in the hamamatsu area, shizuoka prefecture, a shinigami would possess people and lead them to mountains, seas, and railroads where people have died. in those places, the dead would have a "death turn" (shiniban), and as long as there is nobody to die there next, they shall never ascend even if they were given a service, and it was said that people who were alive would be invited by the dead to come next. also, it is ordinary to visit graves for the sake of higan during noon or when the sun sets, but in the okayama prefecture, visiting the grave for higan during sunrise without a previous time would result in being possessed by a shinigami. however, once one has visited the grave in sunset, then it would become necessary to visit the grave again during sunrise, to avoid a shinigami possessing one's body. with this background of folk belief, it is also thought that sometimes people would consider the ghosts of the deceased, who have nobody to deify them, to be seeking companions and inviting people to join them.