Marouka Castle

Hitobashira, a kind of human sacrifice, is still practiced in Japan until the 16th century. The corpses of the victims were sacrificed were used as founding materials, pillars, dams, and others, to soothe and request that the gods protect the building from danger. Maruoka Castle in Sakai, Fukui Prefecture is the place of the story of the Urban Legend Japan about the most famous Hitobashira.

Tiled, when the construction, one of the walls in this castle continues to collapse many times even though it has been fixed stronger. As a last attempt, the workers advise doing Hitobashira. A woman named Oshizu was chosen to be a victim. Oshizu agrees to sacrificed by the condition of the boy should be used as samurai. Finally, this castle was successfully built, but the terms from Oshizu were never met. Until now, the Maruoka castle trench will flood every time it rains in the spring. This phenomenon is named with "Oshizu tears curse".