Igamori Ryunosuke– Author –
Welcome to Scary Japan.
I am the creator of this website and have spent more than 40 years exploring Japan’s hidden dark side. Throughout my journey, I have collected countless ghost stories, urban legends, supernatural encounters, and local mysteries from across the nation.
My goal is to preserve and share these chilling tales with people around the world who are fascinated by Japanese horror and folklore.
If you would like to contact me, please reach out via X:
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History
Sunshine 60: Haunted Rumors Around Ikebukuro’s Former Sugamo Prison Site
English Version Sunshine 60 in Ikebukuro is surrounded by several ghost stories and urban legends, many of them tied to the land’s grim history. One rumor -
Incidents & Accidents
Motoujina Lighthouse: Haunted Rumors on Hiroshima’s Quiet Coast
English Version The most famous rumor about Motoujina Lighthouse is that the ghost of a woman appears there. However, some say the most powerful haunted sp -
Abandoned Places
Hiroshima’s “Suicide Apartment” and the Elevator That Moves Alone
English Version An apartment building known as Heights Nansuien in Ujina-Kanda, Minami Ward, Hiroshima City, is tied to several unsettling local rumors. Pe -
Other Stories
The Kyushu University Vivisection Incident: Were the Cannibalism Rumors True?
English Version The Kyushu University Vivisection Incident is one of the darkest medical war crimes associated with wartime Japan. In the case, living pris -
Incidents & Accidents
Old Manchi Tunnel: A Haunted Tunnel in Akiruno, Tokyo
English Version Old Manchi Tunnel in Akiruno, Tokyo is associated with rumors of a woman’s ghost being seen in the area. Some stories also claim that a wom -
Incidents & Accidents
Koi Pass in Hiroshima: Jizo Statues, Accident Rumors, and a Haunted Mountain Road
English Version Koi Pass, located around Koiue 3-chome in Nishi Ward, Hiroshima City, is known among some local ghost-story fans as an unsettling mountain -
Incidents & Accidents
Hijiyama Army Cemetery: Footsteps in the Night in Hiroshima
English Version A Wartime Cemetery Near Central Hiroshima Hijiyama Army Cemetery is located on Hijiyama, close to the center of Hiroshima City, in Minami W -
Other Stories
Kyushu University Vivisection Incident: Were “Artificial Blood” Experiments Performed on POWs?
English Version The Kyushu University Vivisection Incident refers to human experiments carried out in 1945, while Japan was fighting World War II, at the m -
Occult
Omikuji in Japan: Fortune Slips, Shrine Etiquette, and Strange Oracles to Try
English Version Some things seem simple until you look closer. Omikuji, the paper fortunes drawn at shrines and temples across Japan, are one of them. Mayb -
Incidents & Accidents
Uogiri Dam: Ghost Photo Rumors Near Hiroshima
English Version Uogiri Dam in Saeki Ward, Hiroshima, is known among local ghost-story fans as a place where unusual “spirit photos” are said to appear. Acc