Discover Japan’s Dark Side

English Version Chibichiri-gama is a wartime air-raid shelter in Yomitan Village, Okinawa, known not only for ghost stories but also for its tragic history

English Version Among the nobles who fought alongside Joan of Arc, Gilles de Rais was praised so highly for his military achievements that he was called a

English Version Air raids, epidemics, bumper harvests, typhoons, blessed rain, the Great Kanto Earthquake, peaceful reigns, the Russo-Japanese War, World W

English Version The Old Yutō Tunnel is an abandoned, hand-carved tunnel in Yutō, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture, near Prefectural Route 50. Rumors say

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English Version At Nakagusuku Kogen Hotel, a former hotel in Okinawa, people have reported eerie phenomena such as hearing the crying voice of a child who

English Version The Old Otori Tunnel in Otori, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture, is tied to a quiet but unsettling local rumor: the spirit of a worker wh

English Version A ley line said to run from Heitate Jingu in Kumamoto Prefecture, through Shikoku and Ise Jingu, is believed by some to continue all the wa

English Version Deep in the mountains of Tateno, Hikari City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, along Prefectural Route 23, seven abandoned buildings are said to stand

English Version A witness claimed to have seen countless spirits gathering inside an abandoned ruin in Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture. The building was