Yuki Morita
Hello! What do you imagine about Japanese summer? In my case, I imagine a ghost story. Do you like it? In fact, it's very very very hard for me!!! I can't watch horror film or TV alone. However, I like to listen to ghost stories.
Do you know the man? He is Yakumo Koizumi (Patrick Lafcadio Hearn). He was a British who studied about Japan in Meiji period. When he was 40 years old, he came to Japan and taught English in Matsue, Shimane. He loved Japanese traditional culture. Especially, he was fascinated by Japanese ghost stories.
In Shimane, which is loved by Yakumo, there are the cult of Japanese gods. The god of Izumo-taisha Shrine is Okuninushi-no-mikoto, who created the world. Yakumo was a foreigner, so he was able to feel the Japanese traditional cult more deeply, I think.
Then, he wrote a book titled "kwaidan (a ghost story)". In the book, he introduced many ghosts or oral tradition, for example, a snow fairy (Yuki-onna) and a monster with a long neck (Rokuro-kubi). Even if the stories are horror, the way of his expressing is very warm because he loved Japanese culture.
This summer, I will visit Matsue and join the ghost tour! I want to feel Japanese warm horror Yakumo loved.
Hello! What do you imagine about Japanese summer? In my case, I imagine a ghost story. Do you like it? In fact, it's very very very hard for me!!! I can't watch horror film or TV alone. However, I like to listen to ghost stories.
In Shimane, which is loved by Yakumo, there are the cult of Japanese gods. The god of Izumo-taisha Shrine is Okuninushi-no-mikoto, who created the world. Yakumo was a foreigner, so he was able to feel the Japanese traditional cult more deeply, I think.
Then, he wrote a book titled "kwaidan (a ghost story)". In the book, he introduced many ghosts or oral tradition, for example, a snow fairy (Yuki-onna) and a monster with a long neck (Rokuro-kubi). Even if the stories are horror, the way of his expressing is very warm because he loved Japanese culture.
This summer, I will visit Matsue and join the ghost tour! I want to feel Japanese warm horror Yakumo loved.
Hi,Yuki!
ReplyDeleteI like ghost stories.I sometimes read them on books,on the Internet and so on.
By the way, I am interested in the ghost tour!
Please tell me your impression when you will come back!
Manami Hiramoto
Good evening...
ReplyDeleteI have seen a ghost girl when I was elementary school student.
I went to my friend's house from my school with riding my bike.
I saw a girl who wore a red school backpack.
Then I saw a different.
And I saw the other side to see her again, but, she wasn't here!
She hid from view for five seconds!
I thought it was a dream, but, there was a doll which she had on the street.
It was a fact!!!
I couldn't sleep the day...
Yuto Yamazaki Monday2
Yuki,
ReplyDeleteThis is really an exciting plan. I hope you had a nice time in Matsue - it is a long way from Tokyo. Please tell us about your trip and about the cool ghost tour in your next blog.
Ms. MacGregor
Hi,Yuki!
ReplyDeleteHearing ghost stories,I feel horrible.
Because my father like ghost stories. So,I was shown DVD
about ghost stories.
Thank you for introducing!
Ryota Yamada
Hello, Yuki,
ReplyDeleteThis is Koto Mizunoya of group F.
I 'm so timid that I don't read scary novels, never see scary movies.
However I 've read Yakumo's Kaidan.I felt his stories were not gohst stories but folktales, except 『幽霊滝の伝説』（The Legend of Yurei-Daki ）
It was sooooooooo scary! I was so frightened! I almost cried!
(i i)
Anyway,
Yuki, please have a nice ghost tour, and write about it next!
Koto Mizunoya ✿✿✿
Hi, Yuki.
ReplyDeleteI can't watch horror film or TV alone too!
By the way, I know Yakumo. I've ever read his ghost stories. They were very interesting.
I want to go Matsue someday!!!
Monday2 GroupH Emika Yura
Hi, Yuki.
ReplyDeleteI also like ghost story and my grand father was good at talking it.
But he passed away when I was 3 old years, so I couldn't hear it(´･ω･｀)
My old sister and brother said his story was dreadful!!
Mon2 F Sayo
≫Ms. MacGregor
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry. I want to talk about the ghost tour now. About 30 people joined it, and we were guided by a few volunteers. They talked about tales of old Japan. They were very dreadful, but I didn't see ghosts, of course!
Monday2 Yuki Morita