August is the time for ghosts...chilling tales relieve summer heat

From Pink Tentacle

Every August, Zenshoan temple in Tokyo opens the doors to its Yurei-ga Gallery, a private collection of Edo-period ghost scrolls. The 50 silk paintings, most of which date back 150 to 200 years, depict a variety of apparitions from the forlorn to the ghastly.

You can read the rest of the English article here, and a gallery of the scrolls is here.