World and Lore / Kyoto mystery

The Haunted Manor

There once stood in old Kyoto a haunted manor house called Kawara-no-in Villa. Legend has it that, late one night, a man and his wife arrived in the city. Unable to secure lodging, they approached the seemingly unoccupied manor in the hope of putting up there for the night. However, while they were outside, the front door suddenly flew open, a hand dragged the woman inside, and the door slammed shut. The man tried to get inside to rescue his wife, but the door would not budge. Eventually, he gathered all his might and kicked it open, terrified of what he might find. But nothing could have prepared him for what awaited him inside. There, in the dim light of the abandoned manor, the man saw his beloved wife lying prone on the floor, dead and drained of every drop of her blood.