Japanese Occult– category –

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

English Version Have you ever gone hiking in the mountains? Some mountains feel almost like a school field trip, some can be reached by car or cable car, a

English Version What Did the Mysterious Hata Clan Leave Behind? The Hata clan, a mysterious immigrant clan said to have crossed to Japan as early as the 2n

English Version The spread of Inari worship has more than one possible origin. Shrine records still say that Kyoto’s Fushimi Inari was founded by Hata no I