Ever on a public relations campaign, Okami decides to tour the key landmarks of Nippon. As such, you will be required to visit three locations around Shinshu Field. If you hold L2 a map will indicate the 3 places (circled in red). Visit each as follows.

-- Bomb Shop --

The Bomb Shop visit must be done at night. If it is day time, go to the other two stops and return here when it is night time. Get there by traveling along the path that is north east of the bridge.

The sign outside says “Super Pyrotechnist Tama's House.” I like the idea of putting “super” in front of my name. Try it: “Super Technical Writer Christopher.”

I have a theory that combining three things that are totally incongruous will make the sum total of them scary. Take for instance The Chainsaw Massacre: Business Suit + Chainsaw + leather = Leatherface. Or try Pins + Blue Skin + Moby = Hell Raiser’s Pinhead. For this reason the next monster you fight totally freaks me out. Butterfly + fish + straight jacket = the dead fish. When you fight it, clip his wings by slashing him with the brush. Then, bomb him while he is on the ground. When he is near death he may try to grab and strangle you – just slash him with thdee brush if it happens. He is not hard to kill but boy does he give me the heebie-jeebies.

Go inside and talk to Tama. It looks like the bombs are not the only things that are smoking. And by smoking I am talking about buddha. He introduces himself as Flaming Pyrotechnist Tama. He needs help firing his rockets. The camera shifts to an overhead view of a giant table. Draw a circle with a line coming out of it, like indicated.

Cinematic: Okami runs outside and jumps at the fireworks. Stop and watch this because it is the cutest cinematic I have seen in a long time. I want to have that animation ready any time I feel a little crappy.

Draw the constellation and see a giant bore walking around on a bomb. You get the Cherry Bomb. You can test this new ability out on the wall just outside the bomb shop.

-- Dojo --

Head up the hill to the dojo. It is located along the Western side of the field. The head of the Dojo does a big dance and brings fire. The drumming is very intense. He offers to teach you some techniques. Buy every one that you can afford. When he teaches the technique he takes you back into a room filled with bamboo and tatami mats - it looks like the Tiki, Tiki, Tiki, Tiki, Tiki room. Practice the moves and then leave. Return here regularly to learn new techniques for the weapons you will eventually collect.

-- Moon Shrine --

Head to the Moon Shrine. It is the Eastern Red Circle. You descend into a path with a series of golden gates. There is a small shrine with a sign informing you that purpose of it is to purify visitors before heading to the moon cave. You would think a cave would be dirty and you would not need to be clean for it, but not this one.

Enter and meet Mika. He tells you that Lake Harami is Nippon’s largest lake. The cave disappeared when a sword that kept demos at bay was taken. Waka guarded the cave.

Mika gives you “Mika’s Monster Notebook” which is a list of monsters you should kill. This is the same way that Richard Nixon got his enemies list.

Leave the Moon Shrine and Toya of the Short Temper appears. Toya is pretty easy to beat, nothing special, just attack him. This will be the first monster you have defeated on the list.

Continue further down the path towards the lake. Instead of a big cave, there is a big mountain. Ascend the mountain and note how much the path looks like Disney’s Haunted Mansion. At the gate to the mountain there is a large red force field here. Cant do anything to it.

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