Kaidan Restaurant
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Kaidan Restaurant is a Japanese children's storybook series. The books take the form of horror anthologies, edited by Miyoko Matsutani and illustrated by Yoshikazu Takai and Kumiko Katō. As of 2007, t
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Shinigami
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Shinigami are kami that invite humans toward death in certain aspects of Shintoism and Japanese culture. Shinigami have been described as monsters, helpers, and creatures of darkness. Shinigami are us
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…Ako tells Sho the story of the Grim Reaper Hospital, where everyone is said to die who goes there for treatment. She also tells him that Bunta saw shinigami there. Ako's father woke up with a stomach ache and his wife forced him to go to the Grim Reaper Hospital despite his fear of dying. Bunta then tells…
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Izanami and Izanagi Creating the Japanese Islands by Kobayashi Eitaku (Izanami to left)
Shinigami as illustrated in the Ehon Hyaku Monogatari (1841)
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