Ninja Trick House

The Ninja Trick House

The Osaka audio-guided tour points out to you, in a tall neighbouring building, the Ninja Trick House, an interactive attraction hidden on the eighth floor, designed like a ninja house of the feudal era.

A ninja house to explore

The house reproduces the secret passages, the hidden doors and the ingenious traps of ninja dwellings. The main experience takes the form of a mini escape game: one must find a secret scroll by exploring the rooms and manipulating mechanisms. A small exhibition is devoted to the ninjas, those spies, scouts and saboteurs expert in discretion, active mainly between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries, during the wars between local lords. One can also try throwing shuriken, the famous ninja stars.

What there is to see

The attraction allows one to manipulate mechanisms, to discover hiding places and to understand how the ninjas protected their information, far from the spectacular image of cinema. Playful and interactive, it will appeal to families as well as to those curious about Japanese history. The shuriken throwing and the exhibition of weapons and tools complete the experience.

Practical information

The Ninja Trick House is on the eighth floor of a building in the Namba district, in Osaka. Admission is charged. It can generally be visited according to hours that may vary depending on the season; it is advisable to check the conditions of access before the visit.

What is the Ninja Trick House?

An interactive attraction reproducing a ninja house, with secret passages, traps and a mini escape game around a hidden scroll.

Who were the ninjas really?

Above all spies, scouts and saboteurs expert in discretion, active between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries, far from the image of cinema.