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This is me and all my friend in front of Ninja House.

Iga Ueno is situated in western Mie. It is a castle town that spreads in the northern Iga Basin completely surrounded by mountains. The city has a neat grid of streets. The samurai's residences and temple town retain strong reminiscence of the olden days. It is also famous as the birthplace of the Iga ninja spies. Iga is one of the ninjutsu schools completed in the 14th century. The ninjas would infiltrate into the enemy's ground with the objectives of scouting, stratagems, raids, harassing the rear guard and other activities with their special skills called ninjutsu. The Iga Ninja Museum where an actual ninja's residence was transferred, is a must-see place.

The Iga Ueno Castle is famous for the highest stonewalls in Japan. These stonewalls were selected as the scene for a movie "Kumonosu-jo" directed by Akira Kurosawa.

In the last sunday, we attended an International Cooking Party from our Japanese Class at Ikoma City Network. Many participant made they country food such as from Turkey, Malaysia, China, Madagaskar, Thailand, South Korea, Peru and off course from Indonesia and Japan.