【Mysterious】I’ll tell you about a place that might seriously be connected to another world

[1] It’s inside a place called Koganei Park in Koganei City, Tokyo. If you want to know more, I’ll tell you.

• [2] Well, I’m bored, so tell me.

[3] There’s a pond in the park, it’s around there. Though it’s more like a large puddle than a proper pond.

[4] It’s near the back, where there’s an island. Around that area.

• [5] How could a puddle lead to another world?

[6] >>5 I lived in the city for about 10 years and often went to the park. When I was in elementary school, I played in this pond several times (there’s a fence). I had experiences like that many times there.

• [7] No way (lol).
• [8] Write about your experience.

[10] I used to climb over the fence to get inside and catch tadpoles. While I was doing that, my vision would sometimes get distorted, or my eyes would feel unfocused. There were usually three of us, including me, playing in that pond, but I was the only one who experienced this. When I told my parents, they took me to an eye doctor and stuff, but they found nothing wrong. It didn’t happen every time I went to the pond, so I went there frequently.

[12] Then, when I was in third grade (around 2013), I might have gone to another world. I was playing like usual when I suddenly felt dizzy. I thought it would pass quickly, but the dizziness just continued. When I came to my senses, the friends I was with had disappeared. The scenery looked the same, but there was a constant ringing in my ears. I decided to get out of the pond and go home, but the bicycle I rode there was gone. There wasn’t a single person around – no runners, no people walking dogs, who are usually always there.

[13] As I was walking back and forth around the area, the dizziness came back near the golf course nearby. I don’t know if that’s how I returned, but I found myself asleep several hundred meters away from that spot.

[14] I thought maybe I was just hallucinating, but according to my friends, I suddenly disappeared. They thought I fell into the pond and searched for me with some runner guy. They said I came back about an hour and a half later.

[15] My memory is fuzzy since it was over 5 years ago, but that’s the experience I had. I haven’t gone into the pond since then, but what happened that time is still a mystery to me. Sorry for rambling on like this.

• [16] Does that mean you only went ‘there’ once?

[19] >>16 I only went to the other world (though I can’t say for sure) that one time.

• [17] Also, did you go back after that? I’m curious if the dizziness-like symptoms happened again.

[20] >>17 Since then, I haven’t been near that area at all.

[18] Nobody believed me except me, so I wanted to tell someone and made this thread. I know it sounds unbelievable, but if anyone lives in Tokyo, please try going there.

• [21] Why don’t you go?

[22] >>21 I was able to come back that time, but what if I go again and can’t return? That’s why I haven’t gone.

• [23] Are there cases of ‘kamikakushi’ (spirited away) around there? It doesn’t seem like a particularly hard place to get to, so if it really connects somewhere, you’d expect many people to have disappeared, right? Well, if the OP only went once, maybe it was a coincidence, or perhaps they have some kind of aptitude for it.

Kamikakushi is a Japanese folklore term referring to the phenomenon of people suddenly vanishing. It’s often believed to be caused by gods or supernatural forces.

[24] >>23 There’s a road nearby, and there haven’t been any cases like kamikakushi. Some people have committed suicide in the pond, so it’s also called a haunted spot, but I don’t feel anything spiritual there.

• [26] Wonder if this will end up on a まとめサイト (summary site).
• [36] Go verify it. Go there while taking video or photos.
• [40] That’s right near my parents’ house. I went there many times as a kid too, but never had any strange experiences. Never thought it was that kind of place. I’m going back home the week after next, so I’ll check it out. I’ll report back if anything happens.
• [42] There are places where you can slightly enter a kamikakushi-like other world or encounter things not of this world. It’s along the Edogawa River from Konodai in Ichikawa City to Yagiri in Matsudo City. In an area with no streetlights. It’s a region with ‘Seven Wonders’ and stuff, apparently, things have been happening there since around the Edo period.
• [43] >>42 That’s really interesting. In Chiba, I only knew about Yawata no Yabushirazu.

