Ghost Hunt:Volume8 Translator's Notes

Chapter 8

Sanzu River

Sanzu River - When Mai talks about going over the bridge and crossing the river, I believe she is talking about the Sanzu River. This is a Japanese Buddhist tradition and religious belief regarding the afterlife. It's believed that the dead must cross over the river on their way to the afterlife. It's name, Sanzu no Kawa, literally means River of Three Crossings. Those who performed acts of good cross at the bridge, those who are neutral cross at a shallow area in the river, and those who performed acts of evil are forced to cross deep, serpent infested water.