Category: Death
Jomyo-in, the Jizo Temple
I rode my bicycle past Jomyo-in Temple hundreds of times on my way to work, never suspecting that...
Read MoreLove Hotel Crime and an S&M Hotel
Hope you’re not getting tired of love hotels. Today’s sample from the book Love Hotels – An Inside Look at Japan’s Sexual Playgrounds (reprinted with permission) is about the dark side of love hotels, an incredible...
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Famous Suicide Spot
Sandanbeki is a famous suicide spot in the town of Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture. The sign says...
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Japanese Funeral Envelope
This funeral envelope is used to give money to the family of the deceased. They’re right...
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Kotsukappara Execution Grounds
If you’re ever in the area of Minami-Senju station, you might want to stop by this spooky...
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Paradise Park in Izu (Izu Gokurakuen)
The Izu Gokurakuen (Izu Paradise Park) is a strange attraction in a popular hot spring in the Izu...
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Basketball Gravecourt
Basketball gravecourt at a cemetery in the Tanimachi 9-chome temple district of Osaka. Editor’s...
Read MoreBuddhist Pet Funerals
I hear the word “pettoro-su” (pet loss) surprisingly often these days, and it seems a lot of funeral parlors and graveyards are springing up to help bereaved owners put their loved ones to rest. One of the biggest...
Read MoreOdd sights in a Japanese Graveyard
These graves are all from the Ushiku Joen, the cemetery around the Ushiku Daibutsu. As far as I know, “One Piece” is a manga about pirates and has nothing to do with volleyball. If anyone has an explanation for this,...
Read MoreDaigo Fukuryu Maru Exhibition Hall
If you take my advice and visit the Yumenoshima Tropical Greenhouse Dome, an excellent botanical garden with tons of exotic flowers, you might also want to stop in at the Daigo Fukuryu Maru Exhibition Hall. I chanced upon it...
Read MoreParadize Park in Izu
A diorama of what happens to murderers and thieves in the Buddhist hell. The Izu Gokurakuen (Izu Paradise Park) is a strange attraction in a popular hot spring in the Izu peninsula, which is filled with gruesome dioramas of the...
Read MoreParadise Park in Izu
Judge at the gates of Hell. The Izu Gokurakuen (Izu Paradise Park) is a strange attraction in a popular hot spring in the Izu peninsula, which is filled with gruesome dioramas of the Buddhist hells that would give Stephen King...
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