“Kokkuri-san (コックリさん)” is a special type of Japanese fortune telling similar to what people in the West call “table-rapping.” It involves necromancy or summoning the spirits of the dead to answer questions. In this case players summon an animal ghost (mainly fox) and ask it questions. The ghost is supposed to answer questions by moving a coin across a sheet of paper that has numbers and alphabets on it. “Gugure! Kokkuri-san ( 繰繰れ！コックリさん )” is a title of an anime. In this story a little girl plays Kokkuri-san and ends up being possessed by ghosts. It is very cute and funny, one of my favorites.
You can learn Japanese from me while we watch an anime like this one!
