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This article examines three locations in Fukushima Prefecture—Tsuruga Castle Park, Midorigaoka Park, and Nihonmatsu Castle Ruins (Kasumiga Castle Park)—based on rumors surrounding parks and castle ruins. We will compare the claims about locations, facilities, history, and supernatural occurrences made by external rumor sources with the park and tourism information published by each local government, and show how much of this information can be verified for each location...

This article examines rumors surrounding municipal parks in Kumamoto Prefecture, focusing on three locations: Jagatani Park, Akada Park, and Jusanbutsu Park. We compare claims about locations, facilities, events, and experiences from external sources with the park information released by each local government, identifying verifiable facts, directly contradictory descriptions, and inconsistencies that cannot be determined from the available information...

This study compares information about the castle ruins of Ibaraki Prefecture—Sabashiyama (Kasama Castle Ruins), Tarasaki Castle Ruins, and Obata Castle Ruins—by separating it into online paranormal reports and historical site records published by local governments. Paranormal reports are treated as such, and only claims that can be specifically compared, such as the castle's age, remains, legends, and access information, are considered...

Regarding Nishi Park, Konosuyama Green Space, and Odo Park in Fukuoka Prefecture, we have broken down the published paranormal rumors into specific claims and compared the pages where the rumors were posted with official and administrator documents. Without assuming the existence of spirits, we have examined verifiable records such as park names, locations, history, natural environment, and facility information, along with information from official documents...

The parks of Kagamiyama Park, Ebiyama Park, and Ebiyama Park in Hiroshima Prefecture have various rumors linked to spirits, voices, past events, and the origins of the facilities. This article does not simply accept external rumor pages as fact, but cross-references them with current pages from Higashihiroshima City and Hiroshima City. The parks exist and are normally used...

Rumors linking animal spirits, nighttime noises, past incidents, and the parks' long history have been posted about parks in Nagano Prefecture. This article focuses on Kawanakajima Ancient Battlefield Historical Park, Shiroyama Park, and Garyu Park, directly examining external rumor-posting pages and cross-referencing them with publicly available documents from Nagano City, Matsumoto City, and Suzaka City...

The rumors surrounding parks in Shiga Prefecture cannot be proven solely by the text on the published pages. This article will break down the specific claims in the rumors concerning Rokuha Park, Biwako Cultural Park, and Yabashi Kihojima Park, distinguishing between what can be confirmed and what cannot be verified through publicly available documents from the local government, prefecture, and administrators...

This study focuses on three locations in Nara Prefecture's parks and historical sites: Heijo Palace Site, Taketori Park, and Mami Hills Park. We compared the claims of processions, sounds, ghost sightings, and the history of execution grounds reported on external gossip pages with publicly available documents from the national park, town, and prefecture to determine which claims are comparable. We also checked for matching names and locations...

This article examines the Sekiyama Tunnel, Kuriko Tunnel, and Takatama Gold Mine (Takatama Gold Mine), all rumored to be haunted locations in southern Tohoku. It distinguishes between ghost stories from external rumors and information closer to local governments, public databases, and administrators, presenting their history, locations, facility conditions, and eyewitness accounts...

Rumors surrounding parks in Kyoto Prefecture cannot be treated as the same thing, given that the locations actually exist, the events described there, and the supernatural conclusions. This paper examines Sandanike Park, Rakusai Chikurin Park, and Yoshidayama Park, starting with specific descriptions from the source material, and cross-referencing them with local government/official tourist information and map data...