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:
https://x.com/IgamoriRyu
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Abandoned Places
Love Hotel Cosmo: A Space Shuttle-Themed Ruin in Otofuke, Hokkaido
English Version One rumor says that one of the rooms has a mirrored ceiling. If you take a photo of that mirror, a woman is said to appear beside the perso -
Incidents & Accidents
Yubetsu Coal Mine in Hokkaido: A Haunted Ruin in Kushiro’s Akan Area
English Version Yubetsu Coal Mine in Akan-cho, Kushiro, Hokkaido, is known among ghost-spot enthusiasts as a place so intense that people who claim to be h -
Abandoned Places
Gankutsu Hotel: A Haunted Cave Site in Yoshimi, Saitama
English Version Gankutsu Hotel in Kitayoshimi, Yoshimi Town, Saitama, has long been known as one of the area’s well-known haunted spots. According to local -
Japanese Culture
Miyamae Neputa 2026: How Giant Lantern Floats Carry Northern Folklore to Kawasaki
Discover the 2026 Miyamae Neputa festival in Kawasaki: event schedule, access, and how Aomori-style lantern floats are reimagined in an urban setting. -
History
Dendera Field in Tono: The Sorrowful Legend of Japan’s Abandoned Elders
English Version Once known as a kind of ubasuteyama—a place associated with the abandonment of the elderly—Dendera Field is still surrounded by unsettling -
Urban Legends
The Third Secret of Fátima: Rumors, Vatican Silence, and the Mystery of Sister Lúcia
English Version In 1917, in the small Portuguese town of Fátima, three Catholic shepherd children said they received three prophecies from the Virgin Mary, -
Abandoned Places
The Former Higashi-Nippon Gakuen University Site in Kushiro: White Shadows and Unlit Classrooms
English Version At the former Higashi-Nippon Gakuen University site in Onbetsu, Kushiro, Hokkaido, several eerie stories have been passed around. Visitors -
Incidents & Accidents
Yohei-numa Pond: White-Robed Apparitions in Sendai
English Version Yohei-numa Pond in Kanisawa, Miyagino Ward, Sendai, is associated with repeated reports of eerie sightings, including a group dressed all i -
Occult
The Horror of Invisible Pain: Fibromyalgia and Japan’s Designated Intractable Diseases
English Version In the film The Trembling Tongue , one of the most unforgettable images is a young girl whose central nervous system has been attacked by t -
Occult
Why Is Picasso So Famous? 7 Strange Stories Behind the Genius Painter
English Version Almost everyone knows the name Pablo Picasso. And when people see one of his paintings, many can recognize it right away: “That’s Picasso.”