Podcast Episode

The Train Station That Doesn’t Exist: Kisaragi Station | Japanese Urban Legends & Otherworld Encounters

AFTER DARK | True Scary, Paranormal, Ghost, Supernatural & Mysterious Stories·True Crime, Mysteries, Paranormal, Unexplained, True Scary Stories·7 September 2026·32 min

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Late on 8 January 2004, a woman calling herself Hasumi began posting to the Japanese message board 2channel after her usual train travelled far beyond its normal route and stopped at a deserted station she had never heard of. Over the next four hours, strangers online followed her journey through tunnels, distant drums, a terrifying encounter and finally a ride with a mysterious man, until Hasumi posted one final message and disappeared from the thread. Her story would become one of Japan’s most enduring internet legends and inspired an entire genre of mysterious “otherworld stations.” The BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITE Research:https://xn--u9jv84l7ea468b.com/kaidan/2wa.htmlhttps://mikanseijin.livejournal.com/986.htmlhttps://www.entetsu.co.jp/tetsudou/kisaragieki/https://www.entetsu.co.jp/tetsudou/kisaragieki/case/https://www.entetsu.co.jp/tetsudou/station/saginomiya.htmlhttps://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/364920https://sanblo.com/kisaragi/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kisaragi_Station Sarah xx "Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/SURVEY https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/mDi5IVFf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.