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(Translated and Arranged by Saya)
What is Kimon (鬼門)?
“Literally "demon gate". Derives from Chinese texts and the belief system of 陰陽道 (Onmyōdō), wherein the northeast is considered to be the direction in which negative energy concentrates and demons come and go (wikitionary).”
Below is a ritual an anonymous person posted on 2 chan which is supposed to open a Kimon.
But it can only be done if you are in Tokyo so I highly recommend that you do it while you’re here (just kidding. Don’t do it🤣)
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35: 2008/06/11(Wed) 23:59:01
How to Open a Kimon
Try this only if you get really fed up with your life.
1️⃣ Go to Akihabara station, take a train on Hibiya Line, and get off at Kayabachō station. Then walk down the platform towards Hatchōbori, until you see a pile of salt under an iron fence. Scatter the salt by kicking it.
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| Hibiya Line |
2️⃣Take a train on Tōzai Line, get off at Takada-no-Baba station, walk down the platform towards Seibu Shinjuku Line, and you will see a pile of salt under an iron fence. Kick it and let it scatter.
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| Tōzai Line |
3️⃣Take a train on Tōzai Line again and get off at Kayabachō station, exit the ticket gate, and scatter 10 grains of rice at the bottom of the staircase to 4a Exit.
4️⃣In Kayabachō station, take a train on Hibiya Line, get off at Tukiji station, walk down the platform towards Tukiji-Hongan-ji, and you will see a pile of salt under an iron fence. Kick it to scatter it.
5️⃣Stay on a train on Hibiya Line, close your eyes, and think about what you would like to do the most, with your hands clasped together.
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One person responded to this post as follows:
49:
2008/07/10(Thur) 20:03:42
I’ve finished work and have nothing better to do, so I’m trying >>35 for fun.
And the pile of salt is actually there! I’m so shocked.
What’s this salt for? Can anyone tell me?
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The news thread below is a completely different thread from the one above, and it was posted on 2 chan on the following day:
1:
2008/07/11(Fri) 11:02:49
“On the morning of the 11th, a young man was found dead at the bottom of a swimming pool inside a house owned by a company president, in Meguro ward, Tokyo.
The police is now investigating to determine whether there has been a foul play.
Around 6.20 am., a woman, a resident of the house, called 110, saying “a young man is lying inside the swimming pool in our garden, bleeding, and he appears to be dead.”
An officer from NPA rushed to the scene, and found a man in white shirt lying face down at the bottom of a swimming pool without water. He was soon confirmed dead.
The man was not a resident of the house, and the police is currently doing their best to identify him, as well as discover how he came to his demise.
The house is located within a quiet residential area about 500 meters from Naka-Meguro station, on Tōkyū-Tōyoko Line, and it is an area full of large mansions.”
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The young man in the news died in a stranger’s house, inside a swimming pool without water.
What was he doing there?
This news drew the attention of the people from the first thread, because it happened on the day after 49 posted his reply saying he tried the ritual.
On top of that, all those stations listed in the ritual are located at northeast from Naka-Meguro station.
Perhaps this deceased young man was 49 and succeeded in opening a Kimon, unwittingly becoming a victim to some evil forces…
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I have seen a post on a Japanese blog where a person tried to do this ritual, but he couldn’t find any iron fences or piles of salt in any of the places mentioned above!
So perhaps it was a one time thing, and whoever originally posted the ritual may have tried to lure a random person into doing it, which led to the very unfortunate outcome 😱
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Comments
I would LOVE to give this a try.
But I do agree with the suggestion that it's probably a nefarious trap for unsuspecting adventurer by robbers.
But if the ritual was real, than I can't imagine how 49 ended up there? What could possibly be that he wanted to do? A swim in a rich man's pool?
I love love love this type of stories. Thank you Saya.
~ nunu ~
Oh! I wasn’t sure if people would like it because of how you must come to Japan to do this ritual! 😆
But perhaps this would make some of you want to come to Japan more🤣✨
It’s funny what you said about what this young man wanted🤣 perhaps he was imagining about being rich and swimming in his own pool in his garden, when he was following the step 5️⃣ of the instruction!
One of my wonderful followers of this blog suggested I write about a local legend!
I’m so happy that you love it too!
Thank you so much for your comment!🙏🏻💖
You’re welcome!😄
No, do not kick any piles of salt in any places!
Some people use them to purify places! Kicking them might bring you misfortunes 😱
Thank you so much for your comment 🙏🏻✨
Now what will probably happen if I do as instructed, except I have a bottle of tequila and then I lick the salt piles in a good manner as not to make a mess of it? Other than probably given weird stares by passerby and perhaps the demons haha XD
Maybe I'll get arrested for being drunk in public :( XD
I'm having fun with all your stories, they're like an oasis of horror stories to me~! :D Thanks!
As I stated at the bottom of the post, they may not usually have piles of salt in stations 😆
Ordinary people still use piles of salt to purify their homes and repel bad luck😄
I think this practice of using salt has a stronger connection to Shinto and Buddhist rituals in Japan than onmyōdō.
Thank you so much for your comment ⭐️
No ~~ licking it would be worse 🤣
If you get arrested by the police, let me know! I’ll explain to them you were only trying a ritual 🤣✨
Thank you so much for your fun comment! I’m so glad you are having fun reading my blog stories! 💕
That reminds me.. WHERE IS MY SUICA CARD?😱 I’ve lost it because I haven’t used it since COVID started. Before I used to travel to Tokyo once a week but not anymore 😭
BTW please don’t use the Suica app. It has bad reviews 😱
If there are no piles of salt, I can take some with me and join you in your adventure 🤣
Thank you so much for your comment!!
I know that you don't take stories request but one series in particular has never left my mind and it would be great if there's and ending to the story.
The series in question was the master series and I'm just wondering if there's a proper ending to the series or was Episode 11 the last one?
Anyway, thanks for translating all of these horror stories and bringing us laughter(horror) all these times.
Hello! Yes, Master Series! I have been thinking about that for quite a while too!
I tend to feel a bit lazy when it comes to Master Series😱 but I should translate another episode soon!
Sorry that you have been waiting for it for so long!
I used to feel a bit bothered when people made a request, but not anymore, so don’t worry about it 😆
Thank you so much for dropping by! 🙏🏻It’s great to hear from you ~ ✨
Onmyodo is such an interesting topic. I wonder if there is any other gate than Kimon.
Again, thank you for translating this!
Hello, dear!
Yes, there seemed to be three other gates called Tenmon (天門 Heaven Gate, northwest), Jinmon (人門 Human Gate, southwest), Fūmon (風門 wind gate, southeast). Please don’t ask me what they mean 🤣
You’re very welcome and thank you so much for your comment 😊
joking aside, i think the unlucky NE direction was mentioned in something i read... a book or a game? but this elaborates on that. thanks saya!
ohhhh linfamy! i love his videos, his illustrations and dry humor are really great. actually, after reading 刺青 (shisei, The Tattoo) by 谷崎 潤一郎 Junichirou Tanizaki in a japanese lit class, watching his videos on sex work during the edo period were very edifying, especially for a lot of new vocab from the test, like 太夫 and about 深川.