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Musings VI: On the ghost of O’iwa, and why she’s still scary.

Posted on September 4, 2016July 11, 2021 by Jasmin

The Season of Horrors It may seem strange at first that summer is the prime time for ghost stories in Japan. We tend to associate summer with pleasant things… but imagine you’re living in early modern Japan. You have no iced drinks, no electric fans, no convenient water taps. There’s basically no way to keep…

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