Post by hi224 on May 13, 2021 5:38:17 GMT
(I am currently teaching myself Japanese so sorry for any mistakes in this brief case)
Sayoko Minami (南埜佐代子) was born sometime in 1961 and was a student at Kindai University in Osaka, Japan some time in the 80s she got herself a part time job and saved up the money she earned from that job as since she was young she had always wanted to travel the world.
And she finally saved up enough money to make that dream come true as on April 5 1989 she left Japan to go traveling across the world. She started her journey in Southeast Asia before going to China, The Then Soviet Union, The Middle East, Africa, India and at the end of March 1990 she would visit the himalayan country of Nepal.
During her travels she would send photos of her and letters to her family back in Japan every week so they would know where she was and that she was okay.
Early 1990 was a wild time in her final destination of Nepal as starting on February 18, 1990 and lasting until April 8 the same year the country would undergo several protest seeking to end the country's absolute monarchy in an event that has been dubbed "The Nepalese Revolution"
Despite the environment Sayoko didn't back down and wanted to tour the country and on April 3, 1990 she sent the last letter to her family "ヒマラヤ方面へ、4週間くらいの予定で山歩きにでかける" In this letter she tells her family that she will be going to the Himalayan Mountain range for about four weeks.
When those four weeks came to pass and her family back in Japan had not heard back from her they started to get worried so they contacted the Japanese Embassy. After being alerted of her disappearance The Japanese Embassy put pressure on the Nepalese authorities to open an investigation into her disappearance.
And they did start an investigation and search for Sayoko and found out she checked into a hotel in Pokhara a city which is roughly a 6 hour drive from the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu where she sent her family that letter.
Her family flew to Nepal themselves to look for Sayoko and they along with the police searched the hotel room she was staying at and found that all her belongings such as her clothes and mountaineering equipment was left intact meaning that she was likely planning on returning later and hadn't yet started her journey to the Himalaya's. This this being all they found the Nepalese and Japanese Embassy released a statement stating that there was inconclusive evidence to determined whether she was a victim of foul play or died in an accident.
However this case is not yet over as in Mid August, 1990 4 months later her family received a phone call and to their shock it was Sayoko her sister whom answered quickly handed the phone over to her mother and this was all that was said in the short phone call
Sayoko (while crying): ああ、苦しい。悔しい… (Ah, It's painful. I'm sorry)
Her Mother: どうしたの?どこにいるの? (What's wrong? where are you?)
Sayoko then proceeds to cry for a few seconds before the phone is suddenly hung up. And that is where this case ends. If there was any follow up investigation after this phone call I can't find any info on it.
Sources
kakuyomu.jp/works/1177354054915249860/episodes/1177354054917410407
fumibako.com/kowai/story/case/17.html
ameblo.jp/2750-0405/entry-12632149221.html
namu.wiki/w/%EB%AF%B8%EB%82%98%EB%AF%B8%EB%85%B8%20%EC%82%AC%EC%9A%94%EC%BD%94%20%EC%8B%A4%EC%A2%85%20%EC%82%AC%EA%B1%B4
Sayoko Minami (南埜佐代子) was born sometime in 1961 and was a student at Kindai University in Osaka, Japan some time in the 80s she got herself a part time job and saved up the money she earned from that job as since she was young she had always wanted to travel the world.
And she finally saved up enough money to make that dream come true as on April 5 1989 she left Japan to go traveling across the world. She started her journey in Southeast Asia before going to China, The Then Soviet Union, The Middle East, Africa, India and at the end of March 1990 she would visit the himalayan country of Nepal.
During her travels she would send photos of her and letters to her family back in Japan every week so they would know where she was and that she was okay.
Early 1990 was a wild time in her final destination of Nepal as starting on February 18, 1990 and lasting until April 8 the same year the country would undergo several protest seeking to end the country's absolute monarchy in an event that has been dubbed "The Nepalese Revolution"
Despite the environment Sayoko didn't back down and wanted to tour the country and on April 3, 1990 she sent the last letter to her family "ヒマラヤ方面へ、4週間くらいの予定で山歩きにでかける" In this letter she tells her family that she will be going to the Himalayan Mountain range for about four weeks.
When those four weeks came to pass and her family back in Japan had not heard back from her they started to get worried so they contacted the Japanese Embassy. After being alerted of her disappearance The Japanese Embassy put pressure on the Nepalese authorities to open an investigation into her disappearance.
And they did start an investigation and search for Sayoko and found out she checked into a hotel in Pokhara a city which is roughly a 6 hour drive from the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu where she sent her family that letter.
Her family flew to Nepal themselves to look for Sayoko and they along with the police searched the hotel room she was staying at and found that all her belongings such as her clothes and mountaineering equipment was left intact meaning that she was likely planning on returning later and hadn't yet started her journey to the Himalaya's. This this being all they found the Nepalese and Japanese Embassy released a statement stating that there was inconclusive evidence to determined whether she was a victim of foul play or died in an accident.
However this case is not yet over as in Mid August, 1990 4 months later her family received a phone call and to their shock it was Sayoko her sister whom answered quickly handed the phone over to her mother and this was all that was said in the short phone call
Sayoko (while crying): ああ、苦しい。悔しい… (Ah, It's painful. I'm sorry)
Her Mother: どうしたの?どこにいるの? (What's wrong? where are you?)
Sayoko then proceeds to cry for a few seconds before the phone is suddenly hung up. And that is where this case ends. If there was any follow up investigation after this phone call I can't find any info on it.
Sources
kakuyomu.jp/works/1177354054915249860/episodes/1177354054917410407
fumibako.com/kowai/story/case/17.html
ameblo.jp/2750-0405/entry-12632149221.html
namu.wiki/w/%EB%AF%B8%EB%82%98%EB%AF%B8%EB%85%B8%20%EC%82%AC%EC%9A%94%EC%BD%94%20%EC%8B%A4%EC%A2%85%20%EC%82%AC%EA%B1%B4