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Twitter user @roji_shi stumbled on one such structure that made them feel not only as if they had fallen into a time slip, but also been absorbed into the spookier side of Japanese folklore. When visiting Tottori prefecture @roji_shi came across a set of Tottori Bank and 7-Eleven ATMs that looked like they were operated by yokai, the spirits and demons of Japanese folklore:
Source: @roji_shi
Anime and manga fans will know why. Outside of the haunted look of the building, the ATMs are located in Sakaiminato City, the hometown of Shigeru Mizuki, the author of hit yokai manga and anime GeGeGe no Kitaro. The area has adopted the world of yokai created in the manga as a bit of a tourist attraction. The ATMs are located on a street highly decorated with yokai stylings, and attached to a building that is modeled after a haunted yokai mansion. There's a sense of humor about the place that is ghostly charming, however, as Kitaro (the manga protagonist) lounges on a bench outside, and the ATM monitor displays Hitotsume-ko (one eyed boy), a Cyclopian yokai that appears to watch sneakily as you complete your transaction.
Fortunately, a sign outside the building warns customers not to reveal their PIN number if asked to do so by local spirits...