Koka Ninja House, Shiga, Japan 甲賀流 忍術屋敷

The world's only authentic ninja house still in its original location. Revolving doors, trap doors, and underground tunnels were devised to help the ninja escape or hide from the enemy. They avoided direct combat as much as possible. Called Koka-ryu Ninjutsu Yashiki, this house was the residence of Mochizuki Izumo-no-kami, the leader clan of the Koga ninja. Located in Konan-cho, Shiga Prefecture, the former heart of the Koka ninja. Photos: http://photoguide.jp/pix/thumbnails.php?album=687

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[maxinpains]

KOKA? = KAGA RIGHT?

[photojpn]

No, not Kaga. It's Koka or Koga.

[maxinpains]

i've never heard of Koka. Koga is right way to say it.

[photojpn]

I suggest you visit this ninja house and hear it for yourself. It will be "KOKA." (Difficult to explain this to people who cannot read Japanese.)

BTW, another widely mispronounced Japanese word is "yen" (money). It is pronounced "en." Like Koga, it was pronounced and spelled wrong and it stuck.

[photojpn]

maxinpains: Koka is actually the correct pronunciation. The ninja are named after the Koka area in Shiga Prefecture. However, the kanji character for "ka" can also be pronounced "ga" which is a more common pronunciation. Most Japanese not familiar with the Koka area will tend to mispronounce it and this error has stuck and spread, even overseas.

[Haku92292]

Koka ryu is dead for all of you who didn't know. Fujita Seiko took it with him, he left nothing but history behind.

[photojpn]

Ninjutsu is and was never a martial art. No one in Japan has a serious ninjutsu dojo. It's not something to be taught. There are no serious ninjutsu tournaments in Japan like karate/judo. Koka ninja were mainly into espionage (gathering info from villagers by peddling medicines), making drugs (and gunpowder), taking care of castle security (guards), and developing techniques to escape from the enemy.

[chucknorrispranks]

no one in japan has a serious ninjutsu dojo? thats not true at all. manaka unsui sensei, tanemura sensei, hatsumi sensei, and others have very serious ninjutsu dojo in japan.

judo and karate are sport martial arts, thats why they have tournaments...

[chucknorrispranks]

@photojpn no one said anything about ninjutsu being a martial art, including fujita seiko. Having said that, Togakure Ryu ninjutsu is still extant.

[fardisghomeshi]

@pwningpossy87 right.

[pwningpossy87]

Koka is the name of the city it's in. Koga is the name of the ninja's. i'm going there in five days.

[maxinpains]

Yep, that's what is. Don't even try to urgue with me. I know Modern japanese .

[gsuiris]

Even in Kouka people can't decide on the pronunciation. Some people say Koka and some say Kouga.

But, the station and the city website write it as Koka.

[maxinpains]

Sorry buddy. KOGA is the right way to say it. LMAO!