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.

While all of these contain dialogue in Japanese, there is sufficient action that even visitors who don't understand Japanese are well-entertained. The village temple, known as Jigoku Temple, is said ...