A friend I've known for more than 20 years is now president of the Edo Wonderland Nikko Edomura cultural theme park in the Kinugawa Onsen area of Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture.

The village temple, known as Jigoku Temple, is said to be haunted -- enter at your peril. In the open area outside the temple are children's games, masks and geta, all available to try out. ...

Edo Wonderland (known in Japanese as "Nikko Edomura") is a theme park showing off that same late 18th/early 19th century Edo life, with chances to participate. It's fun and interesting for adults, but ...