Long description
This is a book about life as a foreigner in Japan. Japanese culture is examined in detail. This book is also about finding and training in the long thought-to-be extinct military arts known as Koka and Iga Ninjutsu. These arts are still taught by the Banke Shinobinoden clan. The Banke Shinobinoden clan is the only group recognized in Japan as teaching authentic Ninjutsu. Authentic Ninjutsu has remained underground for almost 1,000years. Even in Japan, only select military historians and martial artists knew of its existence. Only recently has the Banke Shinobinoden family opened its doors to the world and started to teach part of their military knowledge. Yasushi Kiyomoto is the Head Instructor of Banke Shinobinoden and known in Japan as one of the last two remaining Ninjutsu Masters alive. The other is his teacher Jinichi Kawakami, also known as the Last living modern day Ninja.