Japanese ghost storys & spooky superstitions!

[Tokis-Phoenix]

I was just wondering wether anyone knows of any japanese ghost storys, or spooky superstitions, myths or legends? If so, i'd really like it if you can share it with us/me :cool: .
ps: No Himuro family/video game stuff please :bow: !

[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

The ghost story which is famous in Japan
東海道四谷怪談(TOUKAIDOU YOTUYAKAIDAN)
歌舞伎(KABUKI)The author:Nanboku Tsuruya
http://homepage2.nifty.com/e-tedukuri/yotuyakaidan.htm
http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~tenmyoya/art_new/sin6kai1.html
"九尾の狐(Nine-tailed FoX)"
http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~tenmyoya/art_new/ninetailedfox.html
A model of NARUTO of MANGA

新形六怪撰　番町皿屋敷(Bancho sara-yashiki)
http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~tenmyoya/art_new/sin6kai2.html
http://www.artelino.com/articles/ghost_story_okiku.asp
"百物語(hundred stories)"
The "hundred stories" is a group storytelling game played at night. One hundred candles and as each story is told a candle is put out. It was said that a ghost would appear when all the candles were out and it was completely dark (definition from the Kojoen)
http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~tenmyoya/art_new/sin100mono.html

[Tokis-Phoenix]

The site i am using is having issues translating the pages, they dont seem to make much sense at all..?

[miu]

I don't know many but Ugetsu Monogatari is deifnitely worth reading. Here's a link for scans from the original but it might be a more practical to get the English translation ^^; (Ueda Akinari: Ugetsu Monogatari/ Tales of Moonlight and Rain)
http://www.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp/DM_CD/DM_CONT/UGETSU/HOME.HTM

An article about ghosts, demons and spirits in japanese lore (http://asianart.com/articles/rubin/index.html)

I like ukiyo-e and espescially the ones about ghosts or spirits, so here's a couple links related to that...

Yoshitoshi's New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts (http://www.sinister-designs.com/graphicarts/ghosts.html)

Yoshitoshi: One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (some are ghost related...) (http://users.exis.net/~jnc/nontech/prints/100moon.html)

Some more ghost related ukiyo-e (http://asianart.com/articles/rubin/1.html)

An article about ghost lovers and fox spirits (this is Chinese folklore, though..) (http://www.illuminatedlantern.com/cinema/archives/ghost_lovers_and_fox_spirits.php)