Halloween may be months away, but it's already peak haunted house season in Japan, where seeking a bone-chilling fright is a long-established summer tradition.
Summer is closely associated with the dead in Japan, because it is believed that ancestral souls return to their household altars during the mid-August "obon" holiday.
Summer is closely associated with the dead in Japan, because it is believed that ancestral souls return to their household altars during the mid-August "obon" holiday.
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00:29I didn't realize how sweaty I was after the cold sweat.
00:34I realized how scary it was.
00:59In Japanese, we often use the expression,
01:03気持が冷えるという、ちょっと冷やっとするような感覚とかっていうのが
01:07そういう表現を使われることが多いかなと思うんですけれども、
01:11実際にこの音量フェスでも脅かされて冷やっとする感覚だったりとか、
01:15びっくりして気持が冷える感覚っていうところが
01:19夏の涼しさを体感いただく一個の要素にはなっているのかなと思います。
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