Posted on 11/17/2017 3:58:19 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
SUICIDE SQUAD: REASONABLE RENT AND APARTMENT ‘INCIDENTS’
By Matthew Coslett
hen visitors first come to Japan, there is a constant temptation to try and save money by cutting as many corners as possible. With relocation and transportation fees all stacking up, it can be galling to think about paying the ridiculous 敷金しききん (security deposit) and 礼金れいきん (“key money”) fees that most apartment owners want.
One thing that foreigners attempt in an attempt to save cash is to stay in “incident apartments.” These are properties where bad things have happened. Due to their history, these apartments are often in convenient locations and 30 to 40 percent cheaper than other rentals on the market. However, before plonking down your cash and declaring that “I ain’t afraid of no ghosts,” it’s be worth knowing exactly what you are about to get yourself into.
These apartments have a number of names, all of which display the Japanese ability to understate horror. The most common term is 事故物件じこぶっけん (incident apartments), but I am more of a fan of 心理的瑕疵物件しんりてきかしぶっけん (literally: psychologically defective property) just for the bizarre imagery that this expression conjures up.
Be careful not to confuse these with the similar 法律的瑕疵ほうりつてきかし (legally defective property). This describes apartments with actual visible flaws such as foundation cracks or that failed a safety inspection. Admittedly, choosing between physical or psychological horror is not a particularly pleasant choice!
At this point, it’s worth cross referencing your potential apartment with the Oshimaland website. This website features very matter-of-fact descriptions of the things that caused the “psychological damage” to your potential abode and lets you decide if your sanity can handle living there.
(Excerpt) Read more at japantoday.com ...
Man, FR is strange today!
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This is a society where hit films and dozens of knockoffs feature plotlines where someone plays a cursed video tape, answers a cursed phone call, or visits a cursed website, and then is haunted/killed/suicides.
I would have never thought that murders and suicides could take place there because guns are banned.
I heard a story that, years ago, a Japanese language class at some prep school included the viewing of one of such Japanese movies. Students had nightmares for days after seeing the movie. The instructor received an warning from school administration.
get some insparation
From the Guinness Book of Records:
Guinness World Records, which publishes the annual book of the same name, has named the late Shotaro Ishinomori the world record-holder for the "most comics published by one author." (On the linked page, scroll down for the image of the Guinness World Record certificate.) Over the course of his career which started in 1954, Ishinomori created 770 individual stories which were collected in a total of 500 volumes of manga
In February 2006, publisher Kadokawa Shoten began releasing the complete edition of Ishinomori's works. The Ishinomori Shotaro Complete Comic Works (pictured at right) is being brought out in 12 sets of 41 or 42 volumes each, that could only be bought online. The final set is scheduled to be available this November. Ishinomori's total lifetime output will have reached 128,000 pages that retails for 617,000 yen (about US$5,800).
The Grudge
I’ve actually never been to a theater to see a creepy Japanese horror movie. We seem to only go see the latest Pixar film every year. The last home grown movie based on a manga story, I saw with my wife last month was, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_This_Corner_of_the_World_(film), and it was excellent.
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