Museum / Science Museum Spots in Shigaraki / Koka Area

  • Koka Ninja House
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    4.0
    64 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Shiga Pref. Koukashi Kounanchouryuboushi 2331
    A sort of real ninja theme park filled with secret ninja tricks located in Ryuboshi Konan-cho, Koka City. The residence was built around 1700, during the Edo period, by the Mochizuki Koka ninja clan. Preparing for the unexpected, the house was filled with tricks and traps, including trick windows, rotating walls, and drop pits. Items used as part of daily ninja life are also on display here.

    Although it is a guided tour conducted in Japanese, we were able to follow the tour as the staff passed us a folder with English description and she helped us along the way. It is amazing to...

  • Koka Ninja Village
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    4.0
    9 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Shiga Pref. Koukashi Koukachouoki 394
    A theme park located in Oki Koka-cho, Koka City. Facilities include a museum with exhibits on Koka ninja, a ninja funhouse, a ninja dojo with nine training grounds, a shuriken dojo, a craft dojo where you can pain raku ware and do other crafts, and a Shinobi-jinja Shrine dedicated to ninja. There’s also a restaurant where you can enjoy “ninja barbecue,” a store selling ninja goods, and a costume rental shop.

    JR草津線甲南駅から行く望月家の忍者屋敷とこの忍者村の両方に行くなら車で行くのが便利です。公共の乗り物だと甲賀駅からですがかなり距離があります。甲賀忍者の術、生活が体験できるので大人も楽しく遊べます。からくり井戸、水ぐもが体験できる池近くに忍術博物館があります。忍者の使う装束、道具」なども展示されています。生活道具もあるので忍者について知識が深められます。からくり屋敷は住居に使われていたもので、か...

  • Shiga Safari Museum
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    3.5
    14 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Shiga Koka-shi Shigarakicho Kinose 2854-2

    Grotesque and utterly pointless! .The ‘museum’ is only a bloody trophy cabinet of a sad hunter, somehow proudly displaying all his kills. Why would anyone pay to see this? I took my children by...

  • Koka History Folk customs Museum
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Shiga Koka-shi Kokacho Aburahi Aburahi Jinja
  • Koka Municipal Konan Fureai no Museum
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Shiga Koka-shi Konancho Kazuraki 925
  • Koka Municipal Former Minakuchi Library History Cultural Properties Division
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Shiga Koka-shi Minakuchicho Minakuchi 6053

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Visitors to Shiga prefecture are almost always hopping east across the prefectural border from Kyoto, and they are almost certainly Lake Biwa-bound. Covering an area of 670 square kilometers, Lake Biwa makes up the bulk of Shiga prefecture, with beautiful lakeside paths that offer myriad walking and cycling opportunities, connecting a string of museums, shrines, and picturesque views that finally lead you to Hikone Castle on the eastern side of the lake.

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