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Tag: Wanyudo

Japan’s Strangest, Most Fearsome Spirit–The Wanyudo

Posted on April 6, 2015May 23, 2016 by Andrew Kincaid

Japan is a land chock full of weird ghosts and monsters. Some are harmless, if off-putting, creatures, while others are creatures straight out of your worst nightmare. Today’s beast is two parts weird and one part terrifying, even more so because of its tendency to haunt residential areas of major cities, most notably Kyoto. Legend…

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