{"id":45698,"date":"2025-03-17T14:13:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T05:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=45698"},"modified":"2025-03-17T14:13:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T05:13:28","slug":"silent-hill-fs-real-life-location-is-already-scary-even-before-being-put-into-an-18-horror-game-locals-confirm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/silent-hill-fs-real-life-location-is-already-scary-even-before-being-put-into-an-18-horror-game-locals-confirm\/","title":{"rendered":"Silent Hill f\u2019s real-life location is already scary even before being put into an 18+ horror game, locals confirm\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In a departure from past entries, Silent Hill f <\/strong>will shift its setting away from the franchise\u2019s titular town to a brand-new location. The upcoming title aims to steer Silent Hill back to its Japanese influences, with the story taking place in the 1960s in a rural Japanese town based on a real-life place in Japan. Since Silent Hill f\u2019s trailer reveal<\/a> last week, residents and people familiar with the actual town have been excitedly sharing images and insight that show just why it was picked for the horror series\u2019 latest outing.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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According to Konami\u2019s Silent Hill Transmissions<\/a> stream, Silent Hill f\u2019s story takes place in the fictional town of Ebisugaoka, which is inspired by Kanayama, Gero in Japan\u2019s Gifu prefecture. The location was suggested by Ryukishi07, the game\u2019s lead scenario writer and creator of the acclaimed When They Cry horror\/mystery series. Ryukishi07 apparently selected Kanayama from a list of various other candidates, favoring how its \u201cextremely unique townscape\u201d reflects the passage of time and shows how structures have evolved to accommodate people\u2019s changing lifestyles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Japanese people with ties to Kanayama seemed thrilled to find out that the town will become the stage for a brand-new Silent Hill game, and they wasted no time in sharing photographs that really drive home the horror-potential Ryukishi07 must have seen in the town. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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X user @sinonomeimori<\/a>, whose grandmother\u2019s hometown is Kanayama, comments that as soon as they saw Silent Hill f, they started recognizing an eeriness in their usual, \u201cboring\u201d walking route in Kanayama. They shared the images above, commenting, \u201cPlease come visit Kanayama, a town where you can snap unsettling scenes even outside of the world of Silent Hill.\u201d While some of the photos simply give off a rural, moody and somewhat isolated atmosphere, others are downright spooky (those handprints look straight out of a horror game).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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