Comments on: Japanese Culture Class #39 - Haunted Japan http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/10/japanese-culture-class-39-haunted-japan/ Learn Japanese with Daily Podcasts from Tokyo Whether you are Japan-bound or a seasoned speaker, our lessons offer something for everyone. We incorporate culture and current issues into each episode to give the most informative, both linguistically and culturally, podcasts possible. For those of you with just the plane ride to prepare, check our survival phrase series at Japanesepod101.com. One of these phrases just might turn your trip into the best one ever! Yoroshiku O-negai Shimasu! Mon, 21 May 2012 15:16:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: 亀井 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/10/japanese-culture-class-39-haunted-japan/#comment-604813 Mon, 16 May 2011 23:14:12 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/10/japanese-culture-class-39-haunted-japan/#comment-604813 20110516 Very enjoyable. Amusement and history all in one... 20110516

Very enjoyable. Amusement and history all in one…

]]> by: Roslyn http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/10/japanese-culture-class-39-haunted-japan/#comment-532994 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:04:33 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/10/japanese-culture-class-39-haunted-japan/#comment-532994 I am interested in the story about THE RING and watched the movie also. I am a aboriginal women from Australia down under. And we have the same spirits and ghosts around us all the time but none are so evil as THE RING. I read some information but I can't seem to find the truth. I would like to hear from you well you will be the first person to send me a email anyway peace out. I am interested in the story about THE RING and watched the movie also. I am a aboriginal women from Australia down under. And we have the same spirits and ghosts around us all the time but none are so evil as THE RING. I read some information but I can’t seem to find the truth. I would like to hear from you well you will be the first person to send me a email anyway peace out.

]]> by: タネ http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/10/japanese-culture-class-39-haunted-japan/#comment-302498 Mon, 19 May 2008 17:41:45 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/10/japanese-culture-class-39-haunted-japan/#comment-302498 I just subscribed a few weeks ago, so I'm getting caught up on the Culture Class lessons now. I love the Shinagawa-eki area (so conveninet for transit!!), and anything related to ghosts (but not horror movies, go figure), so I'll be sure to check this out when I'm there this coming August. I just subscribed a few weeks ago, so I’m getting caught up on the Culture Class lessons now. I love the Shinagawa-eki area (so conveninet for transit!!), and anything related to ghosts (but not horror movies, go figure), so I’ll be sure to check this out when I’m there this coming August.

]]> by: Steve http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/10/japanese-culture-class-39-haunted-japan/#comment-261731 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:35:54 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/10/japanese-culture-class-39-haunted-japan/#comment-261731 Hopefully, this links to my pictures of Oshichi's grave. http://www.flickr.com/photos/24128290@N03/sets/72157603988973081/detail/ Hopefully, this links to my pictures of Oshichi’s grave.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24128290@N03/sets/72157603988973081/detail/

]]> by: Steve http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/10/japanese-culture-class-39-haunted-japan/#comment-261720 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:21:08 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/10/japanese-culture-class-39-haunted-japan/#comment-261720 Yes, I got 4 or 5 pictures. I haven't downloaded them off the camera yet. I was so exhausted from walking around Tokyo that I could hardly move when I got back to my hotel room. I'll make them available soon. Yes, I got 4 or 5 pictures. I haven’t downloaded them off the camera yet. I was so exhausted from walking around Tokyo that I could hardly move when I got back to my hotel room. I’ll make them available soon.

]]> by: markystar http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/10/japanese-culture-class-39-haunted-japan/#comment-261640 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:43:13 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/10/japanese-culture-class-39-haunted-japan/#comment-261640 did you get pictures? did you get pictures?

]]> by: Steve http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/10/japanese-culture-class-39-haunted-japan/#comment-261587 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:06:46 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/10/japanese-culture-class-39-haunted-japan/#comment-261587 Made it! My Tokyo pilgrimage is complete. I found the grave of Oshichi today. After leaving Hakusan station and walking around for 20 minutes, it turned out to be only a block away from the station. One thing that's driving me nuts about the maps of Tokyo is that the tops of the maps rarely point north. The maps around Hakusan had north pointing to the bottom of the map, which means I have to read the maps standing on my head to get my bearings. :razz: Made it! My Tokyo pilgrimage is complete. I found the grave of Oshichi today. After leaving Hakusan station and walking around for 20 minutes, it turned out to be only a block away from the station.

One thing that’s driving me nuts about the maps of Tokyo is that the tops of the maps rarely point north. The maps around Hakusan had north pointing to the bottom of the map, which means I have to read the maps standing on my head to get my bearings. :razz:

]]> by: george http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/10/japanese-culture-class-39-haunted-japan/#comment-241686 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 07:04:03 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/10/japanese-culture-class-39-haunted-japan/#comment-241686 I'm planning to come to Japan this fall and hopefully around Halloween if not before. I would love to check out all the haunted places in Tokyo and other towns nearby (if I can afford it). I’m planning to come to Japan this fall and hopefully around Halloween if not before. I would love to check out all the haunted places in Tokyo and other towns nearby (if I can afford it).

