Japanese Tor Directory & Dark Web Guide [Latest 2025 Edition] (How to Navigate Tor)
June 15, 2025: No change — “ozoz” remains offline.
June 1, 2025: Directory "Z80H" added. “ozoz” still inaccessible.
May 25, 2025: Breaking news! JP Channel V3 confirmed to be back online!
April 27, 2024: Directory updated and
Japanese Tor Directory status check conducted.
Explore the Dark Web Safely in Japanese
This is a directory of Tor links and information related to the dark web, all accessible in Japanese. The page also provides the latest .onion links and tips on how to safely browse the dark web. We regularly update this site with new knowledge and developments—bookmarking is highly recommended!
Current State of Japanese-Language Dark Web Sites
The dark web—often described as the "deep layer" of the internet—hosts hidden websites accessible through high-anonymity networks. While many sites previously offered content in Japanese, most have since been shut down.
In this article, we introduce notable Japanese-language dark web sites that once existed, as well as those currently active. Unlike other websites, we confirm the live status of each link, so all listed sites are active. Many other sites continue to list links that are no longer operational, often misleading users to believe they are still live.
Caution: Accessing the dark web carries risks such as information leaks or illicit activity. Proceed at your own responsibility and implement sufficient security measures.
Japanese Dark Web Sites That Are Now Defunct
The following are prominent Japanese dark web sites that are currently inaccessible (shut down).
| Green: Online Red: Offline |
| Site Name |
Description |
| missav |
Technically not dark web but an adult site—details available here |
| KIRASEN/KARASEN/BLACK Board |
Anonymous bulletin board. Reborn as "Black2." See link directory below. |
| Onion Channel |
Anonymous board. See another page for details. |
| hackTech |
Forum for hacking and tech-related discussions. |
| Dark Channel+ |
Anonymous board. |
| Anonymous Chat |
Anonymous chat site. |
| Taiyaki-kun |
Personal site. |
| gcp/ip |
Personal site. Created “Server Setup Diary” and this page’s “Easy Hidden Services” and “How to Find Hidden Services.” |
| Tor, Underground & Subculture |
Site sharing information about underground culture and subculture. |
| Gray Scale |
Personal site. |
| My Memo Pad 2 |
Personal blog. |
| Darkness Channel |
Anonymous board. |
| 747WQ |
Details unknown. |
| Ahmia |
Dark web search engine. |
| The Hidden Wiki (Hidden Wiki) |
Link directory of the dark web. |
These sites have likely been shut down for various reasons. Due to the nature of the dark web, site availability is often unstable and subject to sudden closure.
Update History
取得中です。
Sometimes available with a 99-yen 2-month trial—great cost-performance.
Update Highlights
Nov 23, 2024: Added foreign link directory. Merged
Tor History into this page.
JP Channel marked offline. — Admin (2024-11-23 18:15:29)
Dec 8, 2024: Routine check. JP Channel V3 remains offline. — Anonymous
Dec 12, 2024: Routine check, no change. — Admin
Jan 2, 2025: Still no change, JP Channel remains offline... we give up. — Admin
Jan 9, 2025: Recently learned about something called wormGPT. Where is it? On Tor? — Admin
Jan 25, 2025: Translated UGI (Uncensored General Intelligence) list.
Mar 26, 2025: "Buy a kidney" — Jin
Apr 27, 2025: Routine check of Japanese links. JP Channel V3 still unreachable. Others are active. — Admin
May 25, 2025: “Intro for White Hat Hackers” now live.
