Sacred & Strange
Enryakuji Temple, Mount Hiei — The Mother Mountain of Japanese Buddhism
Mount Hiei, Kyoto/Shiga border — est. 788
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Sacred & Strange
Hozenji Temple, Osaka — The Immovable One
Namba, Chuo Ward, Osaka — est. 1637
Cursed Places
Yasui Konpira-gū, Kyoto — The Shrine of Severed Ties
Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto — est. 7th century
Shinrei Spots
Kiyotaki Tunnel, Kyoto — The Hellmouth on the Far Side of Arashiyama
Kiyotaki, Ukyo Ward, Kyoto — 444 meters
Shinrei Spots
Yotsuya Kaidan — Japan’s Most Famous Ghost Story
Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo — Edo period, 1825
Shinrei Spots
Yōunji Temple, Tokyo — Oiwa’s Grave and the Other Memory of Yotsuya
Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Shinrei Spots
Oiwa Inari Shrine, Tokyo — The Ghost Shrine of Yotsuya
Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Personal Essays
Walking the Demon Gate — Shrines, Spirits & the Everyday in Tokyo
Tokyo — Midsummer, Year Six