Masashi Kishimoto was born and raised in Nagi, a small town in northern Okayama below Mount Nagi, which gives the town its name. The town museum — a striking building by Arata Isozaki with three permanent installation rooms — has hosted NARUTO exhibitions presenting the landscape and climate here as the origin of the work's world.
值得去的理由
It is the only place in Japan connected to NARUTO that is not a themed attraction. The museum itself is genuinely good architecture, and the mountain behind the town is the landscape the author grew up in.
什麼時候去
Quiet.
先知道會比較好
NARUTO exhibitions here are temporary, not permanent — check the museum's current programme before travelling, and go for the museum and the landscape rather than expecting a NARUTO display. Access is by bus from Tsuyama, which is itself two hours from Okayama.
火影忍者
The town the author grew up in, below the mountain the town is named after.