Let’s take a video tour around one of Edo’s execution grounds♪
Category: Edo Execution Ground Spectacular!
A 4 part series on the 3 primary execution grounds of the shōgun’s capital
小塚原死刑場Kozukappara ShikeijōKozukappara Execution Ground This is probably Edo’s 2nd most notorious execution ground. It definitely has the longest lasting legacy. The facility was in operation from 1651 – 1873. It’s said that 100,000 – 200,000 people were executed here. The killing floor is supposedly under the train tracks, and most of what remains is a […]
As one of the most popular “Haunted Spots” of Tokyo, Suzugamori will not disappoint. Most of the “creative executions” happened here. If you visit, you won’t be disappointed.
Today we’ll look at Edo largest prison and talk about some of the ghoulish ways in which criminals were executed.
I hope I don’t lose readers for this series… but here we go. A 4 part series on the 3 execution grounds of Edo. It’s gory, depressing, spooky and fascinating.
