mystery

The mysterious case of the horrifying sign on a cemetery wall in Tokyo

Ominous eye and promise to “develop special abilities” leads to a hunt for clues around the city.

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Ramen donburi rice bowl series with Edogawa Ranpo references released

Do you recognize all of the mystery writer’s scenes?

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Mysterious mountain village is home to Christ’s grave and an ancient pyramid

With local customs linked to Judea, this is a very unusual Japanese community.

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Who the heck is this dancing foreigner advertising products in Japan?

The mystery deepens once you enter this store.

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Over half a million yen in cash comes floating down river in Toyama【Video】

They told us money doesn’t grow on trees, but why didn’t they tell us it flows in aqueducts?

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Gifu man arrested for entering other person’s home and hanging women’s underwear to dry

It seems to be the opposite of underwear theft, and yet it’s still very creepy.

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Astro Boy by street artist Invader disappears from Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward

Iconic work of anime art mysteriously vanishes overnight.

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Mystery vegetable patch suddenly appears in the middle of Japan’s fourth-largest city【Video】

Opinions are divided, with mayor having particularly strong feelings.

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Japanese jam jar lids close on their own, as if by magic

People around Japan are blown away by this bizarre discovery. 

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Osaka residents find mysterious cash gifts in their letterboxes

Strange occurrence has residents and officials baffled.

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This mysterious tunnel in Japan is like none you’ve ever seen before

A road that isn’t wide enough for cars and a dark, secret chamber are just some of the surprises at this off-the-beaten path destination.

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Wakayama man stealing uniform from school caught by mysterious man in restroom in middle of night

There’s a very thin line between lurking and guarding.

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Osaka man finds stranger eating in his kitchen at night, stranger dies shortly after

Truth is once again stranger than fiction.

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Which other J-Pop stars will join former Arashi member Kazunari Ninomiya’s YouTube channel?

One of Japan’s pop princes has started his own channel, but he’s heavily implying that he’ll borrow a little help from some of his famous friends.

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Japan searches for the Yamazaki pan girl, who lived in Tokyo when she was three years old

Do you know where Suzy is? 

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Spike in empty houses calling the fire department in Akita City baffles authorities

The call is coming from inside the phone!

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Mystery stink haunts Kanagawa Prefecture, worries seismologist

The cause of the foul odor is unknown, but when does anything good cause a foul odor?

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Can you solve the mystery of the phantom printer in Japan?【Video】

The printer is working, no one else is in the room, but the print-out is nowhere to be found

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The most mysterious place to buy masks in Tokyo: Out of the back of this random dude’s car【Pics】

Our chance meeting with the mobile merchant.

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Wait, part of Goof Troop was animated in Japan?

At the 25th anniversary of A Goofy Movie, can you help solve this decades-long mystery?

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