TOKYO, Dec. 1, 2024 — Tokyo’s Sumida-Ryogoku district, renowned for sumo wrestling, boasts numerous historical landmarks. In Ryogoku, Ekoin Temple—a site historically significant for sumo—offers a unique ninja experience. This tour provides an opportunity to learn ninja martial arts, a practice employed for intelligence gathering during Japan’s Edo period. Tourism Media Services interviewed the organizers to gather further details.

■Tour Highlights

Ekoin Temple, established approximately 360 years ago, hosts this tour. Led by the Musashi clan, descendants of Edo-period ninjas, the experience provides an authentic ancient temple setting.

The Musashi clan’s ancestors were Iga ninjas who served the Tokugawa family for 265 years, including under Tokugawa Ieyasu, a powerful Edo-period samurai. Their duties included protective and covert services for the Tokugawa.

Authentic ninjutsu instruction from a genuine ninja is offered. Focusing on “Shinobi damashii” (the ninja spirit), the program avoids intense, acrobatic movements, ensuring accessibility.

The two-hour experience (starting at 1:30 pm) includes meditation and dance, a ninja lecture, demonstrations of ninja tools, walking techniques, training in a grove, breathing exercises, and photography opportunities.

A clan dance performance is also featured, followed by commemorative photos. Participants can also sample “Hyoryo-gan,” a traditional ninja energy food.

■Bookings:
Contact information：The website is in Japanese, but you can contact them in English by Email.
Venue：2-8-10 Ryogoku, Sumida-ku, Tokyo, Japan  ()

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SOURCE Tourism Media Service