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Japanese haunted towns are towns legendarily inhabited by ghosts . These include Yōkai Street (officially known as Jōkyo Street or Taishōgun shopping street), in Kyoto and the Yōkaichi of Shiga Prefecture .
One of the most popular suicide sites in Japan, [13] [14] reputed to be haunted by the yūrei of those died there. [15] [16] Oiran Buchi According to a legend during the Warring States period, there was a gold mine in the area. The 55 prostitutes working there were killed to prevent them from sharing information about the gold. [17] [18]
Pages in category "Ghost towns in Japan" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aoshima, Ehime; H.
Hashima Island was a Japanese mining town from 1887 to 1974. Once known for having the world's highest population density (in 1959 at 83,500 inhabitants per square kilometre or 216,000 inhabitants per square mile), the island was abandoned when the coal mines were closed down.
Japanese haunted towns; M. List of mergers and dissolutions of municipalities in Japan; List of metropolitan areas in Japan; 100 Famous Japanese Mountains;
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Ghost passengers are said to often visit homes of loved ones, and many are young people who feel they died too young. [17] Sometimes the passengers seem unaware that they are dead. Yuka Kudo at Tokyo Gakugei University interviewed over 100 taxi drivers in an effort to study the phenomenon, but many refused to answer.
Wild boars around the world: "A Japanese cameraman getting knocked to the ground by that wild boar on the street." The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the Wild boars threaten Japanese towns