superstition
Yasui Konpiragu worked its magic, but for once, not in the terrifying way it usually does.
Especially for men, snatching an unassuming red envelope from the ground can lead to a shocking proposition.
While many believe the tradition of making the ghost-like doll can be traced back to a bald-headed monk, history suggests it actually began with a small girl.
Optical illusion? Smoke and mirrors? Or is this creepy photo of Pikachu the work of the supernatural?
On 18 June in Ichihara City, Chiba Prefecture, 48-year-old Kaoru Kurosawa came home to find a 1.5-meter Japanese rat snake on the second floor. Kurosawa quickly took a picture of the serpent before it slithered down a gutter and escaped.
Now, netizens across Japan are heralding this event as a sign of good things to come for Japan or at least for Kurosawa.
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