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- Good morning, guys.
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We are here at Ueno castle in Iga,
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which is the ninja mecca of Japan.
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This is where a lot of ninja culture originates
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and it's also where most of the ninja in Japan lived
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and went about their lives.
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So we're on our way to see the ninja show here in Iga.
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And this ninja show is supposed to be top-notch,
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unlike any ninja show we've seen yet.
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- The Iga ninja are known to be some of the most
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influential ninja in history,
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especially during the Edo period
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due to their working relationship with Tokugawa Ieyasu
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and their versatile roles as mercenaries as well as spies.
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Because of this,
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the Iga clan was very skilled in hand-to-hand combat,
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explosives, poisons, concealed weaponry, stealth
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and various other battle tactics that made them a threat
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to enemy feudal lords.
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These days at the Igaryu Ninja Museum,
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you can drop in and witness these battle tactics
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first hand at the ninja show,
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where trained professionals mime close combat
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with precise movements and use real weapons in their hands.
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- Out of all the ninja shows I've seen across Japan,
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this one was definitely the most entertaining.
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We have come to the middle of the mountains.
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It's a beautiful day.
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I am at the visitor center for the ninja village.
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I'm about to go in.
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They're gonna lend me some ninja clothes
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and then we're really gonna get into the ninja mood
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as we go out and explore the rest of the ninja village.
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- Okay.
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To be honest, when he said we were going
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to a ninja training ground, I had no idea what to expect.
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This area is kid friendly, right?
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How hard can it be?
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Oh my God.
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How did he do that?
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Okay, okay.
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The first step is to try and just see how it goes.
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And then if there's a thing I can't do,
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then I'll learn how to do it.
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And since he can do it, I'm pretty sure I can do it.
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No, I'm okay.
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- Okay, bye. (laughs)
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- Apparently this park, this ninja park,
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is really popular with families and children,
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and I can see why.
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'Cause I remember, as a kid, I used to love stuff like this
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and I would do it all the time.
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In Canada we have the Boy Scouts campground,
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and the Boy Scouts campground
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had the same kind of walls that you could climb over
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and a bunch of obstacle courses
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and they were so much fun,
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and I'm really glad that a place like this exists in Japan
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where kids can have that same experience.
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Whoa, this is like an entire room dedicated to VR.
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- That was a lot of fun.
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That was so much fun.
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But my God, you use a lot of energy
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and you don't even realize it.
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And I died,
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and I feel like I've never been so happy to die
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because now I can rest, forever.
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- Yeah, I'm a ninja.
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I got a scroll.
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I'm a certified ninja after all this work.
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I can say it's been a long road,
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I've worked really hard at this,
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I've studied a lot.
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I'm happy, I'm in a good mood.