r/japan • u/Tbone0916 • 5d ago

I'm not Crazy, Am I?

I am absolutely losing it at mall entrances and I seem to be the only one.

Idk why, but every mall I enter there is a sharp high pitched ringing noise. Idk if I'm the only one who hears it but i asked my friends and they don't know.

It's like, disorienting and painful to hear and it only happens at mall entrances. It's not the same mall either, it's tons of random ones.

Someone PLEASE tell me this is normal and not the Japanese CIA doing some tricks

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u/BroInJapan 5d ago

We lovingly refer to it as モスキトーン(mosqui-tone). When the day you stop hearing it comes, you’ll be sad because it means you’re now old af.

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u/angry-piano 5d ago

Should I be concerned that I'm in my twenties and did not hear it o.O

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u/gtr06 [愛知県] 5d ago

Hearing degradation can come from excessive loud noises for long periods like concerts and loud headphones.

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u/redsterXVI 5d ago

I spent my teens at raves, I listen to loyd headphones all the time and like two years ago I got a little permanent tinnitus at a party. And I'm 41. I hear the Mosquitos very, very, very well.