Explore Japan by Prefecture
We list 2 places in Chiba where yokai, cryptids and legends are told or sighted, and 2 related encyclopedia entries.
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Positions on the map are a rough guide to the area where a legend or sighting is set. Most pins are placed at representative points of a municipality or prefecture (outside Japan, a city position rounded to about 10 km, or the country), not at the exact place.
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A children's song for a game in which children circle a blindfolded "it," who must guess who is standing directly behind. Because of its cryptic words, many dark meanings have been suggested: the sorrow of a courtesan, a miscarriage, a prisoner, an execution, even a code for the hiding place of the Tokugawa treasure.
The folk belief that people who suddenly vanish have been taken by gods, tengu or mountain spirits. Many stories tell of people returning years later, and records are found throughout Japan.
