Ever heard of Japan's "jiko bukken" apartments?

[chazraps]

TW: Death

Reading about apartments in Tokyo and Jiko Bukken apartments are designated discounted apartments where an occupant died due to unnatural causes.

Delightful little chestnut I stumbled upon:


"House rental giant SUUMO are surprisingly transparent about “accident properties” on their site. Again, the explanations are limited to just explaining the property is a jiko bukken. However, some may say they’re a little bit too transparent. Back in 2013, they tried to rebrand jiko bukken as perfect for the single person as you get to live with a ghost. They even put a picture of a cartoon ghost to emphasize that you’d be living with something along the lines of Casper the Friendly Ghost rather than Sadako from Ring. As you can imagine, this went down extremely well and didn’t at all look like exploiting a bad situation."

Whole article is pretty interesting - tokyocheapo.com/living/jiko-bukken-cheapest-apartments-in-tokyo/

[ayumidah]

I wrote a novel partially based in Japan a few years back, and at one point I had to write a funeral and I didn't want to do anything wrong so I researched traditional Japanese funerals. They have some interesting traditions and opinions when it comes to death/the dead. I can't say I'm that surprised by reading this.

[saneiac]

March 1995 - A domestic terror group releases deadly Sarin Gas in 3 subway stations in Tokyo, resulting in 14 dead and 50 severely injured.

April 1995 - a new disco opens in Tokyo's night club district. Named "Gas Panic", the interior is designed to look like a subway station. The disco is so popular that less than 2 months later "Gas Panic 2" opens down the street.

Japan has a really weird relationship with exploiting a bad situation, is what I'm trying to say here.