What Scares You?
Have you ever packed your luggage so full that someone jokingly asks, “You got a body in there?” It’s a joke, or at least it’s supposed to be. After Issei Sagawa killed and ate his classmate, Renée Hartevelt, he loaded her remains into a suitcase, caught a taxi, and drove off to dispose of her body. Funny thing – the taxi driver asked if he had a body in there before driving him to a nearby park.
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It’s one thing to have your child kidnapped and murdered. It’s another to have their killer torment you with their death. That’s just what Tsutomu Miyazaki did when he murdered four little girls in Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture.
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There was once a blind old man. One night, he was viciously attacked by a band of robbers. Unable to see an escape, or even defend himself, he was left for dead in the middle of a field. Angry, he cried out in frustration, “If only I had seen their faces! But my eyes can’t see! If only I had eyes on the palms of my hands!” This is the origin of Tenome.
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Located in the countryside of Kyushu’s Fukuoka Prefecture, lies the lost Inunaki village, a place that exists apart from civilization as we know it. In fact, when you come to the entrance to the village, you will be greeted by signs warning that “the constitution and laws of Japan do not apply here.” Today, Inunaki village and the Old Inunaki Tunnel are considered to be one of the most haunted locations in all of Japan.
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Most people would agree that dolls are creepy. They are intended to be nothing more than a child’s plaything, and yet, they terrify adults. Perhaps that’s because of dolls like Okiku, who grows human hair.
Samurai (/saməˌrī/)
Noun: A member of a powerful military caste in feudal Japan, especially a member of the class of military retainers of the daimyos.
During the Heian period (794-1185 AD), there was a Samurai who was a most fearsome warrior. While away, working to subdue the native Emishi people in the Tohoku Region, his wife, Kuchisake was left home, unattended.
More than 258 Ghost ships have washed up on the shores of Japan since 2012. What are they and where are they from? No one knows for sure, but theories point to North Korea.
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The Island of Izu Ōshima, located approximately 75 miles southeast of Honshu, Japan, in the Izu archipelago of the Philippine Sea, is an inhabited volcanic island. The most famous of the volcanoes here is Mount Mihara.
Mount Mihara is predominantly basaltic, and major eruptions occur every 100 – 150 years. In 1986, the eruption saw lava fountains spout up to 1 mile high, at which time all of the 12,000 occupants of the island were evacuated.
Mount Mihara is also known as the place where the Japanese government imprisoned Godzilla in the movie, The Return of Godzilla, and in the movie Godzilla vs. Biollante, bombs were placed on Mount Mihara and release Godzilla.
It is a criminal offense to buy a 1-way ticket to this island.
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You have a good future ahead of you. You’re attractive and receive a lot of attention, sometimes making others jealous. You don’t smoke or do drugs. You’re doing well in school, in fact, you’re in your third-year at Yashio-Minami High School. But you made one mistake. Normally, turning down a boy who likes you, results in some hurt feelings and maybe a little intimidation or harmless retaliation – especially when the boy you turned down is part of a gang. Little did she know, Junko Furuta had made the biggest mistake of her life.
WARNING: The following content may be considered graphic or shocking. Read at your own risk.
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Just 100 miles west of Tokyo, and northwest of Mount Fuji, is a sprawling forest so thick with foliage, that it’s known as the Sea of Trees. Aokigahara forest, also known as Suicide forest covers approximately 13.5 square miles. The forest floor is mostly made up of volcanic rock, lava laid down by the last major eruption of Mount Fuji in 864 AD. Many parts of the forest are very thick, the trees tightly packed together, and winds do not whip through. Wildlife is sparse, and the porous lava absorbs sound, creating a feeling of isolation. A visitor has described the silence as “chasms of emptiness,” adding, “I cannot emphasize enough the absence of sound. My breath sounded like a roar.”
The still silence has led people to consider it haunted, and there are plenty who would not dare enter the forest. But where did it all begin?
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