Myoryuji

Myoryu-ji normally referred to as Ninja-dera is a Buddhist temple belonging to Nichiren sect located within the town of Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. While now not honestly related to ninjas, the temple earned its nickname due to its many misleading defences. In 1585 Maeda Toshiie, the founding daimyu of Kaga Domain, constructed a chapel inside Kanazawa Castle as a prayer place of Kaga Domain.

In 1643, Maeda Toshitsune, the 1/3 daimyo of Kaga Domain, relocated the chapel to a new website inside the Tera-machi district to the south of the fortress. The Tokugawa shogunate prohibited production of buildings higher than three tales. Viewed from the outdoor, the temple seems to be a -story constructing, however actually it is a 4-story constructing with seven-layer inner shape.

The temple is constructed round a imperative water nicely which is approximately 25 m deep; the lowest of the nicely is said to hook up with a tunnel to Kanazawa Castle. The important building has a complex layout which includes a center ground and center-middle ground, and incorporates 23 rooms and 29 staircases. There are unique contrivances to fool the enemy consisting of hidden chambers and stairs, absolutely sudden and reversible trap-like doorways and flooring, mystery tunnels, escape pits.