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support really helps. Thanks, guys. This week, we're looking at a wide variety of stories,

both long and short, that have become legends in their own ride over the years. They're perhaps

not as famous as the likes of Hashiakusama

or Kisaragi Station, but many of them are still quite popular in Japan today. First up,

we're getting on the train to head somewhere we shouldn't once again. Find out where in

Tsukinomiya Station. I was dozing on the night train in Tokaido and I woke up when it pulled into a station.

I was in the window seat and I think it was around 3 o'clock.

The station kind of looked like Nagoya Station, but when I looked at the sign, it said,

Tsukinomiya.

But the atmosphere was kind of strange.

It was a little gloomy, like it wasn't real, although it wasn't especially scary.

And looking closer, I saw several dark figures around two metres tall staggering around the platform.

They were like three-dimensional shadows.

It's hard to describe, but I was like, what the hell?

And then two people walked down the aisle between the seats and got off the train.

The old man snoring in his sleep next to me was a regular person, and everyone else

around us seemed normal too. As the train

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