Name: The Truth About Japanese Ninja | 外国人が知らない、忍者の話
Uploaded: 2020-03-24T09:10:21.000Z
Duration: 8 min 1 s
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- [Micaela] Historically they went by many different names,

Monomi, Kusa, Rappa, Nokizaru or Shinobi,

But the most popular term to use when referring

to Feudal Japan's famous spies, is ninja.

In pop culture and fiction, ninja take on the image

of being skilled assassins, dressed in black,

The Japan Ninja Council is a national team

dedicated to preserving the fact and fiction of ninja,

With their guidance, I traveled across Japan

to speak with experts and determine the truth

behind Japanese history's most mysterious beings.

located in the southwest of Kanagawa Prefecture.

Historically, this area was once home to the clan

But these days, it's a quiet seaside city,

and fresh fish are brought into the harbor every day,

making it a great spot to grab some seafood.

Fish oil's really, really healthy for you

and you can tell by looking at the cuts of the meat

that these are very oily cuts, which is a good thing.

You're gonna absorb all types of nutrients.

and that lunch was amazing, but there's another thing

and that's Kamaboko which are fish cakes.

these famous Odawara Kamaboko fish cakes.

I can never resist an opportunity to work with food

and at the Kamaboko Museum you can join public group lessons

and have the hands on experience of scraping and sculpting

and molding your very own original fish cake.

It's actually a lot harder than it looks.

but it actually looks like food which is,

It's very, very chewy and very, very sweet.

I'm ready to go back in time and learn more

about its history and its connection to ninja.

So today we are in Kanagawa Prefecture at Odawara Castle,

which is one of the closest places in proximity to Tokyo

where you can explore authentic ninja history and culture.

This castle used to belong to the Hojo Clan

and the Fuma ninja were the ninja that served the Hojo Clan.

Odawara Castle has been reformed and is now a museum

with a collection of historical relics on display.

Here, you can learn about the famous Hojo Clan,

Japan was divided amongst different rulers

who fought to conquer each other's territories.

would send expertly trained spies, known today as ninja,

is that ninja were often so secretive about their craft,

that they didn't leave much of a paper trail.

Inside these books that were written years and years ago,

Nobody can say for sure if they really did exist

we can assume that they did exist in some shape or form.

We're really lucky with the weather today

you can see the mountains, you can see the city

and on a day like today, it's just very, very lovely.

The hard evidence backing ninjas historically may be scarce,

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