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The most bizarre mystery in Japanese history: The man trapped inside the female dormitory toilet

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In a Tokyo suburb, a bamboo grove no one dares to enter

No one knows exactly why the thicket of greenery near JR Moto-Yawata Station is now a no-go zone, but it's been that way for centuries.

知人の車に釘を刺した人形を置き「呪う」と刻んだCDを置いた？女を逮捕

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Fox spotted in Tokyo’s 23 wards, Japanese Internet wonders if it’s a shapeshifting spirit [Video]

Foxes rarely venture this close to the Tokyo city center…unless kitsune spirits are here all the time. You can spot lots of representations of foxes in Tokyo. Fox spirit sculptures...

Gigantic Terrifying Snake-Like Creature With A Woman’s Face In Japanese Beliefs

A. Sutherland  - AncientPages.com - There is a wealth of yokai. Some yokai are specific to certain parts of Japan. This yokai has a snake's body and a woman's head. Escape is unlik...

The truth behind story of Japanese teacher saving 30 children during Battle of Okinawa

We found no trace of Keiko Mori or a monument supposedly bearing her name in Okinawa.

ドアポストから「おーい」と呼びかけが…不気味な迷惑行為、恐怖の体験語る

ざっくり言うと 熊本県で不動産営業を名乗る男の迷惑訪問が相次いでいると報じられた 30代男性が断ると男は倒れ込み、ドアポストから呼びかけるなどしたという...

神奈川県の神社や寺に侵入か「目出し帽の2人組が来た」

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木に被害者の血痕、防カメには「自転車に乗る人物」　福岡留学生殺害

正体不明の「小動物」、出発前の操縦室に現れ姿消す　JAL便が欠航

車のフロントガラスに「釘が刺さった人形」置き逮捕 なぜ脅迫罪になるのか

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The Legend of the Rabbit in the Moon

When Japanese people look at the moon, they often imagine a rabbit. Around the time of the Mid-Autumn Festival, depictions of the moon, the rabbit and the mokusei (osmanthus tree)...

Man in Suzuka offered 9 million yen for his semen, conned out of 38 million yen

It was just too good to be true. Despite constant efforts by police and government organizations in Japan, the wave of “special fraud” (tokushu sagi) seems to continue unabated. An...

Halloween Beat: The HORROR COLLECTOR anime turns urban legends into real monsters

Currently streaming on Crunchyroll.

「リング」の鈴木光司さんしのぶ壮行会　参列者が貞子と記念撮影

熊本県芦北町の山中で鹿の角に刺されたとみられる男性が死亡

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7 Oklahoma Urban Legends Just in Time for Spooky Season

We're halfway through October, the temperature has dropped, and all the seasonal products at the grocery store are pumpkin-flavored. Spooky season must be in full swing! And what b...

JAPANESE GHOST STORIES Interview with Yuko Shimizu

This fall, Folio Society will publish JAPANESE GHOST STORIES, "a stunning, collectible collection of twenty spine-tingling tales illustrated by award-winning artist Yuko Shimizu. S...

Gang of angry monkeys surrounds and attacks Japanese man in hot spring town

Morning walk interrupted by notorious Troop T1. The town of Yugawara, in Kanagawa Prefecture, seems like it should be a very tranquil place. A seaside hot spring town, with baths a...

Japan probes 39kg of bread dumped in national park

A total of 39kg (85 lbs) of bread was recently dumped along a roadside in a national park in western Japan, prompting police to investigate who discarded it and why. The loaves wer...

The Elevator Game: The Rules, the Floor Sequence, and How to Play

The building has to have at least ten floors. It should be empty, or close to it, which is why people do this after midnight. You get in alone. You press the buttons in an order so...

体の一部がない子鹿の死骸4体発見「野生動物の可能性低い」人為的か

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女が刃物振り回し 2人刺したか

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映画「バックルームズ」が怖くなかったマンガ家、基になったネット都市伝説にハマって本作の楽しみ方を理解する

4日に日本でも公開された映画「バックルームズ」が、世界中で大ヒットしています。個人的にあまり怖くなかったのですが、基になった都市伝説を調べるうちに見方が変わりました。