What Can Be Seen from a Room Where Someone Has Died? - 'Scary Rooms Seen by Special Cleaners' Featuring 22 Real Experiences Released

Gakken Inc. (Shinagawa, Tokyo / President and CEO: Tatsuya Nanjo), a group company of Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd. (Shinagawa, Tokyo / President and CEO: Hiroaki Miyahara), released "Scary Rooms Seen by Special Cleaners" (Author: Kansai Clean Service) on July 2, 2026 (Thu).

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● Lonely deaths are not just a problem for the elderly. Demand for "special cleaning" is increasing.

In 2024, 76,000 people died in their homes while living alone, and of those, over 20,000 were not discovered for more than 8 days after their death*.

With the increase in single-person households and the weakening of connections with family and community, lonely deaths and isolation are issues that concern all generations, not just the elderly. Along with this, "special cleaning," which involves cleaning rooms and garbage-filled houses after someone has died, is in increasing demand.

This book is a real-life document detailing the events that special cleaners working at such sites have actually seen and heard.

* Quoted from the Cabinet Office's "Regarding Estimation Methods for the Number of Lonely Deaths, etc."

https://www.cao.go.jp/kodoku_koritsu/torikumi/wg/r6/pdf/houkokusyo.pdf

● "Kansai Clean Service," with over 180,000 subscribers, releases its first solo book.

This book is the first solo publication by "Kansai Clean Service," which operates a YouTube channel with over 180,000 subscribers* (as of May 2026).

Kansai Clean Service has been involved in over 100,000 cases, including special cleaning,遺品整理 (ihin seiri - sorting and disposing of a deceased person's belongings), and cleaning up garbage-filled houses. This book contains 22 episodes of actual experiences encountered by cleaners at harrowing sites involving incidents, suicides, lonely deaths, and garbage-filled houses.

This book introduces real experiences encountered through the work of special cleaning, such as:

* Real human dramas and ways of life revealed through death * Mysterious traces left in rooms * Strange occurrences in garbage-filled houses * Unexplainable events faced at cleaning sites

Many of the episodes are published here for the first time and were not featured on their YouTube channel. It depicts the supernatural phenomena known only to "special cleaners" and the human dramas left behind in the rooms.

● Two special cleaners who have faced over 100,000 sites.

The book features Kondo, a staff member of Kansai Clean Service who also works as a storyteller of ghost stories, and Kamezawa, the company's representative, who is also a Shingon Buddhist monk.

The two, who face death and loneliness daily as special cleaners, reflect on the events that occurred at their sites, incorporating their perspectives as a ghost story teller and a monk, respectively.

What is depicted here is not just scary stories. It also delves into the reality that exists right beside modern society, such as the lingering thoughts of the deceased, family conflicts, and the figures of people becoming isolated, which were found behind the supernatural phenomena.

[Author Profile] Kansai Clean Service

A proxy service primarily in Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto that handles junk removal, 遺品整理 (ihin seiri - sorting and disposing of a deceased person's belongings), garbage-filled house cleanup, special cleaning, and real estate sales. They have been ranked No. 1 in order volume in the Kansai region for 7 consecutive years*1. They operate the YouTube channel "Kansai Clean Service" (187,000 subscribers*2). Through special cleaning sites, they convey the reality of serious social issues such as lonely deaths and isolation. They are also actively involved in social contribution activities such as volunteer work and operating children's cafeterias.

Representative Kamezawa Noriyuki frequently speaks at seminars and lectures aiming to develop the 遺品整理 (ihin seiri - sorting and disposing of a deceased person's belongings) industry and foster young talent.

He also serves as the head priest of Suiryokuzan Zensho-in temple. His right-hand man, staff member Kondo Yoshitaka, is active as a storyteller of ghost stories, appearing at occult events and on ghost story-themed YouTube channels to share his real-life experiences.

YouTube "Kansai Clean Service": https://www.youtube.com/@k_clean0

*1 Survey by Tokyo Shoko Research on the number of orders and media coverage in the 遺品整理 (ihin seiri - sorting and disposing of a deceased person's belongings) business, as of September 2025. Ranked No. 1 in order volume for 7 consecutive years: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025.

*2 As of May 2026.

[Table of Contents]

* A House Where Beasts Roam * A Death No One Mourned * Kara Kara * A House That Invites Disaster * Fufufu * The Doll in the Red Kimono * The Perpetrator's Mother * The Brother Who Was Waiting * The Kind Older Sister * The Freezer That Must Not Be Opened * Animal Breeding Factory * Don't Move * Xmas * Family in the Trash * The Dream Tower Mansion * Holding Hands * To Mom * The Mother Who Became Alone * A Scumbag's House * Concealment of a Corpse * Never-Ending Caregiving * My Own Posthumous Portrait

COLUMN * This Job Began with Sorting My Grandmother's Belongings * The Reason a Special Cleaner Became a Monk * What Can Be Done to Prevent Isolation

* This book is based on the actual experiences of Kansai Clean Service. However, some content has been dramatized or altered to protect the privacy of those involved.

[Product Overview]

"Scary Rooms Seen by Special Cleaners"

Author: Kansai Clean Service

Price: 1,650 yen (tax included)

Release Date: July 2, 2026

Format: 46 size / 248 pages

E-book: Scheduled for simultaneous release

ISBN: 978-4-05-407108-7

Publisher: Gakken Inc.

Gakken Publishing Site: https://hon.gakken.jp/book/1340710800

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Gakken Inc.

https://www.corp-gakken.co.jp/ * President and CEO: Tatsuya Nanjo * Date of Incorporation: January 13, 2009 (Name change on October 1, 2022) * Capital: 50 million yen * Address: 2-11-8 Nishi-Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-8416 * Business Activities: Publishing and content business, global business, medical and nursing publication content business, business for kindergartens and schools, classroom-related business, EC and online business, advertising business.

GAKKEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.

https://www.gakken.co.jp/ * President and CEO: Hiroaki Miyahara * Date of Incorporation: March 31, 1947 * Capital: 19,817 million yen * Sales: 199.1 billion yen, Consolidated Subsidiaries: 82 companies (As of the fiscal year ending September 2025) * Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market (Securities Code: 9470) * Address: 2-11-8 Nishi-Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-8510 * Phone Number: 03-6431-1001 (Main) * Business Activities: A holding company engaged in education and medical/welfare-related businesses, founded in 1946. Education Field: Classroom and cram school business, including "Gakken Classrooms," Publishing and content business, including learning materials, Business for kindergartens and schools, including textbooks and childcare supplies. Medical Welfare Field: Serviced housing for the elderly business, Dementia group home business, Childcare support services, including nursery schools and after-school care. Global: Activities and business development in over 150 countries.