Discover Japan’s Dark Side

English Version An apartment building known as Heights Nansuien in Ujina-Kanda, Minami Ward, Hiroshima City, is tied to several unsettling local rumors. Pe

English Version The Kyushu University Vivisection Incident is one of the darkest medical war crimes associated with wartime Japan. In the case, living pris

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

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

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

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

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

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

English Version Nanbara Tunnel is said to have a few unsettling rumors attached to it. According to local stories, a spirit may be hiding on the ceiling of

English Version The Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima is sometimes said to be a place where strange phenomena occur, including reports of ghostly images appear