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Japanese urban legends

Are Taxi Drivers In Japan Really Picking Up The Ghosts Of The 2011 Tsunami? A Look At The Legend Of The Vanishing Hitchhiker

February 8, 2016 by Lucia

An interesting little story has been circulating the Internet for the past couple of weeks: Apparently taxi drivers in Ishinomaki, Japan have reported picking up the ghosts of the victims of the 2011 Continue Reading > about Are Taxi Drivers In Japan Really Picking Up The Ghosts Of The 2011 Tsunami? A Look At The Legend Of The Vanishing Hitchhiker

Filed Under: News Tagged With: cab, ghosts, Japanese ghosts, Japanese urban legends, taxi, urban legends, vanishing hitchhiker

Encyclopaedia of the Impossible: Cow Head

June 29, 2015 by Lucia

Previously: The Blind Maiden Website. Type: VV (Verbal Virus) Period/location of origin: Unknown, Japan. Some accounts state that subject dates back to the Meiji period or before; others, Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia of the Impossible: Cow Head

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: Cow Head, Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, Gozu, Japan, Japanese urban legends, short stories, stories, Ushi no kubi, Ushinokubi, VV

The Most Dangerous Games: Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai, or the Game of 100 Ghost Stories

September 29, 2014 by Lucia

Previously: The Candles Game. Unlike many of the games we’ve covered thus far, the Japanese ritual Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai (more accurately translated as “The Gathering of 100 Supernatural Tales) Continue Reading > about The Most Dangerous Games: Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai, or the Game of 100 Ghost Stories

Filed Under: Games Tagged With: Hyakumonagatari Kaidankai, Japan, Japanese ghosts, Japanese urban legends, Jumonogatari, rituals, Smudgemouth, summoning rituals, The Game of 100 Ghost Stories, The Game of Ten Stories, The Most Dangerous Games, Unrested

The Most Dangerous Games: One-Man Hide and Seek

April 16, 2014 by Lucia

Previously: The Midnight Game. Instructions for how to play a version of hide and seek with with only one player first began appearing on Japanese horror bulletin boards during the summer of 2007. Continue Reading > about The Most Dangerous Games: One-Man Hide and Seek

Filed Under: Games Tagged With: dolls, games you shouldn't play, haunted dolls, Japan, Japanese urban legends, one-man hide and seek, The Most Dangerous Games

Scare Yourself Silly: The Curious Case of the Himuro Mansion

February 3, 2014 by Lucia

Previously on Scare Yourself Silly: I Hate to Break It to You, But There's Someone In Your House (And It's Definitely Not You). This post originally appeared on The Toast. If you’re anything Continue Reading > about Scare Yourself Silly: The Curious Case of the Himuro Mansion

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: Fatal Frame, Himuro Mansion, Japan, Japanese urban legends, Scare Yourself Silly, urban legends, video games

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