


Sharikimon-dori, in the same area, is a historic red-light district. When you stroll the area, listen out as you might hear her. However, she comes back as an Onryou (vengeful ghost) to enact revenge on her conspirators and torment her treacherous husband.

The play has themes of jealousy, revenge and atonement. The titular character Oiwa falls on her sword after trying to kill the man who tricked her into wearing facially disfiguring poison. She’s the main character in the famous Kabuki play “Yotsuya Kaidan,” the most adapted Kabuki play in Japanese history. Oiwa Inari Shrine is believed to be connected to the vengeful ghost of Oiwa. Located in the old streets of Yotsuya, the Oiwa Inari Shrine and Sharikimon-dori are epicenters of ghostly energy. Yotsuya: Oiwa Inari Shrine and Sharikimon-Dori
