Japanese Baba Vanga's chilling prediction that sparked mass travel cancellations is meant to happen THIS WEEK

Daily Mail​

01-07-2025

A prediction made by a manga artist more than 25 years ago is being blamed for a major fall in holiday bookings to Japan by people from multiple Asian countries.
Ryo Tatsuki, a manga artist from Japan who's drawn frequent comparisons to the famous fortune teller Baba Vanga, has earned a reputation for eerily accurate predictions of some of the world's most devastating catastrophes.
Indeed, the psychic has correctly predicted the deaths of Freddie Mercury, Princess Diana, along with a myriad of major world events - including the Kobe earthquake in 2011 and even the Covid-19 pandemic.
A graphic novel by the artist, based on her 'prophetic dreams', suggested a terrible disaster would occur on July 5, 2025.
Among people's interpretations as to what that event could be were a tsunami or earthquake triggered by an undersea split between Japan and the Philippines, reported the Guardian.
As a result, this prediction has led to a major drop in flight bookings to Japan according to reports, which says trips have largely been cancelled by tourists from East Asia due to fears over a possible natural disaster.
Bloomberg Intelligence reported that year-on-year, average bookings from Hong Kong are down 50 per cent.
This has increased to - 83 per cent - when it comes to bookings made between late June and early July.
Ryo Tatsuki herself has warned people against placing too much weight on her predictions.
Instead, she suggested, individuals should consider expert insights, rather than being unduly influenced by her forecasts.
In addition, the public has been advised to dismiss Ryo Tatsuki's forecasts, with Japanese authorities asserting they lack scientific support and are completely baseless.
Yoshihiro Murai, the governor of Miyagi prefecture, said: 'It would be a significant issue if unfounded rumors on social media impacted tourism.
'There is no cause for concern since the Japanese are not leaving the country.'
He added: 'I urge everyone to disregard the rumors and come visit.'
It has been noted that separately from Tatsuki's predictions, Japanese authorities have expressed worries regarding the dangers posed by earthquakes.
In April, a government task force warned that as many as 298,000 could die in a massive earthquake off the Pacific coast of Japan.
The country's location on the Pacific's so-called 'Ring of Fire' means it is prone to earthquakes.
However, experts point out that the current scientific understanding means predicting the the time and location of earthquakes accurately is impossible.
While she was largely unknown at the time her first book was published, Tatsuki has since became a recognised force among psychics.
She claimed she began having premonitions in the early 1980s after a number of her vivid dreams came true.
Her book has recently gained renewed interest after a number of her premonitions made in hindsight appeared to mirror real life events.
Amongst her chilling predictions for the future, Tatsuki is said to have accurately foretold the sudden death of Freddie Mercury.
She claims to have seen images of the Queen frontman dying suddenly in a dream on November 24, 1976.
Exactly 15 years to the day later, the singer died aged 45 from complications of having AIDS.
She is also thought to have predicted the death of Princess Diana.
A year later, Tatsuki claimed she had a dream in which she saw a woman standing at the end of a corridor in a palace. Stood at the end, she saw a portrait of a blonde woman holding a baby, with the picture named 'Diana'.
Five years to the day later, she claimed she had another dream about the Princess in which she saw her die in the car crash.
The prophet has previously said that her predictive dreams arrive in a period of time that can be divided by five.
Then in 1995, Tatsuki said that dreamed an old man led her to 'cracked earth', leading her to predict that the Japanese city of Kobe would be 'cracked' in either 15 days or 15 years.
And thus her prophecy came true as 15 days later, Kobe was struck by an insidious earthquake that killed more than 5,000 people. It is now considered the second deadliest earthquake of the 20th century.
She has often been compared to the Bulgarian mystic Baba Vanga, who despite passing away nearly three decades ago in 1996, has issued countless predictions for the fate of the world, foretelling events all the way up till 5079.
She too became a cult figure after supposedly predicting major world events such as 9/11, the Covid-19 pandemic and even Princess Diana's death.