Theme of the day:
Ninja'sAfter having a nice morning soak at (6 am till 7 am) and some breakfast it was time to continue our journey.
Exploring the Ryokan for a bit we found a gift shop with an arcade...
The escalator to the gift shop and arcade
Where we found Doraemon...After we seen enough of the ryokan it was time to depart. The skies cleared up and was looking quite good. It was a short walk to the car and Noboribetsu by daylight was quite bright..
The target destination was Lake Shikotsu. But before we would go there we decided to go to Noboribetsu Date Jidai Mura since we were in the neighborhood anyways. A more or less historical representation of a village during Edo period. It's actually more of a ninja theme park. Yea ninja's~
Front door of Noboribetsu Date Jidai Mura. With a friendly samurai welcoming us.
It was not as crowded when Danny Choo went (not very surprising looking at the weather)
After some trying our ninja skills using blowpipe and shuriken, we noticed some Hong Kong and Korean tour groups rushing to a building. Looking at the programme we found out it was time for the ninja show! The show was quite nice and it's clear why the tour groups were rushing. Showing your appreciation was also done in a special way. If you liked it you could put some coins in a sheet of paper, fold it up and throw it on stage.(Don't think the paper works as a good buffer when being hit but w/e)
Mad Ninja moves. Moving faster than the shutter of my camera...
After the show the tour groups rushed back to their buses. We decided to explore the rest of the village. The ninja maze was awesome. The sloped floors really got us and it was hard to walk through the maze. But since it was fun we went again and tried a speed run. It's a good thing the poles and edges of doors were covered with cushions...
There were two more shows we visited. One of the shows was about geisha's where someone from the audience gets on the stage to play the role of a Daimyo.(translated there as rich man~) Seeing how there were not many visitors and some of us were sticking out of the crowd (due to length) one of us was chosen which made the play much more interesting. The shows do require you to understand a bit of Japanese but are funny nonetheless.
Cat shrine in the village grounds nya~
It was quite late after we were done walking around. We quickly drove to the Ryokan we booked at Lake Shikotsu. It was already dark when we arrived at Lake Shikotsu so no pictures of Lake Shikotsu that day. After again a soak (at the lakeside this time), it was already time for dinner.
Dinner at the Ryokan
DessertAfter another after dinner soak it was time for sleep. Next destination in the next post.
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