Mt. Hikami has long been feared to be haunted. In the past, it was said that sleeping with one's feet facing the mountain was taboo.
Watching the sun set behind the mountain, too, was believed to invite forth beings from the Netherworld.
Today, the mountain is said to call to those fascinated by death. Countless rumors abound of people spirited away to that accursed peak.
They are said to venture to the mountain alone, leaving behind no trace of themselves.
Some say the bodies of those who vanish can be found at the bottom of the Lake of the Departed on the mountain's summit.
Since becoming a tourist destination, the prevalence of such frightening tales did seem to diminish for a while.
Even so, despite its fleeting status as a tourist hotspot, Mt. Hikami is yet to shake its reputation as a cursed mountain, a place of death.
Today, it has become a popular place at which to commit suicide.
The Deathly Mountain
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The Deathly Mountain | |
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| Kanji | 死の山 日上山 し の やま ひかみやま |
| Game | Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water |
| Author | Unknown |
| Chapter | Second Drop: Mt. Hikami |
| Located at | Kurosawa Antiques Shop, Office |
| Obtained | On the bookshelf |
| Description | A book from the office of the antiques shop. It was mixed in with some of Hisoka's antiques. |
| Additional Description | A book about Mt. Hikami was lying on the bookshelf. It seems to be about the traditions surrounding the mountain. |
| Related Notes | |
霊山である日上山は、周囲の地方では
古くから畏れられてきた存在だった。
昔は、足を向けて眠ることさえ禁じられて
いたという。
山中は生と死があいまいに混ざりあう場所
と伝えられ、逢魔ヶ刻になると、隠世から
死者がさまよう出るため、山に沈む夕陽を
見ることも「死に魅入られる」と禁じられた。
今でも「死に憧れた者は山に誘われる」と
言われ、「神隠し」に遭う人々の噂は後を
絶たない。
彼らは自ら山へ入り、その遺体は見つかる
ことはない。
日上山の山頂にある彼岸湖の底には
山に消えた無数の人々が、今もそのまま
の姿で沈んでいるという。
観光地化により、そのような悪しき伝承は
消え去ると思われていた。
しかし、実際には観光地となった日上山で
起きた災害によって、呪われた山、死の山
という印象が強く人々に刻み込まれることに
なってしまった。
日上山は、今もなお「自殺の名所」として、
恐れられる場所となっている。