MYSTERY JAPAN 1000
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Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 1628 incident: Boeing 747 Chased by a Gigantic UFO over Alaska [Part 4]
This is a true story about a Japan Airlines Boeing 747 cargo plane being chased by a gigantic UFO over eastern Alaska on November 17, 1986. In my previous article, I introduced one of the skeptical opinions about the JAL 1628 incident, t... -
Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 1628 incident: Boeing 747 Chased by a Gigantic UFO over Alaska [Part 3]
This is a true story about a Japan Airlines Boeing 747 cargo plane being chased by a gigantic UFO over eastern Alaska on November 17, 1986. A Japan Air Lines Cargo Boeing 747-200F similar to the one involved in the incident Source: Commu... -
Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 1628 incident: Boeing 747 Chased by a Gigantic UFO over Alaska [Part 2]
This is a true story about a Japan Airlines Boeing 747 cargo plane being chased by a gigantic UFO over eastern Alaska on November 17, 1986. A Japan Air Lines Cargo Boeing 747-200F similar to the one involved in the incident Source: Commu... -
Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 1628 incident: Boeing 747 Chased by a Gigantic UFO over Alaska [Part 1]
This is a true story about a Japan Airlines Boeing 747 cargo plane being chased by a gigantic UFO over eastern Alaska on November 17, 1986. 【The Japan Airlines Cargo Flight 1628 Incident on November 17, 1986】 Introduction The incident ... -
The Return of Ghost Troops [Part 2] (Japanese Mystery Case #013)
This is a true story of Japanese ghost troops who were killed in fierce battles on an island in the South Pacific about 80 years ago and returned to Japan as ghosts. In the former article, I introduced a ghost story about the ghosts of s... -
Kofu Incident: A Creepy Alien Got off a UFO to a Vineyard and Tapped a Japanese Boy on the Shoulder in 1975 [Part 4]
This is a true story of a creepy alien who got off a UFO to a vineyard and tapped a Japanese boy on the shoulder in 1975. In the articles below, I introduced the Kofu Incident, one of the two major UFO incidents in Japan along with the K... -
Kofu Incident: A Creepy Alien Got off a UFO to a Vineyard and Tapped a Japanese Boy on the Shoulder in 1975 [Part 3]
This is a true story of a creepy alien who got off a UFO to a vineyard and tapped a Japanese boy on the shoulder in 1975. In the two articles below, I introduced the Kofu Incident, one of the two major UFO incidents in Japan along with t... -
The Return of Ghost Troops [Part 1] (Japanese Mystery Case #013)
【The Return of Ghost Troops】 The above image is for illustration purposes. This is a true story of Japanese ghost troops who were killed in fierce battles on an island in the South Pacific about 80 years ago and returned to Japan as gh... -
Shido YAMAGUCHI (1765 – 1842): A Man Who Uncovered the Secret of the Spiritual Power That Dwells in Words (Japanese Mystery Case #012)
Shido Yamaguchi (1765 - 1842) Ancient Japanese believed that spirits dwell in words and that the power of these spirits would bring what is expressed in words into reality. Each word has its own spiritual power, and these words are combi... -
Nanboku MIZUNO (1757 – 1834): Japan’s Greatest Physiognomist Who Discovered the Truth That One’s Fate Depends on One’s Diet (Japanese Mystery Case #0011)
Nanboku Mizuno (1757 - 1834) In this article, I would like to introduce the remarkable life of Nanboku Mizuno (水野南北) (1757 - 1834), Japan's greatest physiognomist, who was thrown in jail at the age of 18 and predicted to die at the a... -
