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many people are walking in front of a building

Every 60 years, one of Japan’s most sacred Shinto shrines, Izumo Oyashiro, is reconstructed in an ancient ritual that dates back 1,300 years. Photographer Yukihito Masuura documented the 12-year process

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an old building with scaffolding on the side and chinese writing on the roof

Halloween is here and everyone likes a good scare occasionally. But what can be scarier than an abandoned old Japanese hospital? I had the morbid pleasure of visiting this World Record winning haunted attraction when I was residing in Japan.

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a dark house at night with the light coming through the window

So, you know how some people love getting spooked by horror movies, right? Well, I’m not exactly one of them. Horror movies often leave me more bored than scared, but Japanese horror films seem to hit differently. Japan is so good at horror because it plays on the fears that its audience already has. Usually, this is in the form of mixing ancient folklore, ghost stories, and a touch of modern horror at the same time. This leads to reality-based fear that is often more psychological than...

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