Japanese Occult– category –

English Version Oda Nobunaga, famously nicknamed the Demon King of the Sixth Heaven, was killed by his retainer Akechi Mitsuhide in the event known as the

English Version For generations, the legend of the Tokugawa buried treasure has been told as one of Japan’s great urban legends. Yet it has never been conc

English Version If you have spent time in Japan and absorbed even a little of its books, movies, manga, anime, or games, you have probably heard the name A

English Version Across Japan, there are temples and shrines known as places for cutting ties. Some people visit because they want to break free from a run

English Version In the first half, I wrote about the onmyoji I met when I was around 17 or 18, and the strange events that happened at the time. Now we’ve

English Version The strange events I’m about to describe happened roughly 15 years ago, when I, Occult Tomato, was living in a certain area of Tokushima Pr

English Version In Episode 2 of this series, we looked at how the idea of the inugami—a dog spirit used in curses or spirit possession—was already recogniz

English Version When you hear “the boundary between this world and the next,” what kind of place do you imagine? A glittering river like the Sanzu River fr

English Version After a major earthquake in Japan, people often start talking about so-called “earthquake clouds” and other strange signs said to appear be

English Version Did you ever play Kokkuri-san as a child? In Japan, many people remember secretly trying it in a classroom, behind a gym, or somewhere else