{"id":1800,"date":"2024-12-24T13:01:43","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/?p=1800"},"modified":"2024-12-26T13:38:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T13:38:48","slug":"kyoto-day-1-december-24th-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.koren.korenscreativearts.com\/?p=1800","title":{"rendered":"Kyoto Day 1, December 24th part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We arrived in Kyoto before noon, put all of our luggage in lockers and then set out for a 43 minute walk to the Samurai Ninja Museum. It was an interactive guided experience where we moved as a group through a series of rooms filled with artifacts. Our guide, Nobu, was great, peppering his presentation with many self-identified corny jokes. We learned a lot about the hierarchy of Japanese society throughout history. We also learned about the duties, armour, clothing and weaponry of the Samurai and Ninja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nobu then passed us over to Nami who showed us how to throw Shiruken (Ninja Stars – but ours were rubber). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The final activity was dressing up in samurai costumes. A great time was had by all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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