Midoro Pond
Kita-ku, Kyoto-ken
'Around midnight amongst the loud and busy streets of central Kyoto, a taxi is flagged down by a woman dressed in white with long, black hair.
After asking to be taken to Midoro Pond, the taxi ventures the long drive to the desolate outskirts of the dark bog.
However, when the taxi driver checks the back-seat, he realises the woman has vanished. A mysterious puddle of water marks the place where she had sat.'
After asking to be taken to Midoro Pond, the taxi ventures the long drive to the desolate outskirts of the dark bog.
However, when the taxi driver checks the back-seat, he realises the woman has vanished. A mysterious puddle of water marks the place where she had sat.'
Origin to the famous taxi story, Midoro Pond (深泥池) has been broadcast on television as one of the most active psychic destinations in Japan. Many visitors have claimed to feel overwhelmed with sorrow and pity when venturing near the pond. There are reports of clothes being tugged, ghostly hands pulling unwilling observers towards the surface, and human-like apparitions appearing in the centre of the pond.
There are rumours of tragic accidents where patients of a nearby mental health facility threw themselves to their deaths in Midoro Pond. There are claims that if a person drowns in the pond, their corpse is sucked under the surface and will never be found. While original reports said the deepest area of the pond was bottomless, it has been recently discovered the water depth is twenty metres. The majority of the pond is less than a metre in depth; causing scepticism as to whether or not someone could commit suicide by drowning, and then have the corpse vanish.
According to the local services directory, there are two facilities for elderly and mental health patients within the vicinity: here and here .
According to the local services directory, there are two facilities for elderly and mental health patients within the vicinity: here and here .
Believed to have been formed during the last Ice Age, Midoro Pond is a national natural treasure of flora and fauna. Although shallow, the nutrients and decomposition of plants have created a valuable resource for habitat research. Because of this, the area is strictly regulated.
