English Version
Do you believe in spiritual sensitivity—the kind of “sixth sense” that science cannot easily explain?
The man in this story did not. At least, not until one strange night about 15 years ago, when something happened on a road in Kagoshima and followed him all the way home.
A Late-Night Drive in Kagoshima
The narrator was 45 years old, working as a temporary employee, living an ordinary life with his wife and two children.
At the time, he lived in Kagoshima and often finished work around 10 p.m. One night, after another late shift, he was driving home alone in his own car.
Suddenly, while he was behind the wheel, he felt as if a powerful force were pulling him.
His arms began to turn the steering wheel to the left—against his own will.
There were no oncoming cars, and when the vehicle drifted left, he slammed on the brakes in a panic. Fortunately, nothing serious happened.
He still remembers the pounding of his heart: thud, thud, thud.
Maybe I’m just tired, he thought.
Then he drove home.
The Woman in the Living Room
After arriving home, he sat down in the living room and was about to tell his wife what had happened.
That was when he saw her.
In front of him, viewed from behind, sat a woman—or perhaps a young girl—with a short black bob haircut. She was wearing a black T-shirt. Because her back was turned, he could not see her face.
A guest at this hour? No, that can’t be right.
When he had just come in, no one had been in the living room. But the moment he sat down and lifted his face, the figure was there.
He looked around the room and saw his wife staring at him.
All he could manage to say was, “She’s there. Can you see her?”
His wife nodded, but said nothing.
He no longer remembers how much time passed. At some point, the bob-haired figure seen from behind simply disappeared.
Then the words came pouring out of him.
“I saw her. I saw her too—the one with the black bob…”
His wife replied, “Yes. You brought her home.”
“Me?”
He told her about the drive: the sudden feeling of being pulled by a strong force, and how his arms had turned the steering wheel left without his intention.
His wife listened, then explained her view.
“You’ve been working late lately, haven’t you? You were tired. When that happens, your thoughts and your field of vision get narrow.”
He asked what she meant.
“When you’re in that state, you tend to think negatively. Your energy—or something like it—matches with something in the same condition. And you bring it with you.”
He asked if that something was a spirit.
She said yes, but told him not to worry. According to her, it was not the kind of spirit that would harm him.
“Take a bath tonight, get clean, and rest properly,” she told him.
He agreed.
His Wife Had Always Seen Them
His wife had strong spiritual sensitivity. Since childhood, she had often seen things that other people could not.
After they married, she had told him such stories many times. But honestly, he had never believed them.
Looking back, he wondered if the spirit with the black bob had done nothing—or had been unable to do anything—because his wife’s spiritual sensitivity was stronger. Perhaps, because he was exhausted, her sensitivity somehow affected him too, allowing him to see it.
Before or since, that was the only time he ever saw a spirit with his own eyes.
What exactly was the figure he saw?
What Followed Him Home?
For a while afterward, he and his wife kept talking about the woman seen from behind.
According to his wife, his energy had weakened from fatigue, making it easier for a spirit with a similar nature to attach itself to him.
Then what about the steering wheel suddenly turning left?
His wife said that some spirits are mischievous. But to him, forcing a car off course was far beyond a prank.
He later thought: maybe it happened because he had been driving alone.
If his wife had been in the passenger seat, he believed the spirit would not have been able to do such a thing. In her view, spirits and spiritual sensitivity have something like ranks. If a person’s sensitivity is stronger than that of a mischievous spirit, the spirit cannot—or will not—cause harm.
In the end, he came to think that what he had encountered was something like an earthbound spirit.
After that incident, he tried to give up negative thinking. He also became more careful about keeping his body clean. According to his wife, cleanliness helps keep negative forces from clinging to a person.
A Kimono-Clad Woman Near Sekigahara?
There was one more strange episode.
Later, he had a business trip to Gifu. When he returned home, his wife said to him, “Did you bring back a woman in a kimono this time?”
He wondered if it might have been because he had passed near Sekigahara, a place strongly associated with Japan’s historic battlefield. Since the trip had taken him through unfamiliar places and left him tired, perhaps he had again matched the wavelength of some wandering spirit.
This time, however, he could not see it.
Closing Thoughts
Whether one calls it spiritual sensitivity, fatigue, coincidence, or something else, the narrator says this experience changed how he thought about the unseen.
If you feel unusually heavy, unwell, or mentally worn down while traveling, take care of the practical side first: rest, eat, hydrate, and avoid driving when exhausted. If you are concerned in a spiritual sense, some people in Japan may choose to consult a shrine, temple, or spiritual practitioner.
And perhaps most importantly: keep yourself clean, try not to sink too deeply into negative thoughts, and be careful not to obsess. According to this story, worrying too much may be one way of inviting something closer.
