Tag: Japan
Japanese Forces Use Electrified Fences Against Head Hunters
Some old newspaper articles are strange because of what they describe. Others are disturbing because of the casual way they describe it. This 1908 report…
Posted in History
Devil’s Skeleton Found in Japan
The devil’s bones were discovered buried under a Japanese temple in 1895. The bones were brought back to the United States where they were said…
Posted in Culture
9 Strange and Curious Facts About the Japanese Samurai
The Japanese samurai of Medieval Japan are a fascinating class of people who started off as servants and eventually became the stuff of legends. Samurai…
Posted in Culture
8 Things You Never Knew About The Japanese Ninja
Often mysterious figures in Medieval Japan, ninjas were the assassins and secret agents of the time. They could almost be considered the special forces of…
