This year for #ayokaiaday we are looking at the bizarre occurrences which took place at the Ino residence in Miyoshi, Hiroshima, during July of 1749. These occurrences all revolve around a young boy named Ino Heitaro. His story is collected in Ino mononoke roku, a collection of scrolls, books, and legends which collectively form the narrative of a supernatural phenomenon that took place 270 years ago.

By the seventh day, word had spread around town about the haunting at the Ino household. Some of Heitaro’s warrior friends came over to see if they could help slay the yokai.

That day there was a giant monk rampaging about in Heitaro’s yard!

Gonpachi stabbed at the giant with his spear. But the giant grabbed the spear and hurled it into Heitaro’s house!

After that, the spear began flying around the house on its own, stabbing and slashing at everyone inside.

This was too much for Heitaro’s friends. They panicked, and they ran back to their homes.

This year for #ayokaiaday we are looking at the bizarre occurrences which took place at the Ino residence in Miyoshi, Hiroshima, during July of 1749. These occurrences all revolve around a young boy named Ino Heitaro. His story is collected in Ino mononoke roku, a collection of scrolls, books, and legends which collectively form the narrative of a supernatural phenomenon that took place 270 years ago.

On the six day, the gigantic head of an old woman had taken up residence in Heitaro’s woodshed. There was no body attached to it; just a massive head that filled up the whole shed and blocked the doorway.

When Heitaro opened up the door, it glared at him. Most people would probably have screamed and run away at this. Not Heitaro. He took his the smaller of his two swords and stuck it right into her forehead. It slid in effortlessly. The giant head didn’t even wince.

By the next morning, the giant head had vanished. However, his sword was still floating in mid air, right where he had stuck it in her forehead. As he looked at it, it fell to the ground with a clang.

This year for #ayokaiaday we are looking at the bizarre occurrences which took place at the Ino residence in Miyoshi, Hiroshima, during July of 1749. These occurrences all revolve around a young boy named Ino Heitaro. His story is collected in Ino mononoke roku, a collection of scrolls, books, and legends which collectively form the narrative of a supernatural phenomenon that took place 270 years ago.

On the fifth day of Heitaro’s haunting, Gonpachi came over to visit.

The two of them discussed the strange phenomena that had been happening, when all of a sudden…

…a big stone with fingers and eyes sprouting from it appeared! It scurried into the room like a giant crab.

Gonpachi freaked out. He drew his sword to attack the crab-stone. Of course, against a creature made of stone his sword could do nothing at all. Heitaro, meanwhile, was unfazed.

By the following morning, the creature had turned back into an ordinary stone. Heitaro discovered it lying on the floor of his kitchen. It was the pickle stone from his neighbor’s tsukemono barrel.

This year for #ayokaiaday we are looking at the bizarre occurrences which took place at the Ino residence in Miyoshi, Hiroshima, during July of 1749. These occurrences all revolve around a young boy named Ino Heitaro. His story is collected in Ino mononoke roku, a collection of scrolls, books, and legends which collectively form the narrative of a supernatural phenomenon that took place 270 years ago.

Like the days preceding it, the fourth day of Ino Heitaro’s haunting included two events. Fortunately, they were not nearly as traumatic as the previous ones were.

First, it became extremely cold. Even though it was the middle of summer, an wind so icy blew through his house that his teakettle froze over. The lid would not open no matter how hard he tried, and he wasn’t even able to start a fire to thaw it. A day without tea? Fine! That’s not going to bother our brave boy Heitaro.

Later, all of the papers in his book shelf were blown about by the cold wind. They sprang to life and began fluttering about the room like butterflies. Mildly annoying? Sure. A pain to clean up? You bet. But our hero Heitaro is far too tough to be even remotely perturbed by something like this. He carried on throughout the day as if nothing strange was going on at all.

