Japanese Horror Stories
Tominos
Tomino’s Hell (or in Japanese: Tomino no Jigoku ( ⁇ ))
Tomino’s Hell is a poem created by Yomota Inuhiko ( ⁇ ) in the book titled “The Heart is Like Rolling Stone ( ⁇ ), it was included in Saizo Yaso's poetry collection ( ⁇ ⁇ ) in his 27th poetry collection in 1919.
There is a terrible story behind this poem. One day a couple gave birth to their first child, named Tomino. Tomino was born with imperfect conditions. One time, Tomino poured out his creativity by making a poem, but the poem was so terrible, that the mother locked Tomino away without feeding him. Long story short, Tomino died of starvation. A few days after Tomino's death, both of Tomino's parents died unnaturally.Since then, came Urban Legend who stated that anyone who read the poem out loud, will be hit by disaster or even lose his life. Here are the poems in 3 languages:
Japanese Language:
Tomino no Jigoku's
姉は血を吐く、妹（いもと）は火吐く、
Ane wa chi wo haku, imoto wa hihaku,
可愛いトミノは 宝玉（たま）を吐く。
kawaii tomino wa tama wo.
ひとり地獄に落ちゆくトミノ、
hitori jihoku ni ochiyuku,
地獄くらやみ花も無き。
kurayami hana mo naki.
鞭で叩くはトミノの姉か、
muchi de tataku wa tomino no assortment,
鞭の朱総（しゅぶさ）が 気にかかる。
muchi no shubusa ga ki ni kakaru.
叩けや叩きやれ叩かずとても、
tatake yatataki yare tataka,
無間地獄はひとつみち。
mugen jigoku wa hitotsu.
暗い地獄へ案内（あない）をたのむ、
kurai jigoku and anai wo tanomu,
金の羊に、鶯に。
kane no hitsu ni.
皮の嚢（ふくろ）にやいくらほど入れよ、
kawa no fukuro ni yaikura hodoireyo hotel,
無間地獄の旅支度。
mugen jigoku no tabishitaku.
春が 来て候（そろ）林に谿（たに）に、
haru ga kitesoru hayashi ni tani ni,
暗い地獄谷七曲り。
kurai jigoku tanina namagari.
籠にや鶯、車にや羊、
kagoni yauguisu, yahitsuji kuruma ni,
可愛いトミノの眼にや涙。
kawaii tomino no me niya.
啼けよ、鶯、林の雨に
nakeyo, uguisu, hayashi no ame ni
妹恋しと 声かぎり。
koishi to koe giri.
啼けば反響（こだま）が地獄にひびき、
nakeba kodama ga jigoku ni hibiki,
狐牡丹の花がさく。
kitsunebotan no hana ga pocket.
地獄七山七谿めぐる、
nanayama nanatani meguru,
可愛いトミノのひとり旅。
the kawaii tomino no hitoritabi.
地獄ござらばもて 来てたもれ、
gozarabamo de kitetamore,
針の御山（おやま）の留針（とめはり）を。
hari no oyama no tomebari.
赤い留針だてにはささぬ、
tomehari date niwa sasanu,
可愛いトミノのめじるしに。
kawaii tomino no mejirushini.
Tomino’s Hell
The elder sister vomits blood, the younger sister spits fire.
Cute Tomino spits treasured jewels.
Tomino died alone and fell into hell.
Hell, darkness, with no flowers.
Is it Tomino’s older sister that whips?
The number of red welts is worrisome.
Whipping and beating and pounding,
The path to eternal hell is only one way.
Beg for guidance into the darkness of hell,
From the golden sheep, from the nightingale.
How much is left in the leather bag,
Prepare for the endless journey into hell.
Spring comes and into the woods and valleys,
Seven turns in the dark valley of hell.
In the cage is a nightingale, in the cart a sheep,
In the eyes of cute Tomino are tears.
Cry, nightingale, for the woods and the rain
Voicing your love for your sister.
The echo of your cry howls through hell,
and a blood-red flower blooms.
Through the seven mountains and valleys of hell,
Cute Tomino travels alone.
To welcome you to hell,
The glimmering spikes of the needled mountain
Stick fresh punctures in the flesh,
As a sign to cute Tomino.
Language English:
For the Indonesian, I translated myself from English to Indonesian.it means I defy death by reading this poem once again, hopefully I can still see the sunrise tomorrow. If I die, send my greetings to my girlfriend that I love her:
Hell Tomino:
The older sister spewed blood, the younger sister spat out flames.
Cute tomino spews precious jewels.
Tomino died alone and fell to hell.
Hell, darkness, without flowers.
Is Tomino's sister the one who whipped?
The number of red marks is alarming.
Whipping and beating and pounding, thumping,
the road to eternal hell is only through one path,
from the golden sheep, from the nightingale.
How much is left in the leather bag.
prepare for the endless journey to hell.
Spring comes and to the forests and the valleys,
Seven levels in the darkness of the valley of hell.
Inside the nightingale cage, inside the sheep cage,
inside Tomino's cute eyes were tears.
Crying, nightingales, for the forests and the rain
voicing your love for your sister.
The echoes of your cries howl in hell,
and blood red flowers blooming.
Through the 7 mountains and valleys of hell,
Cute Tomino is adventurous alone.
To welcome you to hell,
The twists of thorns from the mountains are framed
prick a fresh stick in the meat, man,
as a sign of the cute Tomino.
