In the quiet, ink-black hours of Japan’s pre-industrial past, a eerie ritual was observed. When the wind carried the scent of damp earth and the lanterns flickered out, families would huddle inside their homes, whispering a single phrase into the darkness: Hyakki Yagyo .
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