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12 tales
The Strange Hotel on Higashimon Street
JP Korean Higashimon Street
I cannot vouch for its truth. Only that such a story exists, and has been passed down. It concerns Sannomiya, in Kobe — Higashimon Street, t…
The Boy Who Vanishes at Sannomiya Station
JP Korean JR Sannomiya Station
Hey, can I tell you something? This is a story I heard from a friend… I can't say for certain it's true, because she didn't see it herself. …
The Parting Curse of Ikuta Shrine
JP Korean Ikuta Shrine
You know Ikuta Shrine, I imagine. It sits quietly tucked away right beside Sannomiya in Kobe — that bustling, noisy district. They say it's …
The Ghost of a Hotel in Shinsaibashi
JP Korean A city hotel in Shinsaibashi
I cannot vouch for its truth, but I will tell it just as it was told to me. It concerns that hotel — the one in Shinsaibashi. The rumours ha…
The Grudge Beneath Namba Walk
JP Korean Namba Walk
Hey, can I tell you something? It's about Namba Walk… I can't say for certain it's true, and I only heard it secondhand. But it's the kind o…
The Codex
The things behind the rumors, at a glance.
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The Strange Occurrence at an Electronics Store in Namba
JP Korean A consumer electronics store in Namba
You know the electronics store in Namba, yes? That large building on Sennichimae. Apparently, sometime last autumn, a man went there to brow…
The White Shadow of Hanayama Tunnel
JP Korean Old Higashiyama Tunnel (Hanayama Tunnel)
Hey, are you listening? So there's this place in Kyoto called Hanayama Tunnel — apparently it used to go by the name Higashiyama Tunnel, the…
The Vanishing Passenger of Midorogaike
JP Korean Fukamidoike
Up in the northern part of Kyoto, there's a place called Midorogaike. During the day it's an ordinary enough pond, but at night, when you pa…
The White Back in Chinatown
JP Korean Yokohama Chinatown
I can't vouch for any of it. Only that someone claimed to have heard it directly from a person who was there, and it reached my ears through…
The Boy at Yoshinami Tunnel
JP Korean Old Zennami Tunnel
Hey, can I tell you something? It's about the old Yoshinami Tunnel, out in Kanagawa… This came to me through a friend of a friend, so I can'…
The Ghost of Sakuragichō Station
JP Korean Sakuragicho Station
Well, then. Would you mind if I told you something? It concerns Sakuragichō Station. I never looked into it myself, but apparently there was…
The Underground Shopping Street of Reunion, Lurking Along the Ginza Line
JP Korean Ginza Line (deep along the tracks, beyond the terminal station, etc.)
Might I trouble you with something? I cannot say with any certainty that this is true. It is only a story that has passed through several mo…