On March 5, 2022 a Sessho-seki, or “killing stone,” which connected to the legend of the Nine Tailed Fox Demon which se…

Kappa or The River Child are the legendary Japanese Merbeing. They come in many forms and are known by many name such a…

The ''300 million yen robbery'' was Japan's biggest also the single largest heist which occurred on…

On June 2020, television footage taken in the northeastern city of Sendai showed an unidentified object looked like a …

According to press release of Yamagata University & IBM Japan, a research team led by Professor Masato Sakai from …

Based on Japanese urban legend, when a person who goes to the third stall in the girls' bathroom on the third floo…

Nekomata, the "forked-cat," is a Japanese bakeneko (cat-demon) that has lived so long, its tail has split in…

The mystery started in early November 2015 when four empty wooden ships were found in the Sea of Japan, the body of wa…

Utsuro Bune (or Utsuro Fune) in Japanese means "ship hole", a definition which clearly implies the villagers…

Less than 100 miles west of Tokyo, there is a mysterious forest called Aokigahara that lies at the base of Mount Fuji.…

There are countless stories of the Muramasas’ wielders going mad or being murdered. The swords were believed to be cur…

In the 1980s, Kleenex released three Japanese commercials for their tissues, featuring a woman dressed in a white toga…

Kamaitachi is a Japanese yōkai (ghost / phantom) often told about in the Kōshin'etsu region, or can also refer to …

In several parts of the Asuka region of Japan there are unusual carved granite stones and the largest of which is know…

Hitobashira or Hitomi-goku (Human Pillar) is a human sacrifice in Japan, usually buried alive under massive buildings …

Oshoro Stone Circles is the largest ancient stone circles in Japan which arranged in concentric circles - surrounds bi…

The temple area around Mount Koya-san is largely regarded as the holiest of all monasteries in Japan, and the heart of…