]]> by: markystar http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/10/japanese-culture-class-39-haunted-japan/#comment-241682 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:29:03 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/10/japanese-culture-class-39-haunted-japan/#comment-241682 that's awesome! i think i'll go too! :nihon: that’s awesome! i think i’ll go too! :nihon:

]]> by: Steve http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/10/japanese-culture-class-39-haunted-japan/#comment-241668 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:37:48 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/10/japanese-culture-class-39-haunted-japan/#comment-241668 Enjoji （円乗寺） 1-34-6 Hakusan, Bunkyo-ku 9am-4pm 3 min walk from Hakusan station Enjoji （円乗寺）
1-34-6 Hakusan, Bunkyo-ku
9am-4pm
3 min walk from Hakusan station

]]> by: Steve http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/10/japanese-culture-class-39-haunted-japan/#comment-241611 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 01:01:37 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/10/japanese-culture-class-39-haunted-japan/#comment-241611 I just read that Oshichi's gravesite is at Enjou-ji in Komagome. Nothing on Google about where exactly Enjou-ji is located, but from the picture of the grave, the temple looks very small. Not much bigger than a bus stop. The things I get obsessed about...:mrgreen: I just read that Oshichi’s gravesite is at Enjou-ji in Komagome. Nothing on Google about where exactly Enjou-ji is located, but from the picture of the grave, the temple looks very small. Not much bigger than a bus stop.

The things I get obsessed about… :mrgreen:

]]> by: Steve http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/10/japanese-culture-class-39-haunted-japan/#comment-241593 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:47:06 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/10/japanese-culture-class-39-haunted-japan/#comment-241593 Thanks for the responses, and accommodating a latecomer like me. So far, I've tracked-down that her grave is in a temple in Hakusan in Bunkyoo-ku. (Should it be spelled Bunkyo or Bunkyoo?) I also read that the ancestral gravesite of the family was at Kichijo-ji, which looks like it may be in Hakusan, so my guess is that it's there. Thanks for the responses, and accommodating a latecomer like me.

So far, I’ve tracked-down that her grave is in a temple in Hakusan in Bunkyoo-ku. (Should it be spelled Bunkyo or Bunkyoo?) I also read that the ancestral gravesite of the family was at Kichijo-ji, which looks like it may be in Hakusan, so my guess is that it’s there.

]]> by: maxiewawa http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/10/japanese-culture-class-39-haunted-japan/#comment-241464 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:13:41 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/10/japanese-culture-class-39-haunted-japan/#comment-241464 Hey Steve, welcome to the site. Thanks to the miracle of RSS technology, many readers (like marky星 and I) are automatically updated when a new post is made. I use http://www.bloglines.com, have a look, it's easy and convenient. Hey Steve, welcome to the site.

Thanks to the miracle of RSS technology, many readers (like marky星 and I) are automatically updated when a new post is made.

I use http://www.bloglines.com, have a look, it’s easy and convenient.

]]> by: markystar http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/10/japanese-culture-class-39-haunted-japan/#comment-241455 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:56:28 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/10/japanese-culture-class-39-haunted-japan/#comment-241455 i'm not sure about o-shichi-san's actual grave. but it might be mentioned in wiki. her execution spot is 大森海岸 (omori kaigan) at 鈴ヶ森 (suzugamori). exit the station, turn left 2 times, walk past yoshinoya until you come to a what looks like a creepy, small park in the middle of the street. that area was the killing floor. I'm about to leave my house now, but if i remember in the morning, i'll try to dig my photo of the spot where she was burned alive. most japanese people i know won't go to this spot. there is a small shrine or temple next to it, i don't remember which. you might want to stop by there before going home to make the ghosts not try to follow you home. i’m not sure about o-shichi-san’s actual grave. but it might be mentioned in wiki.

her execution spot is 大森海岸 (omori kaigan) at 鈴ヶ森 (suzugamori). exit the station, turn left 2 times, walk past yoshinoya until you come to a what looks like a creepy, small park in the middle of the street. that area was the killing floor. I’m about to leave my house now, but if i remember in the morning, i’ll try to dig my photo of the spot where she was burned alive.

most japanese people i know won’t go to this spot. there is a small shrine or temple next to it, i don’t remember which. you might want to stop by there before going home to make the ghosts not try to follow you home.

]]> by: Steve http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/10/japanese-culture-class-39-haunted-japan/#comment-241422 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 09:08:56 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/10/japanese-culture-class-39-haunted-japan/#comment-241422 I just subscribed to japanesepod101 a few months ago, so I'm only now getting to this podcast about Haunted Japan. ( I hope people are still reading comments.) The Bunraku Puppet Theatre of Japan was in Berkeley, California in October, and one of the performances was called "Oshichi of the Fire Watch Tower" or "Date Musume Koi no Higanoko." I didn't realize it at first, but the Oshichi mentioned in the podcast was the same one the play was based on. I didn't know she was a real person. Does anyone know where Oshichi's grave is? I'll be in Tokyo in late February, and I'd like to visit it. I believe it's in Bunkyoo-ku, but I don't know exactly where it is. Any information would be appreciated. (I'd also like to visit Infant Island...the home of Mothra. I can't seem to find it on any maps. :wink:) Arigatoo. I just subscribed to japanesepod101 a few months ago, so I’m only now getting to this podcast about Haunted Japan. ( I hope people are still reading comments.)

The Bunraku Puppet Theatre of Japan was in Berkeley, California in October, and one of the performances was called “Oshichi of the Fire Watch Tower” or “Date Musume Koi no Higanoko.” I didn’t realize it at first, but the Oshichi mentioned in the podcast was the same one the play was based on. I didn’t know she was a real person.

Does anyone know where Oshichi’s grave is? I’ll be in Tokyo in late February, and I’d like to visit it. I believe it’s in Bunkyoo-ku, but I don’t know exactly where it is. Any information would be appreciated.

(I’d also like to visit Infant Island…the home of Mothra. I can’t seem to find it on any maps. :wink: )

Arigatoo.

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