Discover Japan’s Dark Side

English Version Even today, with modern medicine and science, there are still stories that seem to resist easy explanation. Among the strangest are account

English Version Near this spot in Kurashiki, Okayama, people say visitors may feel dizzy or lightheaded for no clear reason. There are also rumors that if

English Version Tokyo Metropolitan Toyama Park in Shinjuku is often mentioned in local ghost stories, especially the area around Hakone-yama, an artificial

English Version Rumors Around Toyama, Shinjuku This location in Toyama, Shinjuku City, Tokyo, is rumored to be haunted by unsettling wartime spirits. Stori

English Version The Keio Plaza Hotel in Nishi-Shinjuku is sometimes mentioned in urban-legend circles because of rumors about figures seen falling from the

English Version The Qin dynasty, the first state to unify China, was built through the achievements of Ying Zheng—later known as the First Emperor—and many

English Version Tega-no-Oka Park in Kashiwa, Chiba, is sometimes mentioned in local ghost stories for sightings of wandering shadows and strange, light-lik

English Version Spontaneous human combustion, often shortened to SHC, refers to the terrifying phenomenon in which a person’s body is said to suddenly burs

English Version A 2 A.M. rumor There is a rumor that if you visit this site at 2:00 a.m., you may see a spirit. The story is connected to a short-lived mil

English Version Ancient Chinese history is full of cruel punishments and inhuman episodes, but many of them were carried out under the banners of war or go