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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Mountain Shrine | Japanese Horror Stories & Urban Legends

2025/9/25    

Mountain Shrine “Got Any Death-Level Terrifying Stories? #294” 255 / Part 1 of 7 (2012-05-03 01:44:34 ID: HPNJqzKn0) This is something that happened to me when I was a second-year high-schooler. One day during summer break, my friends A, B, C and I suddenly decided to go camping. C, who loves stream fishing, had once heard from a relative about ...

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Inn Help Wanted | Japanese Horror Stories & Urban Legends

2025/9/25    

Inn Help Wanted “Got Any Death-Level Terrifying Stories? #43” This happened about two years ago, when I was hunting for a part-time job so I could travel. Day after sweltering day I flipped through want-ads, sweat dripping, dialing number after number—every place said no, no, no. I finally flopped spread-eagle on my threadbare tatami, cursing while I leafed through a ...

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Japanese Horror Stories and Urban Legends to Keep You Up at Night│Hall-of-Fame Horror Stories

2025/9/25  

I’m a hardcore horror fan, so I’ve put together a late-night reading list of Hall-of-Fame Japanese creepypasta (Share-Kowa)—legendary 2ch horror stories that will keep you wide awake. Every tale here is an urban legend born on Japan’s internet message boards. I’ve cherry-picked only the entries that earned “Hall of Fame” status, so trust me: they’re all seriously terrifying. From cursed ...

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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 ...