This year for #ayokaiaday we are looking at the bizarre occurrences which took place at the Ino residence in Miyoshi, Hiroshima, during July of 1749. These occurrences all revolve around a young boy named Ino Heitaro. His story is collected in Ino mononoke roku, a collection of scrolls, books, and legends which collectively form the narrative of a supernatural phenomenon that took place 270 years ago.

The following morning, Ino Heitaro steeled himself for what he knew would be an eventful day…

It wasn’t long before the first attack came. An upside-down severed woman’s head burst into his living room through a mouse hole in the wall. It scrambled from wall to wall on legs made of long, black hair. It flicked its tongue wildly as it skittered about and cackled. It hopped on Heitaro’s knee, and jump up on to his head, and it licked Heitaro all over from head to toe.

That night, as Heitaro lay in bed, the next attack came. Suddenly and without warning, countless green bottle gourds descended on strings from the ceiling. They dropped down, closer, closer, barely out of reach of his face.

Heitaro, cool as a cucumber, just went back to bed.

This year for #ayokaiaday we are looking at the bizarre occurrences which took place at the Ino residence in Miyoshi, Hiroshima, during July of 1749. These occurrences all revolve around a young boy named Ino Heitaro. His story is collected in Ino mononoke roku, a collection of scrolls, books, and legends which collectively form the narrative of a supernatural phenomenon that took place 270 years ago.

The following evening, Heitaro visited Gonpachi’s house to tell him what had happened the night before. Heitaro was surprised to learn that Gonpachi had been attacked by a yokai too. They decided they had to come up with a plan… They were samurai; they were brave; they would go monster hunting!

As they sat down to strategize their yokai-slaying expedition, suddenly the lantern in the room flared up, and the flame blasted up to the ceiling!

Gonpachi began to freak out just a little bit at the sudden blast of fire, but just as the night before, Heitaro kept his cool. Their meeting over, Heitaro went home and went to bed as if nothing had happened.

But of course the story doesn’t end there!

As Heitaro lay down to sleep, suddenly water began gushing up from inside of his futon and filling the room. Heitaro lay in bed and tried to ignore it, but soon the water level rose up to his ears and threatened to submerge him. So he sat up and waited for a bit, and eventually the water all drained away. Soaking wet, Heitaro lay down and went back to sleep.

At that moment, Ino Heitaro realized that these supernatural events were probably going to continue, day and night, for some time…

This year for #ayokaiaday we are looking at the bizarre occurrences which took place at the Ino residence in Miyoshi, Hiroshima, during July of 1749. These occurrences all revolve around a young boy named Ino Heitaro. His story is collected in Ino mononoke roku, a collection of scrolls, books, and legends which collectively form the narrative of a supernatural phenomenon that took place 270 years ago.

After Ino Heitaro’s test of courage on Mount Higuma, there was no indication of any strangeness. Heitaro quickly put the whole thing out of his mind and carried on with his daily life. However, that one night had set into motion a series of supernatural encounters that would change him forever.

The strangeness began one month later, on July 1st, 1749.

Heitaro was asleep in his bed. All of a sudden, he awoke to a bright light pouring into his room from the shoji doors leading to his garden. Heitaro got up to see what the strangeness was. He tried to open the doors, but they wouldn’t budge.

Suddenly, the doors opened and a massive, hirsuit arm reached into the room and grabbed Heitaro. The arm was attached to a hairy, one-eyed giant, who was reaching over Heitaro’s garden wall and into his house!

Somehow, Heitaro managed to keep his cool. He wriggled out of the giant’s arm and back into his room, and grabbed his sword. Heitaro returned to his window just in time to see the giant wriggling underneath of his house. So the brave Heitaro thrust his sword through the tatami mats on his floor. But the giant had gotten away…

At the same time, Gonpachi was visited by a yokai as well. He awoke to see a hitotsume kozo in his room. Gonpachi was afflicted with kanashibari, and could not move. He cowered, frozen in his bed as the little yokai had its way with him…