The House Covered in Bizarre Pamphlets Near Shimodochiai, Shinjuku

Does anyone know about that weird house covered in strange documents near Shimo-ochiai Station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line? There's a similar house in Nerima where I live. Even government officials told us to handle the site with "special care." I wonder if it has to do with some kind of river construction dispute. It probably stems from construction work. Even the surrounding area made it hard to tell whether the roads were private or public. That's terrifying. Back in my hometown, there's someone who puts up "Apologize!" signs everywhere and uses a sound truck to demand an apology every single day. Is that in Isehara? Spot on. I went to go check it out myself before. If you go near the station in the daytime, the sound truck is right there, just looping the same message over and over. For the people living in Isehara, it's not really an urban legend—it's just a normal part of everyday life, like dealing with a weird local eccentric. I saw it driving through a residential neighborhood broadcasting propaganda around 2:00 PM. What is this even about? So places like this exist in Shinjuku, huh. It seems like it's been around for a while, maybe since 2006 or 2018, but I had no idea. The content sounds like some kind of conspiracy or urban legend; part of me wants to go see it once. It suddenly exploded in numbers between 2018 and 2019, though. It's a total mystery. There's way more of it than I expected.

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