Ominous eye and promise to “develop special abilities” leads to a hunt for clues around the city.
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The mysterious case of the horrifying sign on a cemetery wall in Tokyo
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SoraNews24
Feb 27, 2024 - Tweet
- Japan
- (cemetery • counseling • culture • ghost story • graveyard • mystery • mystery spot • Seiji Nakazawa • Sendagaya • SNJO • temples • Tokyo)
That time our reporter’s classmate became possessed by a dead child at school
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Oona McGee
Jul 28, 2022
- Japan
- (COK • creepy • eerie • elementary school • exorcism • Ghost Day • ghost stories • ghost story • Kokkuri-san • Mariko Ohanabatake • ouija • purification rituals • schools • SNJO • spirits • spooky • stories • students • superstition • temples)
Our Japanese language reporter P.K. offers a spooky tale, advice to protect yourself from spirits
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Dale Roll
Aug 28, 2019
- Japan
- (ghost • ghost story • scary • sleep paralysis • spirits • spooky)
How would you feel if you took a cute photo with your bestie, only to later realise you’d been photo-bombed by Sadako from The Ring? Pretty creeped out, I’d imagine. Apparently that’s what happened to these girls at a high school in the Philippines, but we’ll leave you to come to your own conclusions about the spectral photo-bomber.
- SE Asia
- (ghost story • ghosts • Horror • Philippines)
With summer winding down, people across Japan are scrambling to squeeze the last bits of entertainment from the season. We may be into the second half of August, but there’s still time for a last trip to the beach, one more barbecue, or a final icy cold beer.
As a matter of fact, you can combine the last of those pleasures with another Japanese summertime tradition – ghost stories – at a bar in Tokyo that provides stiff drinks, spooky tales, and truly terrifying interior decorations.
- Japan
- (alcohol • bars • ghost story • Momo • restaurants • scary)
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