Discover Japan’s Dark Side

English Version John von Neumann has been called many things—an alien, a Martian, a man who was frighteningly good at pretending to be human, even a devil.

English Version Behind Ehime Prefectural Matsuyama Technical High School in Matsuyama, Ehime, there is said to be a phone booth with a quiet but unsettling

English Version Lake Shikotsu is known today as one of Hokkaido’s scenic lakes, easy to reach from Sapporo and popular with travelers looking for clear wat

English Version This idea is close to the Gaia Theory introduced on this site before: could ley lines be places where the Earth’s energy gathers—in other w

English Version World War I, which began in Europe and pulled much of the world into its fire, remains one of the essential subjects of modern history. Mos

English Version Tōjinbō, in Antō, Mikuni-cho, Sakai City, Fukui Prefecture, is known not only for its dramatic sea cliffs but also as a place where people

English Version Have you ever wondered, “Did someone die here?” or “Is this apartment a jiko bukken?” Maybe you have felt this about the place you live now

English Version Most people living their everyday lives in Japan may never notice it, but some say the circulation of illegal drugs in the country has been

English Version A rumor once surrounded the former Oshima Hamaguri Clinic: anyone who took home its old patient charts would be cursed. The site was report

English Version Immortality has long been one of humanity’s greatest dreams—and one of its most impossible. But with the discovery of a certain kind of cel