THE STORY
Reported Haunting
The Oiwa Shrine commemorates Oiwa, whose tragic story inspired one of Japan's most famous ghost legends. Visitors leave offerings at the shrine, and actors involved in productions of Yotsuya Kaidan traditionally pay their respects there to avoid misfortune. Oiwa remains one of Japan's best-known supernatural figures.
Oiwa Shrine is included among Tokyo's reportedly haunted locations. According to the source, the site is believed to have been the former home of a woman who was murdered by her husband. The page provides no additional paranormal account beyond this association.