In Tokyo I visited Ninja Akasaka a ninja themed restaurant.

The ninjas prepare the food for you (food always tastes better after it has been set on fire by a ninja) and there is a magic show as well.

Some of the food is ninja themed – crackers in the shape of shuriken and things like that.  It’s a little pricey, but a fun place to visit once.

I did a day trip from Toyko to Nokogiriyama (Sawtooth mountain) in Chiba prefecture.

It is a mountain with an interesting viewing platform with a great view.  The mountain also has a temple that is home to the largest Buddha image in Japan (almost twice the size of Nara’s Todaiji Daibutsu).

In a desperate bid to contain the escalating monkey problem in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, authorities are offering the public 200,000 yen to capture any of the Japanese macaques causing problems. To successfully earn the bounty, citizens have to successfully lock a primate in their house.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/marauding-monkeys-have-y200000-bounty-on-their-heads

Delhi deploys ‘super monkey’ security guards

Delhi authorities are to deploy a contingent of langurs — a large type of monkey — at Commonwealth Games venues to help chase away smaller simians from the sporting extravaganza.