KUNIYASU Sennin (1860 – 1912): Japan’s Last Sennin (Superhuman Hermit), Who Also Served as Advisor to Emperor Meiji (Japanese Mystery Case #0010)
KUNIYASU Sennin (1860 - 1912) In East Asia, including China, India, and Japan, it was believed that there existed “仙人” (Xian or Sennin), superhuman beings who, as a result of years of rigorous ascetic training, achieved immortality, co... -
Suii MIYAJI (1852 – 1904): A Genius Shinto Priest Who Left a Memorandum of Amazing Experiences Traveling Other Worlds Hundreds of Times (Japanese Mystery Case #0009)
The above image is for illustration purposes. In this article, I would like to introduce Suii MIYAJI (宮地水位) (1852 - 1904), a Japanese Shinto priest who left a memorandum of amazing experiences traveling other worlds. Suii Miyaji, an ... -
Bunjiro KAWATE (1814 – 1883): The Strange Fate of a Man Whose 5 Family Members Were Killed by a Divine Curse (Japanese Mystery Case #0008)
Bunjiro (far right) interceding for the words of Konjin, a god, and Konkokyo followers listening to him. From Konko Oyasama Goeden by Katei Watanabe. In this article, I would like to introduce the bizarre life of a Japanese man who had f... -
Miki NAKAYAMA(1798 – 1887): Amazing Japanese Woman Who Was Possessed by Original God who Created the Universe and Humans [Japanese Mystery Case #0007]
Miki Nakayama Miki Nakayama (中山 みき)(1798 - 1887) was a nineteenth-century Japanese farmer and religious leader of the Japanese new religion Tenrikyo. Miki was born on the morning of June 2, 1798, the eldest daughter of Hanshichi Masa... -
Nanboku TSURUYA IV: A Kabuki Author Who Died From the Haunting of Yotsuya Kaidan That He Produced [Japanese Mystery Case #0006]
Tsuruya Namboku IV (1755 - 1829) was a Kabuki author in the late Edo period. Tsuruya Nanboku IV from "Ichimuraza Sangai no Zu" (Painting by Utagawa Kunisada) In 1755, Nanboku was born in Nihonbashi, Edo (the present-day Tokyo), the son o... -
Munetada KUROZUMI (1780-1850): Amazing Man Who Became One with God and Gained Miraculous Power to Raise the Dead (Japanese Mystery Case #0005)
Munetada Kurozumi (黒住宗忠) (1780-1850) was a Shintoist of the late Edo period in Japan who founded Kurozumikyo, the pioneer of a new Shinto-based religion. Munetada was born on the winter solstice of November 26, 1780, the third son in... -
Atsutane HIRATA: Amazing Japanese Scholar Who Explored the Whereabouts of Souls After Death and Another World [Japanese Mystery Case #0004]
Atsutane Hirata (1776-1843) was born in Nakayachi-Cho under Kubota Castle in Akita County (present-day Nakadori 4-chome, Akita City, Akita Prefecture, Japan) as the fourth son of Seibei Toshitane Owada, who was the head of the Ooban-gumi... -
Masayoshi INOU: Amazing Boy Who Endured Supernatural Phenomena of Yokai Monsters for 30 Days [Japanese Mystery Case #0003]
Masayoshi Inou (稲生 正令) (1735-1803) was a samurai in the mid-Edo period who wrote "Miyoshi Jitsuroku Monogatari (三次実録物語)", based on his experience of being attacked by a big monster late at night one day in 1749, when he was 16,... -
Katsugoro KOYATA (1814 – 1869): Amazing Boy with Pre-Birth Memories [Japanese Mystery Case #0002]
Katsugoro Koyata (小谷田 勝五郎) (1814 - 1869) was born the son of Genzo Koyata, a farmer in Nakano Village, Tama County, Musashi Province (present-day Higashinakano, Hachioji City, Tokyo). Katsugoro told people around him his remarkable... -
Torakichi (1806 – 1860): Amazing Boy Who Was Taken Away to Another World by a Tengu [Japanese Mystery Case #0001]
In the fall of 1820, during the Edo period (Bunsei 3) in Edo (present-day Tokyo), Japan, a mysterious boy named Torakichi (寅吉)(1806 - 1860) appeared, claiming to have visited another world inhabited by Tengu, and gained a reputation as...
