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
Japanese urban legends
Encyclopaedia of the Impossible: Cow Head
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
The Most Dangerous Games: Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai, or the Game of 100 Ghost Stories
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
Scare Yourself Silly: The Curious Case of the Himuro Mansion
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