Japanese Language
…皆さん！霊感とか信じてないんですか？。そんな 科学で証明できないこと は、信じないのですか…！。…まだまだですね、読者のみなさんも…！。そんなくちばしの黄色いヒヨッコでは、いざという時、自分のコト守れないですよ…！。今回は、霊感について、それも…霊感の強い妻の霊感が夫にも備わったってハナシをしますからね。。この記事をしっかり読んで対策して下さい！。霊感や霊なんて、あの時まで、信じていませんでした…。。私は45歳の派遣社員です。妻と子供がふたり…ごく平凡な人生を送っていました。
あれは、15年くらい前に起きたことです。当時、私は鹿児島に住んでおり、仕事終わりが夜の10時ごろといった職業に就いておりました。その日も遅くなり、仕事を終え、自家用車で、自宅に向かっている途中の出来事でした。運転中、ふいに…強いチカラに引っ張られるような感覚を覚え、。自分の意志とは無関係に、ハンドルを左に切ろうとするのです、私の両腕が…！。もちろん、走行中で、対向車もなかったため、車が左方向に走行後、慌ててブレーキを踏み。大事には至りませんでした。
自分の心臓が「…ドッ・ドッ・ドッ」と鳴っていたのを。今でも覚えています。「…疲れているのかなぁ」そう思い、その後…無事に自宅へ戻りました。帰宅して、リビングにすわり、今しがた起きたことを妻に話そうと思った瞬間…。私の目の前に、後ろ姿ですが、短めの黒髪の、黒いTシャツを着た、おかっぱの女性（女児？）が座っているのです。後ろ向きなので、表情はわかりません。（…お客さん？こんな時間に？…いや、そんなハズがない！）。今帰り着いたとき、リビングには誰もおらず、私が座って、顔を上げた瞬間…。
その女性が後ろ姿で視界に入ってきた…それがありのままだ。…ふと、部屋をみわたすと、妻が私のほうを見ている…。私は、妻に。「…いる！み、見える…？」と聞くのが精いっぱい。妻は、頷いて…黙っている。どのくらいの時間が過ぎたのか、もう覚えていないが。後ろ姿のおかっぱの女性は、いつの間にか消えていた…。私は、堰を切ったように、妻に話しはじめた。「…見えた、俺にも見えたよ、黒髪のおかっぱの…」。「えぇ、あなた連れてきちゃったのよ！」。「…俺？えっ？
」。そんな会話をして、私は今日の帰りがけにあった、。強いチカラに引っ張られるような感覚で、車のハンドルを切ったことを、妻に話した。すると、。「今日…というか、このところ仕事も遅くて、。疲れていたでしょ？考え方や視野も狭くなって…」。「うん、それで…？」。「そういうときは、マイナスな考え方をしがちで、。そのあなたの気というか、同じ「気」の状態の…何かを連れてきちゃうの！」。「…そ、それが、れ、霊？とか？」。「うん、でも大丈夫！危害を加える霊じゃなかったから。
あなた、今日は。お風呂に入って清潔にしてしっかり休んで」。「…あぁ、わかった」。実は妻は霊感が強く、幼いころから頻繁に、人には見えないモノが見えて…いた。そんな話を結婚してから幾度となく、聞かされていたが…正直、信じられなかった。妻の霊感が強いため、黒髪のおかっぱの…霊は何もせず（出来ず）また、私も疲労が元で、妻の霊感が感化して、見えた…とでもいうのだろうか。。後にも先にも、私が霊を目の当たりにしたのは、この時だけだった。私に見えた霊は何だったのか…。
翌日以降、しばらくは妻との会話は、後ろ姿のおかっぱの女性のハナシだった。妻いわく、私の「気」が疲れで弱くなっていたため、その性質に近い霊が、。憑きやすかったそうだ。…じゃ、あの急に両腕が車のハンドルを左に切ったことも…？。妻の話では、いたずら好きな霊もいるそうだが、私としては、いたずらじゃすまされない。あっ、そうか…！私ひとりで運転していたからか…！。妻が助手席にでも乗っていれば、そんな悪さは出来ない。何故なら、霊・霊感にも位みたいなものがあり、いたずらする霊よりも。
妻の霊感みたいなものが上位だと。危害を加えたりできない、しないそうだ。。結局、私に起きた出来事や、実際に見た霊は、地縛霊なようなモノだった。このことがあってから、私はマイナス思考は、捨てた。あと、身体を、今まで以上に。清潔にするようになった。これは、負のチカラみたいなモノがまとわりつかないためにもいいそうだ…妻にいわせれば。余談だが、その後…岐阜に出張する機会があり、出張後…自宅に戻ると。妻が、。「…今度は、着物を着た女性を連れてきたの？
」。と言われたことがある。関ケ原近くを通ったからかも知れない。なれない土地での出張が続いたため、この時も「疲れ」から同じ波長の霊を。連れてきたのだろう。しかし、私にはもう、その霊は見えなかった…。おわりに。。…いかがだったでしょう？。まぁ、アレです…あるんですよ、こういうコトって。身体が重いとか、身体の不調が気になる…！。そんな方は、案外…連れてきちゃってるのかも知れないです。一度、祈祷師さんとかに相談するコトをおすすめしますよ。。あとは、そうですね…身体を不潔にせず、プラス思考で明日からも頑張ることです！
。気にし過ぎてしまうと本当に連れて来てしまいかねませんからね….
