Discover Japan’s Dark Side

English Version Little is known about Kitazakai Castle. It is said to have been a Sengoku-period mountain castle belonging to the Yamanouchi-Sudo clan. Acc

English Version Nishikigaura, located in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, is known in rumor as one of the area’s darker haunted spots. According to local storie

English Version In Minami-Shinagawa, Tokyo, there is said to be a memorial tower connected to a tragic railway accident from the Taisho era. According to l

English Version In Yamamiya, Fujinomiya City, Shizuoka Prefecture, there is a place known as Baba-ana. According to local rumor, the ghost of an elderly wo

English Version Local rumors about the former Kakuda Girls’ High School in Miyagi Prefecture center on its martial arts hall. According to these accounts,

English Version Okuzure Coast, located around Hamatome in Yaizu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, is tied to a local ghost story about a young girl who died in a

English Version In Inatori, Higashiizu Town, Kamo District, Shizuoka Prefecture, there is a well-known rumor about an abandoned isolation ward. According t

English Version In the early chapters of the Three Kingdoms story, Dong Zhuo is the warlord who takes control of the imperial court so completely that othe

English Version Last month, there was an earthquake while my wife was at work. It was a level 3 on Japan’s seismic intensity scale, but even at home the sh

English Version Toyama Kannon is known among some local ghost-story fans as a haunted spot in Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture. One reported experience says t