Kadokawa Releases Educational Manga Teaching Japanese Geography Through Scary Stories
The book uses horror folklore as a hook to teach children geography and history, a format that turns curiosity about scary stories into structured learning.
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KADOKAWA released the educational manga 'Geography & History Mystery: World Scary Things MAP: Japan Edition' on July 21. The book follows three cursed students investigating scary legends across Japan to learn geography, history, and culture. It covers locations like a cursed shrine in Tokyo and a Kanagawa mountain haunted by a fallen warrior's ghost.
The first volume focuses on Japan, with chapters on a cursed shrine hidden among Tokyo skyscrapers, a Kanagawa mountain spot tied to a fallen warrior's ghost, and an island in Tokyo where the yokai Sankai Nyudo appears. The story explains the historical background of each location, including samurai history and the relationship between island communities and the sea.
The manga is supervised by exam preparation expert Hajime Nishimura, with character design by illustrator Megumi Mizutani. It is priced at 1,430 yen and published under the Kadokawa Manga Learning Series. A preview is available on KADOKAWA's children's book portal Yomeruba.
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