Witch of Asakusa in TOKYO MYSTERY FILES + KOZUKUE ICHIGO

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Witch of Asakusa: Taito-ku Hanakawado 2-4

Asakusa is always a lively place.
But, It was remote 1,400 years ago.
What year?
Christian era 600 years.
A traveler were in trouble as they have no place to stay.
A young and beautiful woman came to traveler.
She said 'Stay at my house'.
Beautiful woman in night?
Suspicious person.
She is Honey Trap.
She lived with her mother.
At night.
Her mother murdered him.
Ouch.
Mostly glib talk has a trap.
The mother and child robbed the traveler of his money.
They threw the body to the pond.
How many people were murdered?
999 people.
There are more than the pond can hold.
One day. The 1000th traveler came.
He was very young.
Young man does not have money.
Beautiful woman lodged him.
But She didn't want to murder him.
Did she have conscience?
But she is a murderous fiend.
Her mother murdered him who slept.
Her daughter disguised herself as a traveler.
She killed her daughter.
What did she do?
She was really sad. And she jumped into the pond.
The pond's name was Ubaga Ike.
Sad and scary.
Is that a fiction?
There is a pond. Ubaga Ike.
Is that a true story?
How do you think?
That is a fiction.
There is the witch who was similar in Fukushima.
She murdered many pregnant woman.
She was the Witch in Adachigahara.
She is cruel.
Witch in Adachigahara killed her daughter too.
Yoshitoshi Tsukioka drew the picture of this story.
It is prohibition of sale in Meiji era.
Feel sick.
There was the witch in Saitama.
She ate many person.
There were a lot of witches.
People like scary stories.
These witches have a common point.
The witch was taught a lesson by Avalokitesvara.
Is it myth of the Buddhism?
There was Hariti's story.
Hariti has 1,000 children.
She ate human child.
That story resemble a witch of Saitama.
Is it a Indian myth?
Maybe.
Do you want to hear a scary story more?
I like fiction not true.
The seven wonders story in Honjo?