字幕列表 影片播放 列印英文字幕 - [Micaela] In the last video, we visited Odawara City in Kanagawa prefecture to step into the world of Japanese ninja. First, at Odawara Castle, we learned that ninjas were not actually violent assassins but clever spies enlisted to spy on clans during the Sengoku period, a time when Japan was broken up into small territories at war with each other, and if that wasn't surprising enough, I made a startling discovery about the ninja's appearance as well. Actual ninjas were actually more known to blend into society by dressing really normally so that they wouldn't stand out. I wouldn't be a very good ninja if everyone around me could look at me and tell that I'm a ninja. Okay, so if ninjas didn't dress in all black running around, throwing stars and assassinating their enemies, what did they do? I headed to Nagano prefecture to find some answers. So today, we're at the Ueda Castle remains, in Nagano prefecture, and we're going to learn about the history that this area has with the mythical ninjas. The Ueda Castle ruins are a monumental part of Japanese history, especially during the Sengoku period when it belonged to the famous Sanada clan. Despite its small size, it is considered on of the strongest castles in Japan during the Sengoku period, thanks to its clever architecture and confusing layout. It survived two major sieges, first defeating an attack of 7,000 enemy soldiers with only 2,000 soldiers of their own. Both of these stories are inspiring tales of the underdog beating the odds, and it is said that this could not have been possible without intense strategizing including the use of Japanese spies, ninjas, to gather information and foresee oncoming enemy attacks. So it's possible that this is evidence that they had an escape route here in the castle, and they think that this is what the ninjas used to get in and out without being noticed. After visiting the castle, we decided to take a walk down Yanagimachi Street, another remnant of Japan's historical past. These days, this picturesque area has even been used as a set for movies. The thing I love most about walking down these streets is that it smells like wood. Like it kind of has this wooden, old smell, but it's like a nice smell, like a fragrant wood smell. Sana, how nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, Sana, how old are you? Wow, seven? So by now I think you're familiar with every prefecture in Japan having its own specialty food, and one of the foods that is special in Nagano prefecture is soba. There's tons of soba shops around here, we've seen a few already today and we decided that it would be the perfect place to drop in and have lunch at. At this soba restaurant, Onishi, they're famous for using several different types of soba, including sprouted grains, adding more nutritional value to their meals than regular soba. So because ninjas were such a secret species, it has been really really hard for historians to separate fact from fiction, a lot of the information they can gather from ninjas are from fictional old stories and they kind of piece together information that lines up with other information from other authors or historians during that time to figure out what actually happened. So there's a lot of hearsay and there's a lot of unsurety, mystery surrounding what ninjas actually did. Ah. Ah! At the Ikenami Shotaro Sanada Taiheiki Kan, an exhibition hall dedicated to a series of books based on the Sengoku period, they even have an entire section of the exhibition dedicated to findings about the ninja. We're about to enter a ninja cave. It's actually very cool in here, very dark and cool. Oh. There's like animal noises. In order to collect data on their targets, they would disguise themselves as pharmacists, peddlers, entertainers, farmers, anything to get them to blend into their target society undetected. Their missions would often take days, and they would sometimes stake out hiding spots in the homes of their targets, this required patience and tons of self control as one false move or sound could blow their cover entirely. A ninja's training would revolve around being swift, quiet, inconspicuous, and most importantly, not leaving a trace of their presence behind. Hai. So now we're heading up the winding road into the mountains to a place that has been historically linked to a ninja training ground for the Sanada clan, which was the clan that founded the castle where we just visited. It's all connected. It's all connected, and it's all starting to make sense, which is really exciting. Kakuma Keikoku, or the Kakuma Valley is said to be the training ground of Sarutobi Sasuke and his fellow Sanada ninjas. At the entrance of the valley lies a single ryokan, built around a natural iron-based hot spring, it is said that this too was once used by the Sanada ninja clan. Oh my goodness. (laughs) I did not bring the right boots for this. I didn't realize we would be climbing up icy death stairs but it is what it is. There better be some real ninjas up there. If I go up there and there's not a single ninja, I'm gonna feel ripped off. I did it. We did it. Although I doubt they had stairs back in the Sengoku period, if this is really the place where ninjas would train, I can kind of understand how running up and down these hills would increase their endurance. There are said to be many caves in the Kakuma area, but the one that houses the cave goddess, Iwaya Kannon, is the biggest in the valley. In the past, these areas were used as mini-residences for those living in the mountains but now it is home to spirits instead. So we've heard stories, we've seen the costumes, we've learned about fact and fiction, but to actually come all the way up into the mountains and walk that steep flight of stairs and see this giant rock with a giant shrine inside it, and actually be here and experience this with my own two eyes and ears and runny nose, it does start to feel like maybe ninjas did exist after all, that they were really as cool as we make them out to be, even if they didn't look exactly the way that we make them out to be. To be honest, when I started this project, I didn't know much about ninjas at all, and I feel like now I'm really starting to get actually genuinely interested as I learn more. I'm really excited, the more I learn, the more interested I am, and I can't wait to find out more in Saga. Oh the things I do, the things the cameraman makes me do, dress up like a ninja, fight children, play in the snow. Next time, we're ditching the snow and heading back to Kyushu to Saga's ninja village to try to figure out why Japan still celebrates the media-portrayed image of a ninja even if it isn't factually correct. Sound interesting? Then make sure you stick around for part three. It took a very long time, but I made it down. I can't actually believe I went up there, seriously. These are not snow boots. These are heels, I'm wearing heel boots. Not waterproof, and I went up the stairs. I could be a ninja after all.
B1 中級 忍者訓練場! 日本忍者的真相 這裡是培養忍者的地方! (Ninja Training Ground!? The Truth About Japanese Ninja ここが忍者が修行していた場所!) 6 0 林宜悉 發佈於 2021 年 01 月 14 日 更多分享 分享 收藏 回報 影片單字