Hey guys. I'm your host, Tara A. Devlin, and welcome to another episode of Kowabana,

true Japanese scary stories from around the internet.

On this week's episode, we're going to be looking at the after effects of plane crashes

and the ghosts they leave behind.

Several tragedies have taken place in Japanese skies over the years, and it's not uncommon

to see creepy pastors pop up about 20 or even 30 years

later. Our first story for this week features a young man who goes for a drive deep in the

mountains with his family for a gathering, but something he sees on the way makes him question what's really going on.

This one's called Gate to Hell.

This happened about 15 years ago, just after I started junior high school.

One day, I was going for a drive up the mountain with my parents.

Two other cars were behind us.

My grandmother's family and my aunt's family.

Our destination, my aunt's husband's family home, which was hidden deep in the mountains.

It was the middle of summer, just before the Obon holidays.

It was my second time visiting this village.

I was a child the first time I went.

The roads were unpaved, and I remember the car rocking and shaking for quite some time over

gravelly roads to reach it.

Huh.

When did they pave the roads?

I said.

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