The scammers don’t exist, but their imaginary group proves to be one tough cookie to put down once and for all.
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The following is a list of websites visited while gathering information for this book.
3xai Stories: https://3xai.net/
Aru-hen: https://aruhenshu.exblog.jp/
Chicago Tribune: http://chicagotribune.com/
Asyura: http://www.asyura2.com/
Chintai Hakase: http://www.chintai-hakase.com/
Chuugaku Juken no Tame ni: https://ameblo.jp/tekitopapa50/
Dankai Oyaji no Tanpen Shosetsu: https://blog.goo.ne.jp/tudukimituo1028/
Economic Fortune Up: http://xn--zckuap6f2022d35b.com/
Entertainment Topics: https://entertainment-topics.jp/
Excite News: https://www.excite.co.jp/
Explanation of Hisarukigame: http://asunoakiusagi.blog36.fc2.com/
FNN Prime: https://www.fnn.jp/
Folklore wo Kangaeru: http://tkhrsh33.fukuwarai.net/
Fushigi na Chikara: http://fushigi-chikara.jp/
Geino Chojin Densetsu: http://geinousuper.sblo.jp/
Gendai Kidan: http://osi.cool.ne.jp/
Hachimakikou: http://blog.esuteru.com/
Happism: http://happism.cyzowoman.com/
Hatelabo: https://anond.hatelabo.jp/
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Namahahha no Nikki: https://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/namahahha2005/
Naniwa no Futago Boxer: https://ameblo.jp/gachinkofightclub/
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Sankei News: https://www.sankei.com/
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Read a sample from Reikan: The most haunted locations in Japan, also by Tara A. Devlin.
Kasagi Sightseeing Hotel
Location: Toge-50 Kasagi, Soraku District, Kyoto Prefecture, 619-1303
Before the Kasagi Tunnel was built, before the Lake Forest Resort was built, and before the Love Hotel Century was built, the Kasagi Sightseeing Hotel stood proud alongside the Kizu River in Kyoto Prefecture. Full of people and full of life, customer numbers began to dwindle when other, more easily accessible options opened up.
The hotel was rumoured to be in over 1,000,000 yen debt each month. Unable to deal with this sudden drop in guests and his rising money problems, the owner of the Kasagi Sightseeing Hotel walked down to the first floor, doused himself in oil and lit himself on fire. His attachment to his prized hotel was so strong, however, that even after death, he could not leave it. And he wasn’t the only one.
They say the spirit of an old woman haunts the spiral stairs inside the building. If you’re not careful, she’ll throw you from them too.
On the roof, you’ll find the disembodied head of a young woman, so dreadful that she chases all who see her to their grizzly ends. And every now and then, people lay eyes upon a former employee of the hotel, still in uniform and forever floating the halls of the now-abandoned building, looking for customers to help… or hinder.
These four spirits are the pillars of the haunted Kasagi Sightseeing Hotel. Be careful if you ever try to visit, because it may be your last…
Located close to the borders of Kyoto, Nara, and Osaka Prefectures is the Kasagi Sightseeing Hotel. Situated at the end of a tiny path in the middle of the forest, it closed in 1990 thanks to the emergence of several easily accessible hotels nearby.
One of the most famous stories about the hotel is that the owner set himself on fire near the front entrance and killed himself. Ever since then, people claim to have seen the spirit of a burnt man wandering the building remains, and teenagers entering the building for a spot of midnight fun have reported leaving with burn marks on their own bodies. The building itself has been the subject of arson several times over the years, but there are some who claim that even these attacks were the work of the owner and not bored trespassers.
People report “a sensation like someone coming to greet you” upon entering the old building. One of the supposed “four pillars” of the Kasagi Sightseeing Hotel is a member of staff, although little information is known about this spirit or the person he was in life. People report seeing a man falling from the stairs to the ground, but there’s no evidence that this is the same spirit.
The third of the four pillars, however, is said to reside on the staircase. Most of the stairways and floor have fallen apart or been torn down over the years, leaving a large atrium in the middle, and people claim that the spirit of an old woman resides here. Sometimes she’s even seen with a little girl, although no-one knows who they are, exactly. It’s likely they were once guests of t
he hotel before it was abandoned, but why they have taken up residence there now is unknown. Visitors to the abandoned building claim that if you look up into the giant gaping hole that was once the stairs, you can occasionally see a white figure looking back down. The area is also famous for floating orbs.
The fourth and most dangerous of the four pillars resides on the roof. Ghost hunters claim that from the fourth floor up, the atmosphere of the building completely changes. The roof now more often than not resembles a lake; water gathers in the rain and stagnates, unable to escape due to the concrete barriers surrounding it. As you may well know by now, Japanese spirits are attracted to water, so it makes sense that the most dangerous ghost of all would be found on the wet rooftop. Rumours abound that her bodiless head will chase anyone who sees her, and considering the state of the building now, that’s almost a guaranteed death sentence.
This ghost became especially famous because of her appearance in Kitano Makoto no Omaera Iku na Hishou Hen, an occult video featuring the aforementioned comedian Kitano Makato. A young comedian from the Shouchiku Public Entertainment company was walking through the abandoned hotel when a woman’s disembodied head was captured floating close behind him.
The building is, of course, off limits, but that doesn’t stop people from entering. It has appeared on numerous TV shows over the years, thanks to the infamous ghost head sighting in Kitano Makato’s video, and those with a strong ability to see the supernatural claim that the building can look like it is covered in fog at times; this is, in actuality, spirits that have come down from the mountains, attracted by the strong spiritual energy contained within the building.
The abandoned hotel has become so famous thanks to its TV appearances that locals have complained of the troubles that ghost hunters and kids looking for fun have caused. Because of them, the building is deteriorating even quicker, and that’s not to mention all the people entering private property by mistake while looking for the hotel. A simple glance at the building reveals walls covered in graffiti, floors rotting and falling apart, and stairs coming apart at the seams. It may not be the Four Pillars of Kasagi Sightseeing Hotel that you really need to fear, but rather the dying building itself.
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Origins
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Toshiden: Exploring Japanese Urban Legends
Reikan: The most haunted locations in Japan
The Torihada Files
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Tara A. Devlin studied Japanese at the University of Queensland before moving to Japan in 2005. She lived in Matsue, the birthplace of Japanese ghost stories, for 10 years, where her love for Japanese horror really grew. And with Izumo, the birthplace of Japanese mythology, just a stone’s throw away, she was never too far from the mysterious. You can find her collection of horror and fantasy writings at taraadevlin.com and translations of Japanese horror at kowabana.net.
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