Jun 1, 2025: OZ-OZ BBS marked offline — Admin
| Online |
| Online but connection unstable |
| Offline |
| Japanese Tor Link Collection |
| BLACK2 |
| The legendary BLACK server is back! (Added March 27, 2021). An excellent collection of onion links. |
| JP Channel v3 |
| Styled like Onion Channel and currently stable (Link added November 2021). Possibly offline as of Nov 2024? Recovered around May 10, 2025? |
| Z80H |
| Added June 2025. Forum suggests it's been active since 2024. Has a well-equipped forum, tools, etc., very promising. |
| [[http://kcyhxvi4467xmpobjwggngm6hle4bv7u4cr3fdxsklmslj3vpmg5wiqd.onion/manubbs_100/manubbs.cgi |
| Added June 2025. Japanese bulletin board |
| librejp |
| Technical Suwako |
| According to the diary, it has existed since Dec 14, 2018, but this is the first time it's noted here. Exists both on Surface and Tor. Japanese is apparently not the native language, but almost fluent. Seems to work in IT. |
| BiBi Chocho |
| Udon Shop |
| Apparently around since 2020. In Japanese and English. Mainly English. Offline on Aug 10, 2024; confirmed online again on Oct 5, 2024. |
| Anonymous JP |
| OZ-OZ BBS |
| Japanese bulletin board. Requires cookies. Not very active in conversation, but covers fairly underground topics. Added Nov 29, 2020. Inaccessible around May 2025. |
| Japanese Surface Web Link Collection |
| Onion Domain List (Wikipedia) |
| List of onion domains. However, some links are self-censored. The BLACK2 collection above has more links. |
| Toshi Kasai Personal Website |
| ActiveTK.jp |
| Tor - The Onion Router 5ch thread |
| 5ch software board thread on Tor |
| Tor Anonymization Thread librejp |
| VPN VPS General Thread 16 |
| Foreign Tor Link Collection |
| archivecaslytosk.onion webpage capture |
| Onion archive snapshot |
| Ahmia |
| Ahmia is a dark web search engine created by security researcher Juha Nurmi. It indexes onion sites that wish to be "discovered." Excludes illegal sites. (Added May 12, 2023) Confirmed accessible in Jan 2024. |
| Haystak |
| Haystak provides search results for onion sites while filtering dangerous content. The premium version offers advanced features and notifications. (Added June 20, 2023) Confirmed Jan 2024. |
| Torch |
| Torch is one of the oldest and most popular dark web search engines, processing over 80,000 requests per day. Ad-supported with many ads on the homepage. (Added July 10, 2023) Confirmed Jan 2024. |
| DuckDuckGo |
| Privacy-focused search engine. Default search engine for Tor Browser. Regular internet search only — does not index .onion sites. (Added Aug 5, 2023) Confirmed Jan 2024. |
| The Hidden Wiki |
| A famous dark web wiki linking to various services and information, community-edited. Caution: may include scams or illegal links. (Added Sep 1, 2023) Some links dead as of Jan 2024. |
| TorLinks |
| Alternative to Hidden Wiki. Separates commercial and non-commercial links. Caution: may contain scams or dangerous links. (Added Sep 15, 2023) Confirmed Jan 2024. |
| ProPublica |
| Pulitzer Prize-winning online publication. Offers anonymous browsing of articles via onion site. Created to protect free speech and privacy. (Added Oct 12, 2023) Confirmed Jan 2024. |
| Archive Today |
| Service for saving web page snapshots. Aims to preserve cultural and scientific heritage. Allows checking historical versions of sites. (Added Nov 2, 2023) Confirmed Jan 2024. |
| The New York Times |
| Official onion site launched in 2017. Offers same content as regular site, allowing safe access in countries with censorship. (Added Dec 4, 2023) Confirmed Jan 2024. |
| BBC |
| BBC’s international onion site launched in 2019. Some regular features (e.g., iPlayer) are unavailable. Mirror site to bypass censorship. (Added Dec 5, 2023) Confirmed Jan 2024. |
| Facebook |
| Official Facebook onion site for easier access in censored regions. Not designed for anonymity. (Added Dec 6, 2023) Confirmed Jan 2024. |
| CIA |
| Official CIA onion site created to ensure the safety of informants. Part of an initiative for free information access. (Added Dec 7, 2023) Confirmed Jan 2024. |
| Wasabi Wallet |
| Bitcoin wallet focused on anonymity. Makes transaction tracking difficult by mixing with other users. Highly secure. (Added Dec 8, 2023) Confirmed Jan 2024. |
| ProtonMail |
| Encrypted email service based in Switzerland. Popular among cryptocurrency enthusiasts. Free version available. (Added Dec 9, 2023) Confirmed Jan 2024. |
| Riseup |
| Volunteer-run email provider for activists. Founded in 1999, over 6 million users. Offers newsletters and chat services too. (Added Dec 10, 2023) Confirmed Jan 2024. |
| Keybase |
| Keybase connects online identities via encryption. Supports linking PGP keys, Twitter, Github, Bitcoin addresses. Provides secure chat and file sharing. (Added...) |
History of Tor（in japanese)
1990s
The concept of onion routing was born.
2004
August: The Naval Research Laboratory publicly released the Tor source code under a free license. The first Tor-related thread appeared on the Japanese bulletin board "2ch."
October: Onion Channel was launched, marking the official beginning of the Japanese Tor community history.
2006
The Tor Project was established.
2007
August: A Swedish researcher successfully demonstrated traffic interception by operating an exit node.
2008
January: Development of the Tor Browser began.
2010
October: Tor was used in a leaked internal document incident within the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.
2012
June: The remote PC control case occurred, raising broad awareness of Tor in Japan.
2013
June: Edward Snowden leaked mass surveillance by the NSA, causing a global increase in Tor users. Usage in Japan also increased.
August: Personal information leak incident involving 2channel occurred.
2015
September: Police arrested seven users of "Magical☆Onion."
Endchan was launched.
