Tomino's Hell

'''This is popular Japanese story is about a poem called "Tomino's Hell." ''' They say that you should only read with your mind, and never out loud. If you were to read it out loud, then you must take responsibility for your actions. "Tomino's Hell" ( トミノの地獄 ) is written by Yomota Inuhiko ( 四方田  犬彦 ) in a book called "The Heart is Like a Rolling Stone" ( 心は転がる石のように ), And was included in Saizo Yaso's ( 西條  八十 ) 27th collection of poems in 1919. It's not sure how this rumor started, but there's only a warning that "If you read this poem out loud, tragic things ( <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana">凶事 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">) will happen." It just looks like a curse.

It asks to not compare this with the common "You'll grow taller" or even "My parents died." Do you get a sense of how dangerous this is? This story used to be very popular in 2ch, and there were many people taking pictures and videos as proof and posting them on 2ch. There were many users that said that nothing happened, but there were also many posts that didn't have the user come back to post the results. I think it's scarier than someone posting that someone else got sick or that someone else passed away. But if you were to read it out loud, it's better to read it in Japanese rather than the translation. <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">

<span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana">トミノの地獄 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> Tomino no Jigoku (Tomino's Hell) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">

<span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana">西條八十 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> Saijo Yaso <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana">詩集「砂金」より <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">

<span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana">姉は血を吐く、妹（いもと）は火吐く、 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">

ane wa chi wo haku, imoto wa hihaku, His older sister vomited blood, his younger sister vomited fire, <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana">可愛いトミノは <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana">宝玉（たま）を吐く. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">

kawaii tomino wa tama wo haku And the cute Tomino vomited glass beads. <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana">ひとり地獄に落ちゆくトミノ、 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">

hitori jihoku ni ochiyuku tomino, Tomino fell into Hell alone, <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana">地獄くらやみ花も無き. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">

jigoku kurayami hana mo naki. Hell is wrapped in darkness and even the flowers don't bloom. <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana">鞭で叩くはトミノの姉か、 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">

muchi de tataku wa tomino no aneka, Is the person with the whip Tomino's older sister, <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana">鞭の朱総（しゅぶさ）が <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana">気にかかる. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">

muchi no shubusa ga ki ni kakaru. I wonder who the whip's shubusa(?) is. <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana">叩けや叩きやれ叩かずとても、 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">

tatake yatataki yare tataka zutotemo, Hit, hit, without hitting, <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana">無間地獄はひとつみち. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">

mugen jigoku wa hitotsu michi. Familiar Hell's one road. <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana">暗い地獄へ案内（あない）をたのむ、 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">

kurai jigoku e anai wo tanomu, Would you lead him to the dark Hell, <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana">金の羊に、鶯に. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">

kane no hitsu ni, uguisu ni. To the sheep of gold, to the bush warbler. <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana">皮の嚢（ふくろ）にやいくらほど入れよ、 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">

kawa no fukuro ni yaikura hodoireyo, I wonder how much he put into the leather pocket, <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana">無間地獄の旅支度. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">

mugen jigoku no tabishitaku. For the preparation of the journey in the familiar Hell. <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana">春が <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana">来て候（そろ）林に谿（たに）に、 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">

haru ga kitesoru hayashi ni tani ni, Spring is coming even in the forest and the steam, <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana">暗い地獄谷七曲り. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">

kurai jigoku tanina namagari. Even in the steam of the dark Hell. <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana">籠にや鶯、車にや羊、 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">

kagoni yauguisu, kuruma ni yahitsuji, The bush arbler in the birdcage, the sheep in the wagon, <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana">可愛いトミノの眼にや涙. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">

kawaii tomino no me niya namida. Tears in the eyes of cute Tomino. <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana">啼けよ、鶯、林の雨に <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">

nakeyo, uguisu, hayashi no ame ni Cry, bush warbler, toward the raining forest <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana">妹恋しと <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana">声かぎり. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">

imouto koishi to koe ga giri. He shouts that he misses his little sister. <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana">啼けば反響（こだま）が地獄にひびき、 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">

nakeba kodama ga jigoku ni hibiki, The crying echo reverberates throughout Hell, <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana">狐牡丹の花がさく. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">

kitsunebotan no hana ga saku. The fox penoy blooms. <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana">地獄七山七谿めぐる、 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">

jigoku nanayama nanatani meguru, Circling around Hell's seven mountains and seven streams, <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana">可愛いトミノのひとり旅. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">

kawaii tomino no hitoritabi. The lonely journey of cute Tomino. <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana">地獄ござらばもて <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana">来てたもれ、 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">

jigoku gozarabamo de kitetamore, If they're in Hell bring them to me, <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana">針の御山（おやま）の留針（とめはり）を. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">

hari no oyama no tomebari wo. The needle of the graves. <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana">赤い留針だてにはささぬ、 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">

akai tomehari date niwa sasanu, I won't pierce with the red needle, <span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana">可愛いトミノのめじるしに. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">

kawaii tomino no mejirushini. In the milestones of little Tomino.

<span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">( <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">Source: http://tinyurl.com/45xuebv )