You’re a traveler in the middle of a snowy forest seeking refuge from the biting cold, and you stumbled upon a nearly hidden cottage. Its form was blocked beneath layers of snow, but a flickering light from within hinted at shelter.
“The Ghost of Okiku” unfolds as a haunting tale within the historical and culturally rich Himeji Castle, deeply rooted in Japanese history.
You read an infamous Japanese poem, often considered a cursed or haunted work. It is composed in Japanese and describes a disturbing journey through a nightmarish landscape.
A group of travelers arrive in a remote village nestled deep within the dense forest. You are among one of these travelers, an experienced and honorable samurai with a long history of battles.
One rainy evening in a rural village, far from the bustling cities, you venture towards an abandoned, decaying house on the town’s outskirts. It was a place everyone spoke of in hushed tones, where residents whispered that Kuchisake-onna had once been seen.
As a Japanese high school student, you arrive at Okutsugaru Station and sit on a bench to wait for the train. It’s late at night, and the station is eerily quiet.