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Bilingual illustrated ninja guide stealthily drops courtesy of a top ninja researcher in Japan

• Krista Rogers
  Oct 14, 2026
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A new visual guide for the ninja enthusiast in your life sheds light on the myth and fact behind Japan’s historical agents of infiltration.

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• Japan
• (bilingual • book • COK • cool • culture • English • guide • history • illustrated • Natsume-sha • new • Ninja • Yamada • Yuji)

Japanese mayors challenge each other to nighttime ninja battle, now recruiting participants

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 11, 2026

The Tensho Iga War resumes as a way to actively celebrate the history of two ninja towns.

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• Japan
• (awesome • COK • cool • history • Iga • Iga ninja • koga ninja • koka • Koka ninja • Ninja • Shinobi Youchi)

Ninja theme park suddenly closes in Japan, shadow warriors undone by shady real estate deals

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 21, 2026

If only some justice-loving shinobi had put a stop to things before Ise Ninja Kingdom had to shut down.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • crime • Ise Ninja Kingdom • Japan travel • Ninja • theme parks • tourism • travel)

Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad

• Oona McGee
  Jun 20, 2026

Shadow warrior test includes a written exam, with marks given for shuriken throwing and ninja attire.

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• Japan
• (COK • exam • Koka City • Koka Ninja Research Association • news • Ninja • Ninja Certification Exam • Shiga Prefecture)

Turn a rainy forecast into a blast at the Naruto & Boruto Ninja Village May Rain Festival 2026

• Krista Rogers
  Apr 15, 2026

This event actually encourages the weather to rain on your parade in order to get the most out of it.

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• Japan
• (anime • Awaji • Boruto • Hyogo • manga • Naruto • Nijigen no Mori • Ninja • rain • Rain Festival)

Japan’s full-facemask Ninja Parka still lets you eat ice cream[Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 6, 2026

Perfect for the shinobi who wants to stay out of the sun and snack on sweets.

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• Japan
• (clever • COK • cool • crazy • fashion • funny • Ninja • skincare • Sunburn • UV)

Naruto and Converse team up for new line of shinobi sneakers[Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 16, 2026

Wearable salutes to six iconic characters from the shonen ninja saga.

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• Japan
• (anime • Converse • fashion • manga • Naruto • Ninja • shoes • sneakers)

Naruto jerseys coming to Major Leage Baseball theme nights, Hello Kitty to take over a field

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 5, 2026

The Brewers believe it!

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• Japan, USA
• (anime • awesome • baseball • cool • cute • Hello Kitty • Major League Baseball • manga • Miami Marlines • Milwaukee Brewers • MLB • Naruto • Ninja • Sanrio • sports)

Japan’s Naruto theme park now offering real-world version of Minato’s kunai ninja weapon

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 27, 2026

The Fourth Hokage’s Flying Thunder God Kunai could be yours.

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• Japan
• (anime • Boruto • cool • crazy • manga • Naruto • Nijigen no Mori • Ninja)

Japanese town using ninja to correct impolite inbound tourist behavior

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 13, 2025

Ninja welcome you to Otaru, and want you to follow the rules while you’re here.

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• Japan
• (etiquette • Hokkaido • manners • Ninja • Otaru • overtourism • tourism • travel)

Shinjuku Ninja Live Show: New Tokyo tourist attraction created by the Japan Ninja Council

• Oona McGee
  Aug 12, 2024

Kabuki musician teams up with the world’s only official ninja organisation for a night you’ll remember forever.

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• Japan
• (actors • arts • cool • Japan Ninja Council • live event • Ninja • oiran • shinjuku • Shinjuku Ninja Live Show • shows • taiko • theatre • Tokyo • tradition)

Japanese city encouraging visitors and locals to cosplay as ninja for annual Ninja Festa

• Casey Baseel
  May 2, 2024

Home of the Iga ninja clan staging annual celebration of its shinobi heritage.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • culture • history • Iga • Iga ninja • Iga Ueno • Iga Ueno Castle • Ninja • tourism • travel)

Fight like a ninja in a samurai town, with sword-fighting experience at Kyoto Toei movie studio park

• Oona McGee
  Apr 8, 2024

Learn Japanese katana techniques from movie actors and film your own sword-fight in an Edo setting. 

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • Edo • history • Japanese swords • Katana • Kyoto • museums • Ninja • samurai • sword fights • Toei Kyoto Studio Park • tourist sites • travel)

Ninja Soba Goemon: A Japanese restaurant that’s like a ninja hideout

• Oona McGee
  Mar 1, 2024

Because shadow warriors need to eat noodles too. 

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• Japan
• (cool • eating • food • Goemon • goemonburo • Gunma • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • Ninja • Ninja Soba Goemon • Noodles • restaurants • review • SNJO • soba • soba restaurant • taste test)

Yakuza member selling soda arrested for extorting money from ninja spreading flyers in Asakusa

• Master Blaster
  Feb 13, 2024

Popular area wasn’t big enough for the two of them.

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• (Asakusa • crime • extortion • Ninja • Ninja-kun • Organized crime • Ramune • Tokyo • yakuza)

Japan’s hardest rice crackers, snacks of the shinobi, go soft, so do they have a reason to exist?

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 4, 2024

Taste-testing the “soft cooked hardness” of Iga.

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• Japan
• (anko • COK • cool • crazy • food • Iga • manju • Ninja • rice crackers • senbei • SNJO • sweet red beans • taste test)

Samurai Ninja Museum Tokyo With Experience is true to its name, lets you slice with real katana

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 15, 2024

Hands-on history in Tokyo’s most historical neighborhood.

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• Japan
• (Asakusa • awesome • cool • history • Katana • museums • Ninja • samurai • Samurai Ninja Museum Tokyo With Experience • travel)

Ninja Sword Ice Cream: The longest ice cream in Japan looks like a single-edged sword

• Oona McGee
  Jul 3, 2023

Slay the heat with a new ice cream from a Japanese ninja cafe. 

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • food • Gifu • ice candy • ice cream • ice pop • Ninja • Ninja Cafe • Ninja Cafe & Bar Asakusa • ninja sword • ninjato • shinobi • sweets • swords)

Japan’s new tiny ninja capsule toy collection turns your desk into a secret hideout

• Oona McGee
  Apr 20, 2023

Six-piece collection adds some shadow warrior fun to your workday.

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• Japan
• (capsule machine • capsule toy • capsule toys • COK • gacha • gacha toys • Gachappon • Ninja • Tarlin • toys)

Okayama ninja video credited with drastically improving traffic manners

• Master Blaster
  Jan 24, 2023

Is there anything ninja can’t do?

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• Japan
• (JAF • Japan Automobile Federation • Ninja • Okayama • pedestrian crossing • Toyopet • traffic accidents • traffic safety • videos)

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