imaizumi

Hey, I’m a Japanese net-dweller who read these 2channel threads as they happened. 2channel (2ch) was Japan’s text-only answer to 4chan—massive, chaotic, and anonymous. I translate the legendary horror posts here, adding notes so you can catch the cultural nuances without digging through Japanese logs.

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Survivor of the IZUMO Airlines Crash | Japanese Horror Stories & Urban Legends

2025/9/25    

Survivor of the IZUMO Airlines Crash 619: Anonymous Poster 2009/01/04 (Sun) 21:39:58 ID:CbuCnonh0 I’m releasing an important record related to the incident here. It’s an audio file captured on an IC recorder.* The voice on it is almost entirely that of Hiná Kamimura. She’s a detective with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police—and the aunt of Takayo Kamimura, the only survivor of ...

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Resort Job | Japanese Horror Stories & Urban Legends

2025/9/25    

Resort Job Originally posted by: “Scary Story Submission: Horror Teller” Author: “Anonymous” Posted: August 4, 2009, 18:29 Let me start by saying this — this story is absurdly long. And to make matters worse, it’s not even that great. So unless you’re truly bored out of your mind, turn back now. You’ve been warned. So here goes. This happened when ...

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The Upside-Down Woodsman Mask | Japanese Horror Stories & Urban Legends

2025/9/25  

The Upside-Down Woodsman Mask This happened before I was born, so I didn’t witness it firsthand. I want to say upfront that, for that reason, there may be parts I’ve unintentionally filled in with my own imagination. Also, the names of places and people have been changed. It might sound like an overly theatrical way to begin, but by the ...

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