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The top 10 haunted spots in Japan as chosen by a professional ghost chaser 1

Ghosts & Hauntings

The top 10 haunted spots in Japan as chosen by a professional ghost chaser

Ginti Kobayashi is a writer who in recent years can be seen in the series, Kaidan Shinmimibukuro Nagurikomi! In these DVDs, we follow Kobayashi and his...

SoulAskAugust 15, 2013

Bizarre Creatures from Japanese Folklore 10

Cryptozoology

Bizarre Creatures from Japanese Folklore

Most Westerners have heard tales of vampires, werewolves, and mermaids. But what about humanoid turtles that enjoy munching on children or skeletal whales that...

SoulAskAugust 11, 2013

VIDEO: Japanese Girls’ Thighs the New Hottest Ad Space 12

Bizzare & Odd

VIDEO: Japanese Girls’ Thighs the New Hottest Ad Space

Ad execs in Japan are using a classic tool to get consumers to pay attention to their products: sexual appeal. But unlike the standard...

SoulAskJuly 30, 2013

Japanese Authorities Admit Fukushima Has Been Leaking Radiation Into Water For Two Years, And Cannot Be Stopped 14

Planet Earth

Japanese Authorities Admit Fukushima Has Been Leaking Radiation Into Water For Two Years, And Cannot Be Stopped

Via the New York Times, a reminder to always take officials with a grain of salt when they issue statements denying that the oceans...

SoulAskJuly 17, 2013

For 400 years store in Japan has sold one product: candy bought by a ghost for her child 16

Ghosts & Hauntings

For 400 years store in Japan has sold one product: candy bought by a ghost for her child

In the Higashiyama area of Kyoto City stands a candy shop which boasts a unique regular customer, the specter of a woman who comes...

SoulAskJuly 4, 2013

Something’s Fishy: Catfish Catastrophism with the Japanese Namazu 18

Apocalypse & Armageddon

Something’s Fishy: Catfish Catastrophism with the Japanese Namazu

If we were to believe those uppity seismologists, we would assume that earthquakes are the inevitable result of plate tectonics. For those of you...

SoulAskJuly 1, 2013

‘Psychic Attack’ Rumors Run Wild After 18 Hospitalized at Japanese High School 20

Paranormal

‘Psychic Attack’ Rumors Run Wild After 18 Hospitalized at Japanese High School

Psychic attack? Teen angst externalized? Via Who Forted? Last Wednesday at the well-known prep school Kamigōri High in Hyogo, Japan, emergency services were called...

SoulAskJune 30, 2013

Okiku - Ghost Story of Japanese Haunted Devil Doll 22

Ghosts & Hauntings

Okiku – Ghost Story of Japanese Haunted Devil Doll

The haunted japanese doll Okiku, possessed by the spirit of a 10 year old girl who took refuge inside it. Some time after the...

SoulAskJune 21, 2013

Himuro Mansion Haunting - Haunted House & Horrible Murders 24

Ghosts & Hauntings

Himuro Mansion Haunting – Haunted House & Horrible Murders

The Himuro Mansion (or Himikyru Mansion) is a japanese urban legend about the dark history of a haunted house and the horrible murders of an entire family who...

SoulAskApril 24, 2013

North Korea states "nuclear war is unavoidable", first target Japan 26

Apocalypse & Armageddon

North Korea states “nuclear war is unavoidable”, first target Japan

North Korea has warned Japan that Tokyo would be the first target in the event of a war on the Korean Peninsula, as it...

SoulAskApril 13, 2013

Haunted by trauma, tsunami survivors in Japan turn to exorcists 28

Ghosts & Hauntings

Haunted by trauma, tsunami survivors in Japan turn to exorcists

HIGASHI-MATSUSHIMA: The tsunami that engulfed northeastern Japan two years ago has left some survivors believing they are seeing ghosts. In a society wary of...

SoulAskMarch 14, 2013