Nice to meet you! I'm Tochika, a writer from Japan.
I write my stories in Japanese and use ChatGPT for translation and illustrations.
I’m fascinated by Japanese folklore—especially yokai (supernatural beings), ghosts, and other mysterious presences known as kaii.
They often appear in my stories, and I sometimes add short notes to make them easier to understand.
Most of my works are gentle, slice-of-life tales set around haunted or abandoned places—showing quiet, heartwarming moments between kind and sometimes ghostly characters.
Some short stories take a different tone—mysterious, unsettling, or emotionally strange.
I mark those clearly in the tags or description.
I update every Tuesday and Friday at 8 PM (PST/PDT).
If you enjoy calm supernatural stories with a Japanese touch, I hope you’ll find something to love here.
Thank you for reading!




Deep in the forest stands a mysterious abandoned house. There, people burdened with pasts and circumstances share the same time together. A chance encounter, and quiet exchanges. In a life lived alongside supernatural beings, hearts slowly draw closer. This is a gentle and mysterious tale o...
That is one of the traditions passed down among supernatural beings— “The Shu of legend.” A mysterious weapon that reveals itself only before a mighty martial artist. Whoever takes it in hand becomes invincible. It was sealed away as a symbol of conflict. It drove its wielder into madness, ...
A girl smiling and flashing a peace sign. A girl beside her, trembling in fear. All around them, countless paranormal phenomena. It was an excessively embellished paranormal photograph. Everyone was looking. However, almost no one could see “a certain truth.” And the photograph— woul...
In the forest, a sweet smell suddenly drifted through the air. As if guided by that scent, Sayuri stepped forward. The monk who gave her a mysterious necklace, and the girl in the white dress she encountered. She was sure her name had been called, yet the words would not come out properly....
When I was a child, I could find no joy in eating, and because of my poverty, I was also made a target of bullying. The lunchboxes I ate as if hiding were always bland and lonely. But a chance encounter changed my life completely. An encounter with the one and only best friend who stood by m...
The man opened his new restaurant. He wanted to see his customers’ surprise and joy up close— that was all. Mass appeal and profitability did not matter. He would welcome his customers with the food he wanted to make. Six months. That was the time limit he set for himself. The man’...
Rin, a cursed ichimatsu doll, only wanted to spend her days quietly. The one she met after being taken in was a woman who had been cursed. The days spent with her were, for Rin, calm and comforting—something she had not felt in a long time. A favor for a favor. A curse for a curse. For th...
In an abandoned house where supernatural beings gathered, a woman wearing a fox mask was simply drinking alcohol. It started with a livestream she had been asked to do by a friend. Misaki herself was supposed to be nothing more than “the one who drinks” — or so it was meant to be. But before...
Laughing as she said, “I got tickets for a resort hotel,” Yuka invited her along, and Misaki set out on the trip, reluctant though she was. A seaside hotel, white sand beaches, a calm restaurant—. A little luxurious, slightly out of place, and yet, for some reason, time passed in a way that wou...
“Beyond one mountain, there’s a slightly unusual human settlement. If I remember right, the festival should be coming up soon.” Hearing that, Sayuri set out in high spirits—only to arrive at a mysterious village governed by bizarre rules. No matter how much she listened, no matter how deep...