Creepy Japanese Children's Song - Toryanse

Описание: Toryanse, toryanse.
Koko wa doko no hosomichi ja?
Tenjin-sama no hosomichi ja.
Chitto toshite kudashanse.
Go-yo no nai mono toshasenu.
Kono ko no nanatsu no oiwai ni
Ofuda wo osame ni mairimasu.
Iki wa yoi yoi, kaeri wa kowai.
Kowai nagara mo
Toryanse, toryanse.

Let me pass, let me pass.
What is this narrow pathway here?
This is the narrow pathway of Tenjin Shrine.
Please allow me to go through.
Those without good reason shall not pass.
To celebrate the 7th birthday of this child
I've come to make my offering.
Going in is fine, fine, but returning will be scary.
It's scary, but
Let me pass, let me pass.

Toryanse is a song that accompanies an innocent game but comes with an obscure, cryptic meaning.
In the past, since infant mortality was high, families traditionally celebrated when a child reached the ages of 3, 5 and 7 years old (something called Shichi-Go-San, which is still celebrated today) by visiting a shrine and expressing their gratitude to the gods. So the literal interpretation is that of a parent talking to a guard at a checkpoint on the approach to a castle, trying to convince him to let them go through and visit the shrine inside the castle, something allowed only on special occasions.
It's further linked to disappearances and human sacrifice. The parent may be bringing the child to the shrine to abandon it—and the return will be difficult because the guard will ask what happened to the child.


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