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Coronavirus leads to the creation of haunted drive-in in Tokyo this summer【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 23, 2020 - Tweet
Pandemic is changing how haunted houses work in Japan, but the terrifying show will go on.
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- (awesome • cars • clever • COK • cool • coronavirus • crazy • drive-in • ghosts • haunted houses • scary • zombies)
Visiting Kyoto’s Pool of Blood — A ghost-hunting alternative to the city’s temples and shrines
- Casey Baseel
Mar 11, 2020
Rumored to be haunted by multiple spirits and located near the grave of Emperor Saga.
Dam management finds laughably clever way to deter nighttime thrill-seekers in Japan【Video】
- Krista Rogers
Nov 20, 2019
Heroes come in all shapes and sizes, including this team of workers who used their own local brand of heroism to prank visitors at night.
Hyakki Yagyo: Night Parade of 100 Demons scares tourists in Kyoto【Videos】
- Oona McGee
Oct 24, 2019
Japan’s most terrifying ghouls, monsters and demons come out to frighten the public on a street believed to border the spirit world.
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- (cosplay • costumes • events • festivals • ghosts • halloween • Hyakki Yagyo • Kyoto • travel • videos • yokai)
We turn into paranormal investigators, check out the “world’s scariest” haunted spot in the U.K.
- Dale Roll
Sep 1, 2019
Using a Japanese ghost-hunting device, we find out if Chillingham Castle is as haunted as they say.
- Europe
- (castles • Chillingham Castle • COK • funny • ghost hunting • ghosts • haunted • scary • SNJO • U.K. • weird)
Is this old clinic in Hiroshima haunted? Ask the ghosts inside who are playing with balloons
- Dale Roll
Aug 29, 2019
Balloons don’t just move on their own, right?
- Japan
- (ghost stories • ghosts • haunted • old buildings • scary • spooky • video)
Single “haunted taxi” cruising the streets of Osaka until the end of August
- Master Blaster
Aug 28, 2019
It’s like a haunted house on wheels, except you can’t choose when to ride the ESP Taxi. It chooses you.
- Japan
- (crazy • ESP Taxi • ghosts • haunted • Milight Taxi • Osaka • scary • summer • taxi • taxis • weird)
Japanese idol’s attempt at taking a “cute” photo backfires in terrifying way
- Krista Rogers
Jun 26, 2019
Hilarity then ensues as she tries to prove her mortal state of living.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • funny • ghosts • idol • idol singers • Idols • Meiri Asahina • photography • scary)
Have a ghost problem in your house? Just use an air purifier, says Japanese Twitter user
- Dale Roll
Jun 12, 2019
Apparently it’s easy to exorcise the spirits in your home, with the right technology.
- Japan
- (air purifier • ectoplasm • exorcism • ghosts • haunted • paranormal • SHARP Plasmacluster)
Aichi man discovers he is the legendary “Ghost Trumpeter of Lake Iruka”
- Master Blaster
Feb 3, 2019
One guy’s life suddenly became an M. Night Shyamalan movie.
- Japan
- (Aichi • funny • ghosts • haunted places • Inuyama • Lake Iruka • music • scary • trumpet • weird)
Mysterious ghostly baby footprint randomly appears in shopping malls, creeps out netizens
- Koh Ruide
Oct 31, 2018
Beware the phantom baby that haunts shopping centers in the Philippines.
Hello Kitty adds Japanese exorcism to her work repertoire, Twitter baffled and amused
- Katy Kelly
Jul 20, 2018
Is there anything Kitty can’t do? She can spiritually purify your house or room with salt now, so tell your ghost stories without fear of retribution!
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“Ghost photo” shows Kyoto’s breathtaking Fushimi Inari Shrine can be bone-chilling at night
- Casey Baseel
Jun 13, 2018
And that flash of light isn’t even the scariest part of the snapshot.
Highway “ghost” spooks YouTube viewers in Japan【Video】
- Master Blaster
Jun 10, 2018
The driver in this strange dashboard camera footage says it all: “Whaaaaaaaa?!”
Photo filter makes food look delicious, transforms little Japanese girl into terrifying ghost
- Casey Baseel
Jan 26, 2018
Spicy chicken entrée is accompanied by a chilling side dish of J Horror.
A late-night visit to Japan’s execution site Cursed Pine Tree【Hunted Tokyo】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 18, 2017
The tree is said to curse those who draw near, but thankfully divine protection is available nearby.
Creepy video shows housekeeper who’s either demonically possessed or really wants a new job【Vid】
- SoraNews24
Apr 6, 2017
Housekeeper in Singapore is definitely giving the Internet chills, might also be trying to give her resignation notice.
Toyama Park, where skeletal remains of over 100 people are said to have been found【Haunted Tokyo】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 21, 2017
We pay a midnight visit to this central Tokyo hill where rumor holds a ghost sobs in the dead of night.
- Japan
- (ghosts • haunted tokyo • scary • Tokyo • Toyama Park)
We investigate Tokyo’s “haunted” phone booth in Mizumoto Park【Haunted Tokyo】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 23, 2017
For decades, locals have said a woman’s ghost appears in the park at night, and our visit ended with frightening female fury.
Be brave! Japan’s pitch-black “ghost ramen” tastes better than it looks
- Casey Baseel
Jan 21, 2017
Diners will be rewarded for their courage at this yokai-loving restaurant.
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