Revisiting the Tsubono Spa Hotel Mystery

In 1996, two Japanese women disappeared while doing a test of courage ritual. They planned to spend the night at an abandoned hotel that was known to be haunted.

They were never seen alive again. Two decades of wild internet speculation followed, until a massive development in 2020.

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• https://en.namu.wiki/w/%EC%B8%A0%EB%B3%B4%EB%85%B8%20%EA%B4%91%EC%B2%9C%20%EC%8B%A4%EC%A2%85%EC%82%AC%EA%B1%B4
• https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/questions-persist-despite-discovery-of-bodies-of-girls-who-went-missing-25-years-ago/
• https://okakuro.org/tsubono-kousen/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/japan/comments/mhq21f/questions_persist_despite_discovery_of_bodies_of/
• https://peakvisor.com/peak/mt-futagami-015b6f.html?yaw=100.92&pitch=-11.25&hfov=60.00
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korean_abductions_of_Japanese_citizens