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Kisaragi Station | Japanese Horror Stories & Urban Legends

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Intro In 2004, a mysterious thread surfaced on Japan’s largest anonymous message board, 2channel. A user named “Hasumi” live-posted a bizarre experience while riding a local train in Shizuoka Prefecture.* What began as an ordinary commute quickly descended into a surreal nightmare. This thread is now one of Japan's most famous internet legends—“Kisaragi Station.” * Shizuoka Prefecture: Located between Tokyo ...

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Real | Japanese Horror Stories & Urban Legends

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[yokonaga] Intro Said to be the scariest story in all Japanese Creepypasta—possibly the most terrifying ever posted. A legendary horror tale. A small “curse ritual” appears in the narrative; read at your own risk. Real – Hall-of-Fame Japanese Creepypasta Original author: “Scary-Story Submission: HorrorTeller” / “Anonymous” 2009/11/24 12:29 It’s not that entertaining and I’ll try not to drag it out, ...

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Hasshaku-sama | Japanese Horror Stories & Urban Legends

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[yokonaga] Hasshaku-sama 908 Name: 1/9 Posted: 2008/08/26(Tue) 09:45:56 ID:VFtYjtRn0 My dad’s hometown is a little less than a two-hour drive from my place. It’s a farming village, and I love the atmosphere. Once I got a motorcycle in high school, I’d ride over alone every summer or winter break. Grandpa and Grandma were always happy—“Thanks for coming!” But the last ...

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SaruYume | Japanese Horror Stories & Urban Legends

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Saru Yume *Rumor says that simply hearing the tale of Saru Yume makes you dream the same dream. It’s one of Japan’s “do-not-search” words. Read at your own risk.* 9 Name: Anonymous Posted: 2000/08/02 (Wed) 07:03 I was having a dream. Since childhood I’ve sometimes realized mid-dream that I’m dreaming. This was one of those times. For some reason I was ...

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Kotori-bako | Japanese Horror Stories & Urban Legends

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※WARNING※ There have been reports of people feeling unwell after reading about the Kotori‑bako. Please proceed at your own risk. Kotori-bako Note: kotori = 子取り = child‑snatching I’m the kind of guy who reads thread aggregators when I’ve got free time. I’ve never been sensitive to the supernatural or anything, so I figured I’d never post something here. But last ...

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How Many Swords Can One Person Actually Wield? │ Classic Thread

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[yokonaga] How Many Swords Can a Human Actually Wield? 1 ：Anonymous VIP：2011/09/10(土) 02:55:35.88 ID:h0aA5f6h0 Let’s start with two. How should we hold the third sword? >>5 5 ：Anonymous VIP：2011/09/10(土) 02:56:19.03 ID:FEvaqtdj0 Clamp it in the armpit. 7 ：Anonymous VIP：2011/09/10(土) 02:57:10.79 ID:ZcTxdmP70 Hey, that’s already a third sword right there! 12 ：Anonymous VIP：2011/09/10(土) 02:59:07.72 ID:h0aA5f6h0 We just jumped up by two ...

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Kankan Dara | Japanese Horror Stories & Urban Legends

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姦姦蛇螺 (Kankan Dara) When I was in elementary and junior high school, I was just a clueless country kid. I hung out every day with two close friends, A and B, goofing off and living a pretty rough life. Both A and I had been completely abandoned by our families, but B’s mom was different—she still cared about him, even ...

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Ryōmen-sukuna | Japanese Horror Stories & Urban Legends

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※This story is one of the inspirations behind Ryomen Sukuna in Jujutsu Kaisen. Ryōmen-sukuna 452 ：Part 1：2005/09/21(水) 16:10:58 ID:GJUzoiep0 I work in the construction industry, and recently, I was assigned to demolish an old temple in Iwate Prefecture. It was a temple that no one used anymore. While we were tearing down the temple, one of my coworkers called me ...

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Pandora(禁后) | Japanese Horror Stories & Urban Legends

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Pandora（禁后） This is a hometown legend about something written with the kanji 「禁后」—a spelling no one ever managed to read aloud. Among us kids it was simply nicknamed *“Pandora.”1 *1 Why “Pandora”? The kanji 「禁后」 literally read “forbidden + empress,” but locals didn’t know the proper pronunciation. Someone joked it was like Pandora’s box—best left unopened—and the nickname stuck. I ...

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Back S District | Japanese Horror Stories & Urban Legends

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Back S District Long story. This happened in a certain area in Kyushu. It’s about a place past the mountains of a district we'll call S Ward—a place people used to refer to as the Back S District. (That name is a veiled reference to what’s known in Japan as a buraku—a historically marginalized community with deep social roots.) These ...

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