Edo Village

We were able to go on a tour to Edo Village. Here is the web site to look at.

http://www.edowonderland.net/nikko_e/index.html

It is a park where you can experience the "Edo Period" (if you think pioneer village or old Spanish town you get and idea of what it is like, just Japanese style) For your info:

The Edo period (江戸時代, Edo jidai?), or Tokugawa period (徳川時代, Tokugawa jidai?), is a division of Japanese history running from 1603 to 1868 and is the premodern era. The period marks the governance of the Edo or Tokugawa shogunate, which was officially established in 1603 by the first Edo shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu. The period ended with the Meiji Restoration, the restoration of imperial rule by the 15th and last shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu. The Edo period is also known as the beginning of the early modern period of Japan

It was really fun. Here are some highlights.

The Edo Wonderland mascot..... I am not sure why everything in Japan has to have a mascot.

Us, I think they were pretending to arrest us, not sure, they just kept yelling in Japanese.

The local God/Ruler

Traditional Japanese theater

At the Theater the performance of the head Geisha

The Parade of the Head Geisha

The girls were enrolled in ninja school! They were so excited

My brave ninja at the ninja show.

The ninja school, here they learned the signs the ninjas use to focus energy.

Learning some Ninja Star throwing skills

After accomplishing the ninja training course they were called upon to beat the bad guy, the one in the tower. Harley was completely convinced she had to fight him and kept picking up her little wooden sword. She was ready. But they just shot their energy at him and he fell out of the tower.

Then we all headed home. Niyah was exhausted, Ninja work is hard.

This pretty girl wasn't wore out.

This is one of my favorite parts of the trip. LOOOK SPACE!! ROOM, COUNTRYSIDE. I loved driving in the country for my first time. I can't even tell you how reliving it was to see open space for the first time in a year. I wanted to just pull over and enjoy it. But couldn't since we were on a bus ride.

It was really fun and I highly suggest it.