On top of that, houses in Japan are so affordable because ... tweet and said there are rumors that these abandoned houses are cheap because they are haunted. They then jokingly added that they ...

After all, it stood in a forest of shoulder-high weeds after being abandoned about seven years earlier — one of the millions of vacant houses known as akiya, Japanese for “empty house ...

Akira has been selling 'haunted' houses for five years and has dealt with around 500 homes. In Japan, many people believe that houses can be haunted, and that the ghosts of people who died a ...

Getting the chills from a haunted house is a common way to cool down during Japan’s summer months ... “But when an attraction is set in an abandoned hospital, people will not see wearing ...

With this intriguing sentence, Kunio Yanagita (1875-1962), a pioneer of Japanese folklore studies ... have to live with the new coronavirus. Haunted houses are no exception.

Summer in Japan is the season for scary stories ... Here we introduce some of the country’s creepiest culture, from its haunted houses to its supernatural-themed art and more.

Tucked away in Japan’s countryside, millions of abandoned homes – known as akiya – sit empty, waiting for a second life. With property prices often shockingly low, these forgotten houses ...

or abandoned houses, are more prominent than ever in Japan’s cultural landscape. Foreign interest in the country’s empty dwellings has never been higher, and it is only likely to grow along ...