This is a theme park that allows visitors to experience history, focusing on ninja and Edo Period themes. With a total area of 75,000 square meters, the park recreates the Nagasaki Highway of the Edo period, featuring street performances such as Toad’s Oil Peddler and Nankin Tamasudare, as well as ninja shows put on by the leafy ninja.
There are 60 facilities in the park, including a barrier station, a government office, a ninja mansion, a playhouse, and a karakuri clock tower. In the park, visitors can enjoy street performances such as Nankin Tamasudare and Toad’s Oil Peddler, as well as the powerful “Hagakure Ninja Show” performed by the leaf-hugging ninja. Visitors can also change into ninja costumes and try their hand at shuriken and blowgun. Fortune tellers and Tenmyoukaku (palm reading) are also popular.
Visitors can fully enjoy the fascinating atmosphere of the Edo period.
Enjoy
There are many facilities where visitors can enjoy a ninja experience. There is a shuriken-uchi dojo, a blowgun dojo, a karakuri dream house, and a ninja training hall. Children and adults alike can enjoy dressing up in ninja costumes and playing ninja.
Watching
There are also facilities where visitors can enjoy watching ninja shows and the Ninja Museum. Furthermore, although not related to ninja, the Yamada Zenjokan is also worth a visit.
Experience
You can experience a variety of things such as a costume cosplay photo studio, a dream studio (painting experience), and face-framing panels.
Many female visitors come here for fortune-telling purposes, and it is possible to have a meeting with Dr. Munemichi Nakao (closed on certain days). Of course, you can also enjoy many ninja experiences.
Buying
This is the largest souvenir shop on Yume Kaido and offers a wide variety of Ureshino specialties and folk crafts. It is very popular, so please visit here to choose your souvenirs!
List of main facilities:
Daikansho (street performance)
Exhibition of the Seven Tools of the Ninja
Ninja Run (Ninja Athletic)
Shuriken Dojo
Geimuya (Yaba, shooting range)
Hagakure Ninja House (ninja show)
Jigoku Meguri (tour of hell)
Karakuri House
Oriental I Chingaku Fate Appraisal Office, Tenmyoukaku (palm reading)
Harukiya (restaurant)
Yamada Zenjokan (permanent exhibition of Yamada Zenjokan’s works, open from October 1, 2017)
Kyushu Anaba Sightseeing Information Center (facility introducing Kyushu’s anaba sightseeing produced by Mr. Y)
Calligraphy Exhibition Monyosha (calligraphy exhibition by the calligraphy club of Saga Prefectural Saga Kita High School, built in the image of the Koudoukan (Saga Clan) and Monyosha, a domain school at the end of the Edo period)
Hyakkimaru Museum (exhibition of paper cutout illustrations by Hyakkimaru, a cutout artisan)
Family Crest Museum
There are many other facilities including reproductions of Edo period buildings and exhibition halls.
At the facilities, visitors can enjoy various entertainment such as street performances, ninja shows, palm reading, etc., as well as information on sightseeing spots in Kyushu, calligraphy exhibits, paper cutouts, etc. In addition, there are reproductions and exhibits of buildings from the Edo period, allowing visitors to feel the atmosphere of the times.
Weekdays 9:00 - 16:00
Weekends and holidays: 9:00-17:00
Tuesdays
Junior high school students to adults 1,100 yen
3 years old to elementary school students 600 yen
25 min. by bus from JR Takeo Onsen Stn. to “Kokaido-mae” stop, 10 min. walk.