Yawata no Yabushirazu. Yawata no Yabushirazu is the common name for a forest in Yawata, Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture. It has long been considered a ‘forbidden place’ (kinsokuchi), famous for the legend of kamikakushi, stating that ‘those who step inside will never come out again.’ It’s famous for even Tokugawa Mitsukuni, aka Mito Komon, getting lost there. https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/八幡の藪知らず

• [45] >>42 You mean the green space? It’s scary when it gets dark. I heard the voices of a couple with a little girl laughing happily, but I couldn’t see them. The voices suddenly stopped, so I thought maybe they went into a house? But when I looked around, there were no houses anywhere. Just a dark woods.
• [46] >>42 Yeah, a lot probably happened there during the Edo period. In the Sengoku period, Konodai Castle was there, and it was a battlefield. Until the Tone River was diverted towards Choshi in the mid-Edo period, the current Edogawa River had a flow comparable to the Tone River, making it impossible to attack from the river due to the strong current. Even after the wars ended, the slopes were naturally steep, so if you accidentally slipped and fell, you wouldn’t be saved (there were roads, but people who couldn’t afford to be seen might have used those paths). The effects of recent heavy rain might still linger, so if anyone plans to go, please be aware of the real dangers too. You probably won’t fall into the river, but even twisting your ankle because the ground was loose can be painfully annoying.
• [51] >>42 You might be right, there could be something in that area. Satomi Park nearby is really scary if you go deep inside, not near the entrance.
• [44] I grew up playing there, but yeah, that pond might indeed be a bit creepy.
• [47] Interesting, the Chiba side of the Edogawa River has history too. Coincidentally, two of my friends are from near Yagiri/Edogawa in Matsudo, and both said they’ve been possessed by animal spirits. Kinda scary. I heard the area right next door, Nijusseiki-ga-oka, has lots of ghosts too.
• [49] >>47 That’s fascinating. Kitsunetsuki (fox possession)?

Kitsunetsuki is a type of possession phenomenon in Japanese folklore where a fox spirit is believed to possess a human, causing abnormal behavior.

• [52] >>49 One was a fox, the other a dog. The person possessed by the fox wasn’t aware of it, became like a sleepwalker, hopping around crying ‘Kon kon,’ and their family had to restrain them and take them for an exorcism. The person possessed by the dog told me themselves. They said their personality completely changed.

Inugami-tsuki, similar to Kitsunetsuki, is a possession phenomenon where an animal spirit (in this case, a dog) is believed to possess a human.
Oharai is a purification ritual performed in Shinto and Buddhism to remove impurities and ward off misfortune.

• [53] Yeah, sometimes kids or adolescents have experiences like that.
• [57] It wasn’t another world, but the area around Suitengu Shrine in Nihonbashi was amazing. Ah, I understood that gods exist there. The sky, or rather the air, the whole space was filled with something sparkling, and I thought, ‘So this is what being blessed by the gods feels like.’

Suitengu is the name of a type of Shinto shrine in Japan. Many enshrine deities related to water and safe childbirth.

• [58] A place that scared me, or rather filled me with awe, was the small hall next to the Phoenix Hall at Byodo-in Temple, which houses small Rakan statues. It’s really tiny, but when I peeked inside, it was packed full of Rakan statues, and it terrified me. I’m sure souls have entered those statues. I’ve seen Rakan statues elsewhere, but this was the first time I felt such awe.

Rakan refers to high-ranking monks who have attained enlightenment in Buddhism. Rakan statues are sculptures depicting them.

• [63] Nothing special there. It’s right next to a residential area.

• [65] >>63 Thanks for checking.
• [67] >>63 The atmosphere looks like Tat-chan Pond.
• [68] >>63 Thanks for checking. You don’t see people who actually go to the location on occult forums these days.
• [73] >>68 I just moved nearby, so I went. Yeah, it had an atmosphere.
• [70] Went there at night. It definitely had that intense atmosphere unique to occult spots.

• [71] >>70 Looks like Midoro Pond.
• [72] Water spots are often like that, aren’t they?
• [74] Before you get to the two ponds, there are those three strange stone slabs, right? The ones with smooth surfaces.
• [75] It would be interesting to have an offline meeting here.
• [76] Quite a few people have actually gone, huh. It’s near my parents’ place, so I was thinking of checking it again when I went back home the other day, but I didn’t have time.
• [79] OP, are you there? I went.
• [80] >>79 Report, please.
• [82] >>80 I don’t know if it’s connected to another world, but the atmosphere was scary. It felt like it wouldn’t be strange if it really did connect to another world.
• [83] Ponds at night are really scary, aren’t they?
• [86] Went again the other day.

• [87] >>86 What a refreshing morning.
• [88] >>87 No, I took this past noon…
• [89] >>88 (lol)
• [60] I went, and yeah, the air definitely felt different somehow.