Iga-ryu Ninja Museum
Iga city
Learn more about ninjas, Japan’s unique intelligence operatives!
Garbed all in black, ninjas carry out missions using their physical abilities and special ninjutsu skills. Ninjas emerged in response to the growing power of the warrior classes in the late 11th century. Ninjas were divided into several schools or clans, but the Iga-ryu (headquartered in Iga) was one of Japan's most famous ninja clans. The Iga-ryu Ninja Museum demonstrates the history and art of invisibility as practiced by these Iga-ryu ninja. One popular course offers a tour of the ninja mansion, guided by the female ninjas known as kunoichi.
From hidden doors to secret shortcuts! Explore a mansion filled with ninja tricks.
The Iga-ryu Ninja Museum has reconstructed a special dwelling filled with tricks and contraptions, known as the ninja-yashiki (or “ninja mansion”). Press on what you thought was a simple wall and the door to a small secret room opens up. Watch as a section of floor opens to reveal a hidden sword. Here you can get a feeling for how the ninja clan undergoes day-to-day special training. The museum houses an exhibition of over 400 ninja-related items. The compelling ninja show performed by the special Iga ninja group Ashura is very popular too. Since performances are suspended on some days, be sure to check the schedule before visiting the museum.
There’s also a special train by Leiji Matsumoto, one of Japan’s most famous cartoonists!
The train that runs in Iga Ueno is not to be missed by ninja fans—a ninja-themed train designed by Leiji Matsumoto, one of Japan’s premier manga cartoonists, for the Iga Railway company. Designed in three colors—pink, blue, and green—the train’s interior is decorated all over with ninja motifs. Iga Railway has a lot of original merchandise available, so it’s definitely worth taking the train journey in search of souvenirs.
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Ninja Museum of Igaryu
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- Address
- 117, Ueno-marunouchi, Iga-shi, Mie-ken
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- Telephone
- 0595-23-0311
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- Opening hours
- 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. (last admission 4:30 P.M.)
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- Closed
- Year-end and New Year holidays
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- Price
- Adults 756 yen, children 432 yen
Access
- Chubu Centrair International Airport is a 1-hour flight from Haneda Airport.
- Chubu Centrair International Airport is a 100-minute flight from Sapporo’s New Chitose Airport.
- Chubu Centrair International Airport is a 75-minute flight from Sendai Airport.
- Chubu Centrair International Airport is a 65-minute flight from Matsuyama Airport.
- Matsusaka Port is 75 minutes from Chubu Centrair International Airport via the Tsu Airport Line.
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- Matsusaka Station is 12 minutes by bus from Matsusaka Port.
- Uenoshi Station is 65 minutes via Kintetsu express line from Matsusaka Station.
- Ninja Museum of Igaryu is a 10-minute walk from Uenoshi Station.
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