お化(ば)け屋敷(やしき)

おばけやしき
noun
haunted house (attraction)
entertainmentbuilding
1. haunted house; ghost house attraction
A walk-through attraction at amusement parks, festivals, or cultural events designed to scare visitors with ghostly or horror-themed elements.
お化(ば)け屋敷(やしき)に入(はい)った。
I went into the haunted house.
怖(こわ)いけど、お化(ば)け屋敷(やしき)は大好(だいす)きだ。
It's scary, but I love haunted houses.
夏(なつ)祭(まつ)りで友達(ともだち)と一緒(いっしょ)にお化(ば)け屋敷(やしき)に挑戦(ちょうせん)した。
At the summer festival, I tried the haunted house with my friends.

Usage

A popular attraction at Japanese amusement parks and summer festivals. Haunted houses in Japan often feature traditional Japanese ghosts (幽霊(ゆうれい)) and monsters (妖怪(ようかい)) rather than Western-style horror. Summer is the traditional season for ghost stories and haunted house attractions in Japan.

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