To the left was a strange half-sized door with a series of stickers bearing some sort of alphanumeric code. He felt a little better when another person started coming down the stairway, but after they passed each other Masanuki was once again all alone in the corridor.Įventually he came to a landing, where there was a bucket of dingy water on the floor, and three potential paths to progress along. There was a lonely, almost foreboding atmosphere to the stairway, and he wondered if he was even supposed to be in there. Far above, he could see that the stairs turned before they got to the top, so he couldn’t tell where he was headed as he started climbing the steps. If I don’t show up later today avenge my death,” Masanuki stepped through the doorway and found himself at the bottom of a long stairwell with bare concrete walls and steps. So after a quick phone call to check in and say “Found a weird stairway. His curiosity was piqued, but taking the time to investigate would mean he’d miss his train and be late for work.īut then Masanuki remembered what kind of company he works for, and that our boss is pretty flexible on punctuality as long as you call in and explain that you’ll be late because of some weirdness that you encountered and need to look into. But before hopping on the Fukutoshin Line subway train that’s the last part of his journey, he noticed an open doorway on the platform.ĭespite passing through the station every day, Masanuki had never seen this door open before, and there was no sign indicating where it led to. As part of his commute to the SoraNews24 offices in downtown Tokyo, he transfers at Ikebukuro Station. Our Japanese-language reporter Masanuki Sunakoma had a problem.
He didn’t know where it would lead, but he had to find out.
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