Comments on: Terrifying tales of the Yui love hotel

By: LoneWolfwfk

LoneWolfwfk — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:34:28 +0000

Hey, just to let you know. The stories about the Yui’s rape/murder is partially true. Although it wasn’t bosozoku that did the crime. Rather 3 “yankee” types took a high school girl there and did in fact rape and murder her. This happened after the hotel was already closed down though. The three were arrested and sentenced about 5 or 6 years ago. Apparently, the three guys were hanging out at Mobara station when they met the girl, convinced her to hang out with them and took her to that location. According to the reports from police, the three attacked her and she put up a fight. Their intentions were not to kill her but one thing led to another and that’s what they ended up doing.

By: MJG

MJG — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:26:53 +0000

Adrian- We didn’t get to the places you mentioned, but will be on the look-out for them next time I’m sure.

Tornadoes- Burn baby burn.

Jason- Sure thing, easily done.

Michelle- Right, I read about that too. Maybe on Wikipedia though it says there’s little to see there anymore, mostly fields with a few bits of road and few buildings. One odd thing about Silent Hill is that it was designed by a Japanese company- Team Silent. A composer friend knows the guys who did the score for it, and he reckons the name for it actually comes from a Japanese prefecture- Shizuoka. He says Shizuoka means ‘Silent Hill’, which seems to chime with my low J-skills. He says they took that name, then applied it to a US ghost town environment cos they thought that kind of scenery suited the vibe they wanted. After that, US imagineers applied the idea of Centralia to it- or something like that.

By: Michelle13

Michelle13 — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:27:10 +0000

I believe I read somewhere that the video game Silent Hill is loosely based on the events that happened in Centralia, Pennsylvania. There are underground coal mines that caught fire decades ago and still burn today. The area is very unsafe with smoke and steam from the underground fires coming up through the ground. It is also virtually a ghost town, with only a handful of die-hard residents still living there. If you ever get back to the States , you should check it out. Until then, I guess you’ll just have to Google it. It is really a very interesting (and tragic) tale.

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:01:26 +0000

The video is good…..keep the videos coming, longer is ok…a complete walkthrough if the haikyo isn’t that large.

By: Tornadoes28

Tornadoes28 — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:55:52 +0000

That burned room is a mystery.

By: Adrian

Adrian — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:51:42 +0000

Cool.
Glad you made it to Chiba.Read about that place but yet to go.

Did you go to any of the places I mentioned?