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Kitsunebi

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Kitsunebi, or fox fire, is an atmospheric ghost light described in folklore across Japan outside Okinawa Prefecture, also known locally as hitobosu, hitomoshi or rinka. Traditional accounts attribute the unexplained lights to kitsune, the fox spirits of Japanese legend. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Kitsunebi (狐火) is an atmospheric ghost light told about in legends all across Japan outside Okinawa Prefecture.
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