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Iga Province (伊賀国; -no kuni) was an Old Province of Japan in the area that is today western Mie Prefecture . Iga bordered on Ise , Omi , Yamato , and Yamashiro Province s. The Iga province of Japan is particularly famous for its clan of Ninja , its most notable member being Hattori Hanzō . Both the Iga and Koga provinces are considered the birthplace of Ninjutsu . It was also the birthplace of Haiku poet Matsuo Basho . The Iga region is a small mountain ringed basin (the Ueno basin) in the center of Japan's Kinki region, on the island of Honshu . Iga province was rather inaccessible due to extremely poor road conditions. Iga is close to Nara and Kyoto and easily accessible from Tokyo , Nagoya , and Osaka . Today, much of the history of Iga province can be viewed at various sightseeing locations scattered throughout Mie. The castle town of the province was at Ueno . EXTERNAL LINKS |