the
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body fore
where'd he
go okay here we
go one two three
go I don't think I can do this
but the stretch feels really
nice my leg feels great
hello hi that was a lot of work I'm very
very tired but apparently there's one
more thing in this ninja Park that we
have to do and this looks like it's
going to be the hardest one yet
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so just my luck we're going to try to
walk on water but the pool just happens
to be surrounded
by uh Elementary School
students who seem to be very interested
in what I'm about to
do I feel a lot of pressure to do a good
job but I don't have a lot of faith in
myself what a YouTu so
we're just going to have to see how it
goes no
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pressure my
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gosh oh God all
right it is very very cold my feet are
freezing but now there's all these
children watching and they're like
cheering us on and I feel so much
pressure to actually
try it's so
cold but I got to do it
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I think I was supposed to go across and
trust me I would really love to
try but my feet hurt it's so cold and
then I'm also just not very good at
it I'm just not very good at it I don't
think I could be a ninja
ninja although I didn't successfully
complete most of the challenges I still
got a scroll and became an honorary
Ninja for doing my best some sometimes
that's all that matters so the last spot
that we're visiting today in Koka city
is the gak shukan which is the Museum of
medicine in Koka a lot of the uh Ninja
spent their time collecting herbs and
making medicinal remedies for all sorts
of things and poisons as well which
could be used in blow darts to kill
enemies these days sha prefecture is
known for its medicine and products that
have entered the mainstream market but
at this Museum you can apply to join a
short cooking class where you you learn
to make herbal Mochi snacks inspired by
the ones ninja allegedly made in the
past many
YouTubers these days they sell
t-shirts or you know like some sell
jewelry I think I'm just going to start
selling
medicine ninja were often used as spies
and were sent on Long missions where
they had to gather information these
snacks help them stay healthy and absorb
nutrients when they were too busy to eat
a proper meal a huge emphasis is based
on the nutrients and the size an ideal
ninja snack is something that is light
easy to carry and doesn't spoil easily
we learned how to make this snack which
they say is so tiny but packed with so
much good stuff that ninja could carry
this with them as they were out and they
could
survive eating this for
days and it's actually pretty
good this is a pretty cool experience
and I learned a lot and I had a lot of
fun so after 1 year six prefectures and
six videos we now have visited every
ninja Village in Japan crazy right you
too can have your own personal ninja
experience when you come to Japan one
word of advice though allow yourself a
rest day because this muscle pain is no
joke check the playlist for last year's
videos if you haven't caught up yet and
let me know in the comments which one
you like the best thanks so much for
watching it's been a long project and
stick around for new videos new faces
new subjects new places coming up soon
thanks for watching bye
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