Comments on: Haunted Hotel | Okinawa, Japan

By: gliza

gliza — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:13:31 +0000

@christina: no, you can walk to the top of the castle and just keep walking and it will take you to the grassy knoll, right of the road as you’re looking at the hotel.

also, there’s a dirt trail that wraps around the mountain that we use to access by climbing the hill behind the monastery but don’t go that way…it’s just disrespectful in my opinion. the only reason we use to go that way is because we didn’t know any other way to go at the time.

if you want to get adventurous and go and night, you’re going to have to get creative. now, i’m not telling you to do this, i’m just saying it’s one way we use to go. at the entrance of the castle (where you pay before proceeding to walk up the hill), there is a gate. it looks easy to climb over but don’t do it because there is a sensor and you WILL set off an alarm.

instead, go to the left of the main gate and climb through the barbed wire fence…it may sound intimidating but trust me, it’s nothing. there’s quite a bit of space to fit through. then you just proceed up the hill, walking through the castle and eventually you will get to the hotel. be careful though because the castle grounds are really uneven and, even during the day when you can see, it’s easy to roll an ankle. also, don’t park your car at the entrance. find a place a little bit away and walk to it.

have fun, be safe, be smart, be respectful. once again, i’m not telling you to do this-especially because DOD members are now prohibited from going there but i will say this, it’s a crazy place and will likely result in a very memorable time.

final warning-if you find yourself in the hotel, especially at night, please be very careful. there are quite a few hazards in the hotel. the hotel is falling apart. there are rooms where the ceiling has collapsed in, areas where the wooden floor is weak and broken, debris, rusted objects and broken glass all over the place and a few holes in the ground that just drop to the floor below. if you stay aware of your surroundings, you’ll be fine…but please take heed. also, the cave is very slippery and you will most definitely slip and bust your butt if you try to enter.

have fun!!!!

By: Christina

Christina — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:19:50 +0000

I have heard the stories and tried to get directions to the hotel with no luck. My friend and I went to the castle today and seen the hotel in the distance and wanted to venture to the Hotel. Is the only way there via the ruins or is there an actual road that leads to the hotel?

By: stephen

stephen — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 20:24:54 +0000

i was on okinawa last year by myself and i got really close to this hotel purely by coincidence as i wandered off a bit from the old castle. at the time i figured somebody was building a huge mansion on top of the hill and i considered taking a closer look but thought better of it. now i wish i’d gone inside.

By: marina

marina — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 04:43:47 +0000

I was around 13 when I first stepped foot on that hotel with my Okinawan friends. We stole my friends moms little truck and got beer and cigarettes and decided that we would take an adventure there. It was very scary being there and we herd sounds coming down the halls, but nothing happen…at least that’s what we though at the time. That night we went back to my friends house and we all crashed there and when we woke up in the morning, my friends grandmother that lives with him was splashing sake and salt all over us kids. She made us go outside and told us to go back to where we went because we brought back a bad spirit with us and it needed to be taken back to where it followed us from. So, we ended up going back to the hotel and sprinkled salt around ourselves and headed back. Later that day my friends grandmother told us to be careful for awhile because it might find us and follow us again. Two weeks later my family and I were in a car accident, friend Fuzima was hit by a scooter and was in the hospital for a while, Arisa fell down the school steps and and broke both her legs, and Shouta got into a jet ski accident with his dad and almost died. (but didn’t thank God) So, that hotel is diffidently hunted. I’m half Okinawan and I was born and raised there and I just want to warn people not to step foot on hunted land. It’s not worth it. Okinawa is a beautiful Island, but with a lot of spirits that never found peace.

By: Young

Young — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:00:37 +0000

uggghhh. I just visited that place about two weeks ago by accident. I went to vist the castle ruins and kept looking at this huge structure behind the castle. I finally made my way to the back and took some of the same pics that you took. I did not know any haunting stories because I was just walking through the grounds. It was a bit off to see such a massive structure just sitting there unattended and abandoned. I walk through the first 50 yards then turned around as I was by myself and no one knew where I was-

No ghost stories or shadows to report…just beautiful graphetti artwork and the weird vibe from the place.

By: k

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 06:42:05 +0000

The off limits order is here

http://www.kadena.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-100602-003.pdf