Discover Japan’s Dark Side

English Version Relations between Japan and South Korea have worsened in recent years over several connected-looking issues: South Korea’s suggestion that

English Version Yokoamicho Park in Sumida, Tokyo, is a quiet memorial park with a heavy history. Among the rumors connected to the site are stories that wa

English Version Nikyu Dam in Gohara-cho, Kure City, Hiroshima, is associated with an unusual kind of ghost story: a report of someone being tapped on the s

English Version Have you ever heard of Yomotsu Hegui, a term that appears in the Kojiki, one of Japan’s oldest mythological texts? In simple terms, it mean

English Version Late at night, some people say a woman’s ghost can be seen waiting at a bus stop near Tama Cemetery. According to the rumor, if someone app

English Version The Fukuyama Green Line in Hiroshima Prefecture is known as a scenic driving route, but it also has a reputation for unsettling local rumor

English Version Ninoshima, an island in Hiroshima Bay, has long been linked to unsettling rumors. At one lodging facility on the island, people say that af

English Version Kanawajima Island, in Hiroshima’s Minami Ward, is said to be a place where the spirits of people who died after the atomic bombing sometime

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

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