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Ueno Tenjingu
The danjiri rite of the Ueno Tenjin festival is UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, known for its procession of demons.
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Shindaibutsuji
Founded by Chogen, who rebuilt Todaiji. It preserves a Nyorai figure by Kaikei.
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Iga Ninja Museum
A ninja house with revolving walls and hidden doors, moved here and rebuilt.
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Iga Braided Cords
Silk threads crossed on a wooden stand; the craft moved from sword cords to kimono sashes and survived.
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Iga Ueno Castle
Its stone wall rises thirty metres straight from the moat, among the highest in Japan.
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Basho Memorial Museum
In Basho's birthplace, showing his poem cards and travel drafts as calligraphy.
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Iga Ueno Castle Town
Streets deliberately bent at right angles for defence, the layout still as Todo Takatora planned it.
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Thatched Houses of Iga
Thatched farmhouses around the basin rim, the pitch and orientation of each roof set by wind and snow.