The Yonaguni Monuments

Introduction

• Using This Book
• Imperfect Mirrors
• Horrid Humor
• Islands of Mystery
• Cthulhu in a Kimono
• Japanese
• Why This Book?

Scroll One: Atmosphere

Section One: Roleplaying

• Something is Coming
• Today’s Japan
• Man and Machine
• A Slice of Life
• Keys to the Setting
• Themes
• Call of Cthulhu, Anime-Style
• Handling Japanese Investigators
• Handling Foreign Investigators
• Mental Health (Seishinbyô)
• Skills in Japan
• Budô: Japanese Martial Arts
• Map: Japan (Nihon)

Section Two: A Brief Primer

• Geography and Nature
• Regions of Japan
• Map: Administrative Divisions of Japan
• Map: Kanto Region
• Map: Kinki Region
• Transportation
• Mass Communications
• Japanese Etiquette
• The Japanese Yen
• Costs and Equipment (Kaimono)
• Legal Weapons (Gôhôteki na Buki)

Section Three: A Dark Perspective

• Degenerate Buddhism (Daraku Bukkyô)
• State Shinto
• Other Perspectives

Scroll Two: Secrets

Section One: Catalogue Nipponica

• The Doctrine of Buddha’s Tears
• Fumetsu no Dokyô (The Tao of Immortality)
• Jigoku Zoshi (The Scroll of the Hells)
• Kinki Kyôten (The Forbidden Sutra)
• Kuro Majyutsu: Kotodama no Gikô
• (Black Arts: Craft of Kotodama)
• Makafushigi Michi (The Mysterious Path)
• Project Yûrei White Paper
• Rock Garden on Infinity: Memoirs of a Demon
• Shinwa Taizen (The Book of Myth)
• The Sixth Ring
• Supernaturalia Japonica

Section Two: A Japanese Grimoire

• Spells by Belief System

Section Three: Native Treasures

• Trinkets, Talismans, and Wards
• Mythic and Sacred Items
• Sanshu no Jingi (The Imperial Regalia)

Scroll Three: People

Section One: Light and Shadow

• Act I
• Act II
• Act III
• Act IV
• Act V
• Elsewhere . . .

Section Two: Institutions, Organizations, and Power Groups in Japan

• The Imperial Household
• The Japanese Government
• The Self Defense Forces (SDF)
• The National Police Force (NPF)
• Keiritsu/Zaibatsu
• Education
• The Yakuza (Bôryokudan)

Section Three: Cults and Secret Societies

• Buddha’s Tears (Butsu no Namida)
• Brotherhood of the Black Lotus
• Dragon Lords (Ryû-Ryôshû)
• Project Yûrei (Pu-ro-je-ku-to Yûrei)

Section Four: Allies and Enemies

• Third Eye Agency (Sado-Aie-Ay-gen-shii)
• Yotsubishi Psi-Mech Division
• Secret Societies and Cultists
• Leaders and Administrators
• Independent’s Gallery
• Yonaguni Monuments

Scroll Four: The Six Realms

Section One: Inhabitants of the Realms

• Nirvana and the Pure Lands
• Tengoku: The Heavenly Realms
• The Earthly Realm
• Asura Realm: Revenge & Hate
• Yomi: Realms of the Dead
• Jigoku
• Mythos Entities in the Six Realms
• Further Mythos Influences

Scroll Five: Scenarios and Sinister Seeds

Section One: Starter Scenarios

• The Hin-no-Maru Slayings
• Meiro (The Labyrinth)
• The Yonaguni Monuments

Section Two: Sinister Seeds

• Historical Scenarios
• Famous Personages and Literature

Section Three: One Step Beyond

Appendices

Appendix One: Cultural Lexicon

• Regions and Cities
• The Urban Scene
• Philosophy
• Social Theory
• Religious Theory

Appendix Two: Timelines

• Disasters, Strife, the Noteworthy
• The Mysterious, Disturbing and Weird

Appendix Three: The Silk Road

• Appendix Four: University of Tokyo
• Points of Interest
• Campus Map
• Occult Catalog
• Archeology Department
• Cryptozoology Department

Selected Bibliography & Reading List
Japanese Investigator’s Sheet
Map: Japan
Map: Tokyo Subway Guide
Index