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 Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 5:59 pm
To those who live in japan?
Have any of you been there?
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Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 6:02 pm
These are surpposed to be pics of the mansion 
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Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 8:31 pm
The story in the first game is believed to be based on urban legends, but no one knows which one. Basically, the tagline "Based on a true story" was only added to copies of the game outside Japan. Considering the limited space in and around Tokyo, even if such a place existed it was probably demolished many years ago. If you Google the info, I know you'll find more out that my poor brain could ever remember at one time. XD
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Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 5:22 pm
Even if they demolished it, the underground tunnel systems(if there were any) might still be there.
This is all exciting X3
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Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 1:35 pm
I sometimes wonder if some of the Fatal Frame stories were influenced, in part, by the story of Okiku and the Nine Plates. There are several versions of it, but the basic gist was the tale of a servant girl, a broken plate, and throwing her body down a well. She was supposedly treated quite cruelly and haunted the well, driving the man who'd had her killed insane, though in some stories she is silenced. Naturally, there are many sites that claim to be the castle and well where she died, but no one will ever know for sure I suppose.
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Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:20 pm
TararistThreat I sometimes wonder if some of the Fatal Frame stories were influenced, in part, by the story of Okiku and the Nine Plates. There are several versions of it, but the basic gist was the tale of a servant girl, a broken plate, and throwing her body down a well. She was supposedly treated quite cruelly and haunted the well, driving the man who'd had her killed insane, though in some stories she is silenced. Naturally, there are many sites that claim to be the castle and well where she died, but no one will ever know for sure I suppose. That sounds like this story my Japanese teacher told us, while trying to teach us how to count objects. The girl broke a plate then was thrown down a well. She haunted the man by counting how many plates there were to make sure that all of them were there. She would count 1-9
ichimai
nimai
sanmai
yonmai
rokumai
nanamai
hachimai
kyumai
Then she start crying, and drove t man insane I think she said something once she got to nine or she would only count eight then say something, idk...wait is that how you count paper confused
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Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 2:26 pm
Lei33 That sounds like this story my Japanese teacher told us, while trying to teach us how to count objects. The girl broke a plate then was thrown down a well. She haunted the man by counting how many plates there were to make sure that all of them were there. She would count 1-9
ichimai
nimai
sanmai
yonmai
rokumai
nanamai
hachimai
kyumai
Then she start crying, and drove t man insane I think she said something once she got to nine or she would only count eight then say something, idk...wait is that how you count paper confused That sounds like one of the versions of Okiku. I think what gets me about Japanese horror is so many of the stories are truly tragic, not that there aren't tragic figures in western horror, too. Still, I walked away from every Fatal Frame I've played feeling sorry for the central "villain". Sae wasn't a bad person. She felt betrayed and angry, and she didn't want to be alone. It's hard to find fault with her in the end. I felt sorry for Okiku is sad, too, bullied, tortured and tossed into a well. The woman in Ju-on (The Grudge) was another character I had compassion for despite what her spirit had become.
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