2016
November: A zero-day vulnerability in Firefox was discovered and exploited.
2018
February: The Coincheck NEM cryptocurrency theft incident occurred.
June: The operator of the dark web site "lolitter2" was arrested, marking the first arrest of a dark site operator.
November: The first Daniel's Hosting hacking incident occurred.
November 4:
ゼロシキサイバーフォーラム Confirmed alive.
November 17:
恒心教自殺部 Became unreachable.
December 10:
俺のメモ帳 Confirmed offline.
ゼロシキサイバーフォーラム Became unreachable again.
2019
March 23:
Fresh Onions Went offline.
March 31:
小烏丸 Became unreachable.
June:
gcpip was launched.
September 1:
ONION Channel(別物) Launched. Its structure resembles the original but is considered a fake by some.
October 11:
ONION Channel(別物) Became unreachable.
October: Dark Channel was launched.
November: Otaku's Notepad and OZ-OZ BBS were launched.
November 13:
ONEL Administrator Ichirou Kurata was arrested.
NJCHAT Also shut down simultaneously.
November 15: A former manga artist (administrator of ONEL and NJchat) was arrested on suspicion of distributing child pornography via Tor. [Reference:
https://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/1911/15/news040.html]
December: Onion Board and OnionBlog were launched.
December 1: Koushinkyou Cyber Division went offline.
December 29: Koushinkyou Cyber Division 2.0 was released.
December 30: Onion Channel became unreachable.
2020
March: The second Daniel's Hosting incident occurred, causing Ichigyo Bulletin Board and Salmonella to become inaccessible.
hachtech Became unreachable.
Torとアングラとサブカルと Confirmed offline.
April: An information-sharing community was launched, revitalizing Onion Board.
May: The Special Communications Technology Research Unit was launched on Torpress.
June: Dark Channel was launched. Onion Board became chaotic, BLACK Board became completely deserted, Onion Channel became unreachable, and FreeBBS and Taiyaki-kun were launched. A new server for gcpip was discovered.
July: Due to errors in Torpress, the Special Communications Technology Research Unit was shut down.
Onion Board was closed, and the administrator of "Ore no Memocho" disappeared. Consequently, Dark Channel, which moved servers, became lively.
BLACK Board was attacked by spamming scripts.
俺のメモ帳2 Became unreachable.
August 6: A large-scale spam attack occurred on Dark Channel, wiping all posts on the main board. OnionRecord was established, and TinyIB was installed on Dark Channel.
November: Links increased, and articles other than link collections were moved to "History of Underground Sites." Otaku's Notepad and BLACK Board were closed.
December 18, 2021
4 Anonymous: Is the administrator of Ma-kun Lab and the recent troll named Ma-kun on the board the same person?
5 Anonymous: Who is Taiyaki?
6 Anonymous: (replying to 4) Probably a different person.
7 Anonymous: (replying to 5) At one time, he ran a .onion site and developed a bulletin board called Kirasen, which he distributed. He also opened "HackTech," a technical .onion bulletin board. To form a hacker group within HackTech, he demonstrated his skills by hacking a musician’s site and threatening to demand cryptocurrency payments (half of it was probably a joke). Later, vulnerabilities in Kirasen were found and attack methods spread, leading to HackTech being hacked and the administrator identified and arrested. The BLACK2 board used by the Koushinkyou group employs Kirasen.
http://5b7lrclibipnhlrh6gubuvn5yojfmtchthvi2onxaqtc34vje53tldid.onion/
2022
March 20:
L.A.Chan Confirmed closed.
Anonymous Chat Became unreachable.
April 8: Four people re-arrested on suspicion of obtaining card information on the dark web and reselling luxury watches.
July 6: Activities related to "Suwako" (
https://technicalsuwako.moe/) recorded.
October 8: Reports that the jp channel server was down.
December 4: Anonymous bulletin boards and The Hidden Wiki became inaccessible.
2024
October 5: Confirmed that a udon shop site is still alive and marked as active (green).
November 4:
JP Channel v3 Reported unreachable.
Keywords: History of dark web sites, Tor Hidden Service, dark web shutdown reasons, site accessibility status.
Bulletin Board
Tips for Safe Tor Usage
Use a VPN: Combining Tor with a VPN increases anonymity.
Use trusted link directories: To ensure link safety, use community-trusted link collections such as Ahmia or The Hidden Wiki.
Always use the latest Tor Browser: Keeps you protected from security vulnerabilities.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Which safe .onion sites are available in Japanese?
A: BLACK2 link collection, Ahmia, and Haystak are recommended for reliability.
Q: Is using the dark web illegal?
A: Using the dark web itself is not illegal, but engaging with illegal content or transactions is against the law.
最終更新：2025年06月15日 22:43
