There are over 400 ninja tools on display, including “shuriken,” also known as throwing stars. People who visit the museum can try some of the tools for themselves. “Visitors can watch Iga ...

They were skilled assassins, using weapons like the shuriken, or ninja star, to take out their targets. Jinichi Kawakami is the chairman of the new ninja museum and shows me how to throw one.

“They threw the stones and shuriken at them to slow the enemy ... with many other undocumented ninja artifacts hiding in museum collections. “It made me think that there’s a whole treasure ...

which runs the museum, has named the program Ninpak, a play on the words “ninja” and “minpaku,” the latter of which refers to private lodging. Under the program, shuriken throwing stars ...

Photo: Kyoto Maikoya The museum is home to an astounding collection ... a samurai armour replica and learning how to throw shuriken ninja stars. Photo: Kyoto Maikoya For those who want to fully ...

The fascinating museum displays hundreds of ninja-related items, such as shinobi-gatana (ninja swords) and shuriken (throwing stars). Also featured are long rolls of paper that held the secrets of ...