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Tales of the Sunset
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Japanese name 白菊の手記 一
Romaji name Shiragiku no shuki ichi
File type Journal
Description A book about folk stories of the sunset. It looks like it was written by the folklorist Keiji Watarai.

This is a book by the folklorist, Keiji Watarai. Mt. Hikami's sunsets, the rumbling... Maybe there's some clue in here.

Author/Owner Keiji Watarai
Location Kurosawa's Antiques, Secondary Storeroom
Appearances Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water


Tales of the Sunset is a file in Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water.

Transcript[]

Mt. Hikami's name is thought to mean "mountain that climbs higher than the sun".

Some posit that it was once written in a way that means "mountain of the sun gods," but that is far from certain.

What is certain is that many tales about the sunset still persist to this day.

"People must only climb the mountain when the sun is setting."

This likely comes from a local ceremony where those going to the mountain to greet their deaths would go at sunset, when the Netherworld was said to be closest to ours.

"One mustn't look at the mountain at sunset."

"You must stay inside when the mountain cries."

The "Dark Sun" was a god of misfortune and calamity.

The setting sun over Mt. Hikami was said to be an omen of this "Dark Sun," drawing people in to their doom.

As for the "cry," tremors are also often seen as a portent of calamity.

On Mt. Hikami it was thought that it was the water rumbling, and it is said that if you could hear it, you were eligible to become a shrine maiden.

Other sources say that locals washed in special water when these tremors happened.

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