Eigamura!!!

This might be my favorite place I've been to during my solo travels. Eigamura, or Toei Movieland is a Japanese theme park in Kyoto. However, it's not the typical theme park with roller coasters and carnival games. Instead, the area is modeled after Edo period Kyoto, so all the buildings are super traditional, and all the park attendants are dressed as samurai or ninja or geisha. Park goers can also pay to dress up in the clothes, hair, and makeup of that period, so most people are walking around either in kimono or with swords at there hip. There was also a ninja stage performance thing which was fun to watch, even if my comprehension of what was happening wasn't 100%.

The guy in black and gold is Hattori Hanzo (who knew he was a real person?) and the other one is just a random bad guy I think.

There was also another part of the park where they showed you the special effects used in these kind of movies. Then a bad samurai and good samurai acted out a short scene. They were hilarious, and I felt pretty proud about understanding all of their jokes in Japanese. Basically, this was a great day! (Another great day)!