Comments on: Osorezan: The Gateway to Hell Lies in Japan

By: FUTOSHI-Kun

FUTOSHI-Kun — Sun, 06 Apr 2014 20:34:00 +0000

I’ve been there many times! I love the sulphur smell, and it is not too far from the AMAZING Yagen onsen. (Not the business, the free one that is well known, but off of the map)

By: ajohio

ajohio — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 04:30:00 +0000

Went yesterday and it was definitely a cool place to see and explore

By: kei

kei — Sat, 18 May 2013 01:55:00 +0000

nice post. :D
well, it reminds me to Shaman King manga. “Osorezan Revoir”.
looks a bit creepy, but attracting enough. :)

By: Antarius Reynolds

Antarius Reynolds — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 08:18:00 +0000

こわぇー！マジ行きたいわ！

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:45:00 +0000

My husband and I visited our son who lives in Kawauchi this summer (2012). I found this place hauntingly beautiful and very peaceful. A local person who was visiting encouraged us to help pile stones on her baby’s pile which we did. Your explanation of the two guardian statues was very enlightening!

By: Dominic

Dominic — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 06:05:00 +0000

From what i know, drawing parallels with chinese mythology, they are not weighing the clothes per se. Rather they are weighing how heavy are a persons sins. Theres a chinese belief that a person who enters the underworld would be asked to stand on a weighing scale and on the other scale is a feather. If a person is virtuous, the feather would be heavier.