A year after whole neighbourhoods full of people were killed by the Japanese tsunami, rumours of ghosts swirl in Ishinomaki as the city struggles to come to terms with the awful tragedy.
One reconstruction project appears stalled because of fears the undead spirits of those who perished last March will bring bad luck.
“I heard people working to repair the store became sick because of ghosts,” Satoshi Abe, 64, said, gesturing to a half-repaired supermarket.
“People died everywhere, here and there. The city is full of such stories,” he said.
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The Witching Hour 
I suppose it is not surprising that there would be ghosts there. What I found most interesting about this article were the comments below. Pretty much every commenter remarked about a personal experience involving a ghost. I was expecting to see a few debates and was pleasantly surprised.
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