If I’m not mistaken, that box is called a ryūdosui, which is a type of wooden pump used to put out fires.Īs mentioned up top, Toei is an active film studio and we were lucky enough to witness a program being shot there that day. Not sure which buildings they were but there are supposed to be replicas of the Yoshiwara red light district and a traditional court house at Toei Kyoto Studio Park. That would be awesome walking around all day as a ninja or samurai. We didn’t do it but I believe guests can rent period-style costumes at Toei Kyoto Studio Park. My friend Tom challenging two park attendants dressed as samurais to a duel…or is he just asking them for directions? Cool huh? An active movie and TV studio, over 200 jidaigeki films (period dramas) are reportedly shot here every year. …you’re instantly transported back in time into Japan’s Edo period. It may look modern from the outside, but as soon as you pay the ¥2,400 entrance fee and walk through those front doors… Now forty years old, I may be a few decades removed from those stealthy floor buffing days, but today at Toei Kyoto Studio Park, I got to be a ninja all over again. Or was I Spider Man? Either way, I was pretty stealthy. Making as little noise as possible, I’d slide up and down our hallway pretending to be a ninja scaling some impenetrable fortress.
Joe back then and like most kids, Snake Eyes was by far my favorite character.īefore video games came along and zapped me of my imagination, I remember how I used to lay down on the floor, on my side, close to the wall with my hands and feet against the baseboard. Black and badass, that was just the coolest thing ever.
Swordfights, ninja stars, all that “sneakiness”, what wasn’t to like? And that costume. Like many boys, ninjas and samurais played a significant role in my childhood.
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