Facing the storm... Iga Ninpouchou!

In the morning a typhoon has come to town. Heavy rain and strong winds send us on our way to pick up the one from Yokkaichi to join us to the ninja village of Iga.

Naturally, upon entering the ninja village, we Don appropriate costumes so as to stay hidden casually. The village is a kind of a tourist tour, but it is fun to try trapdoors and see all kinds of tools and gadgets. After the tour we way lunch and head for a game centre. Sadly there is no Street Fighter IV. We play around with some games but nothing really catches our attention. We also take a look around a shopping mall, but end up buying nothing, though a small electric guitar with a built-in amplifier seems fun. The typhoon reaches some places inside the malls as well. It also destroys my umbrella. Towards the evening we have Japanese style cutlets for dinner and start getting everyone home after making sure that my next stop is Kuwana once again. Throughout the day conversations have been mostly in Japanese. Many times I have had to resort to pretending to understand and then guessing the intended heaving after the fact. But it does not matter, as everything had been fun from start to finish.