I Live in a Ninja House

"Koka's Ninja House (忍術屋敷, Ninjutsu Yashiki) is close to 300 years old and used to be resided in by ninja. It appears like an ordinary house from the outside; inside however, it is equipped with many ingenious traps and devices, designed to prevent intruders and to provide a means of escape in times of need. Visitors are allowed to explore the house and discover its various trapdoors and secret passages."

This is approximately the floor plan of this apartment i live in. Very similar to the one i lived in Lake Oswego, which is a weird coincidence in itself. Except for the closet with washer and dryer which is inside. The plan itself is a bit different from reality. Water heater is on the other side of the closet. There is no window between fridge and stove.

And here is the thing. That wall (between kitchen and bathroom) is not like in the picture, but is one ft thick. One ft thick wall that goes from WD closet to the end of the kitchen. There are 6 units in this building, and i'm neighboring with the one on top and one next to wall represented on top of this picture. However that one is much longer, on the right, creating a corner at our bedroom where lives a toxic bush, Aucuba Japonica and shorter on the left, creating an outside wall at the closet (upper part of the picture).


Why are the Japanese so different then the rest of us.

Though Japanese culture is tributary to Chinese culture, that is only the surface. It was a land of opportunity and also refuge for immigrants and fugitives. It could not be included in ancient China because you would had to have large fleets to carry many soldiers to control the islands. Part of Japanese ethno genesis is people from north.

I think the're coming from North, beyond polar circle, because of Amaterasu myth. Amaterasu hid herself in the cave and then came out and there was light.

People there lived in crammed spaces where there is a close contact and they learned much about psychology during living long period of times in isolation. Isolation was so severe they at times chose to swap wives. Lack of privacy back then could translate into the today's uncontrollable desire and right to snoop on another. Advanced knowledge of fire, necessary for survival may also bring advanced knowledge of chemistry and metallurgy as well as crafts. Also by burning fires (mostly of whale fat) in closed spaces might  have given birth to the obsession with gassing.

"Then a few days ago i read about co-marriage in the Inuit culture which actually prompted me to write this post."

People living within Polar Circle, where six months of the year is dark, isn't it dark and black what they fear and hate most?

Ninjutsu and Buddhism by example came from China and Korea.

They've learned a lot from the world during past hundreds of years though they adapted everything to their own culture.  Everything, objects, phenomena, is a kami (spirit) in Japan. There are 8 millions of kami in Japan, and even a robot has one.  They can unleash them on me every day as they please and there is no law to stop them. Because they are the law nowadays at least in Oregon.

Truth is they are so different from the rest of the world, their culture is incompatible to ours. And they chose and planned to prevail.



it may very well be that the local policeman who belong to an institution that is known to have been first created in the US, but not before Kogi Omnitsu which was created in 1603, to play the role of shaman in the community, according to ancient rules. Your polar Policeman.