Iga-ryu Ninja Museum
A farmhouse fitted with revolving walls, hidden stairs and trick doors, kept as a museum.
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Iga-ryu Ninja Museum
SaveA farmhouse fitted with revolving walls, hidden stairs and trick doors, kept as a museum.
Ninja and kunoichi demonstrate each trick device in person as they lead you through the house.
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- ElevatorElevator：not checked
- Stroller OKStroller friendly：none
- RentalStroller rental：not checked
- NursingNursing space：with conditionsconditions
- ChangingDiaper changing table：not checked
- Diaper binDiaper disposal bin：not checked
- Family WCFamily restroom：none
- Kids' toiletKids' toilet seat & step stool：not checked
- Own foodOutside food allowed：none
- EnglishEnglish support：with conditionsconditions
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From outside the trick house looks like an ordinary farmhouse. Revolving walls, hidden stairs and trick doors were built in to guard gunpowder recipes and ninja techniques. Ninja and kunoichi, women ninja, work them in front of you as they lead the way. A basement hall holds replica tools made from ninja manuals, including shuriken and water spiders. A former rice store now tells the history and daily life of the ninja. Beside the house you can throw real shuriken, which are heavy in the hand.
| Stroller friendly | No | There are a lot of steps and stairs inside, so strollers are taken in at the entrance gate and held for you. The museum itself recommends bringing a carrier if your children are small. From the park entrance it is a five-minute walk on a gentle gravel slope | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | iganinja.jp |
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| Steps & slope caution | Many steps | Steps and stairs throughout — enough that pet carts are turned away and strollers are held at the gate. Wheelchair users view the ninja house from the veranda | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | iganinja.jp |
| Nursing space | Yes | One baby room, in the Ninja Denshokan (the former rice store). Ask a nearby staff member to use it | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | iganinja.jp |
| Family restroom | No | There are no toilets inside the museum at all, and no accessible toilet in the museum or Ueno Park. Use the toilets at the Ueno Park tourist information office or beside the park rest house; the accessible one is next to the tourist information office | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | iganinja.jp |
| Outside food allowed | No | Eating is not allowed inside the museum or on its grounds. Ueno Park itself is fine to eat in — take your rubbish home. Smoking, including e-cigarettes, is banned across the grounds, the park and the municipal car parks | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | iganinja.jp |
| English support | English menu & signs | Audio guidance in English and Chinese runs inside the ninja house, the trick devices carry English captions, and the exhibition captions are in Japanese and English. Leaflets in English, traditional Chinese and simplified Chinese are at the ticket window | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | iganinja.jp |
| Indoor / outdoor | Indoor & outdoor | The ninja house, the trick-tool hall and the Denshokan are indoors; the show stage is outdoors but built for all weather. You still walk between them in the open, so bring rain gear | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | iganinja.jp |
| Elevator | Not checked yet | ||||
| Diaper changing table | Not checked yet | ||||
| Diaper disposal bin | Not checked yet | ||||
| Kids' toilet seat & step stool | Not checked yet |
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Carry a child up to the door; inside, staff narrate. The revolving wall is fragile — hands-on only on quiet weekdays.
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Iga-ryu Ninja Museum: the ninja skills show hits hard
On a holiday Saturday the 30-minute show filled the hall. Photos are banned, and the noise makes some children cry.
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- Fee：Admission ¥1,000 for adults (high school and up) and ¥700 for children aged 4 to junior-high. Groups of 20 or more pay ¥900 / ¥600. The ninja show costs ¥600 extra (it is dark on some days — check first) with no group rate. Throwing shuriken is ¥300 for six, and you do not need an admission ticket for that alone. With a disability certificate it is ¥700 / ¥500, covering one carer if the certificate says one is required. There is no senior rate■
- Hours：Weekdays 10:00-16:00 (last entry 15:30); Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays 10:00-16:30 (last entry 16:00). Closed 29 December to 1 January, with occasional closures for changing the displays. You can re-enter on the same ticket — just show it again■
- Time needed：80 min
- Booking：The ninja show takes no individual bookings — seats go first come, first served, and you may miss it if the stage is full. Only visitors with an admission ticket can watch it, paying separately at the stage. Payment is on the day: no paying ahead, no paying later■Official booking site ↗