Nagoya Haunted House Attraction 2015, 2016

Each summer brings hot and sticky humidity to Japan, creating an uncomfortable, sweaty existence. To combat the heat with creepy chills, many major cities promote a haunted house attraction. 

Currently, the most famous attraction in Nagoya (Aichi) is a limited-time haunted house in Sakae created by Hirofumi Gomi. Combining horror, a story, and a mission, the experience is similar to an immersive horror movie.

While the details for the 2016 haunted house attraction are due to be released in July, it will be a challenge to beat the scares created by 2015's Cursed Lullaby haunted house. 

Summer Haunted House, 2015: the Cursed Lullaby (呪いの子守唄)

The Story

A sickly wife moved into her mother-in-law's home. The mother-in-law was  a strict, unsympathetic woman who treated the wife with disdain due to her sickly body. 

When the wife bore a baby boy, the mother-in-law became more annoyed and spiteful as the wife sang a lullaby to calm the baby's constant crying. 

As time wore on, the wife's sickness worsened until she was unable to care for her son.
After the mother-in-law took on the role of carer for the baby boy, the wife passed away. The wife's body disappeared soon after.

Upon being questioned, the mother-in-law admitted to the husband that she had poisoned the wife out of vindictiveness for having to constantly listen to the lullaby, but did not mean to kill her. 

The Mission

Discover the plot of the story and find the body of the dead wife.

The Experience

Wander through the darkened hallways of the mother-in-law's home, now haunted by the ghost of the deceased wife. The clues gradually appear as the lullaby echoes throughout the home, bringing with it jump-scares of the ghostly wife suddenly appearing around corridors or among furniture.
In the last room, the wife's body is hidden, and one team member who entered the house must pinpoint where the corpse is by listening to the lullaby through a wall of open-end pipes. 

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SPOILER (the text is the same colour as the background - highlight to read)

The mother-in-law hid the wife's body within a closet, and then covered the closet door with plaster to make it seem like a wall. In the final room, the one member leans forward to listen to the pipes - only for the closest wall to drop down, revealing the dead wife. 

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