Sort through the fear stirred up by Ryo Tatsuki, a 70‑year‑old former manga artist dubbed Japan’s version of Baba Vanga. A new dream she recorded in her comic, The Future I Saw, speaks of the Pacific Ocean south of Japan boiling in July 2025. She warns this could indicate an underwater volcanic eruption triggering a mega‑tsunami with waves up to three times higher than 2011’s disaster.
Despite the striking imagery, there’s no scientific data to support such a claim. Still, the warning has gone viral, causing worry and confusion, especially among tourists and travel planners.
Who Is Ryo Tatsuki, “Japan’s Baba Vanga”?
Ryo Tatsuki began sharing prophetic dreams in the 1980s through diary entries. In 1999, she turned them into a manga called The Future I Saw. Her reputation soared after readers noticed her mention of a March disaster, a match with the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
Since then, she’s been credited with predicting events like Freddie Mercury’s death, the Kobe earthquake, Princess Diana’s death, and even COVID‑19. Whether coincidence or clairvoyance, these associations have heightened attention to her July 2025 forecast.
The July 2025 Vision in Detail
In a 2021 revised manga edition, Tatsuki depicts the ocean visibly “boiling” south of Japan, which she interprets as a sign of undersea volcanic activity. The area she highlights includes a diamond‑shaped zone: Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
She suggests this event could unleash a tsunami significantly more powerful than 2011’s tragedy, though she cautions against overt panic, stressing her warning is based on dreams, not data.
The prophecy is already hitting tourism hard. Some airlines and agencies report an 83% plunge in July bookings, especially from South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.
Travel experts say cancellations surged by about 50% during spring break, and “fear‑driven decisions” to postpone summer trips are now common. For Japan’s travel industry, this sudden drop could spell serious strain on airlines, hotels, and local businesses.
Japanese officials have attempted to calm worries. Gov. Yoshihiro Murai voiced concern about “unscientific rumors” damaging tourism, advising people to rely on factual data.
The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued no alerts for July 2025. While experts agree Japan sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” they also emphasize that predicting exact quake or tsunami timing remains impossible.
Supporters point to Tatsuki’s past insights, like Kobe’s (1995) and Tōhoku’s (2011) quakes, as evidence. Yet critics argue many of these claims are too vague or were retroactively matched to events.
The COVID‑19 prophecy, for instance, was later traced to a fake Twitter account copying a 1981 Dean Koontz novel. The supposed diary note predicting Princess Diana’s 1997 death appears to have been mere background text in a panel, not an actual forecast.
Actual disaster readiness in Japan depends on seismic sensors, volcano monitoring, and historical data. Authorities track earthquakes in real time; no unusual underwater volcanic or tectonic activity has surfaced for July 2025.
Experts say a tsunami requires precursors like seismic swarms or ground shifts, none of which are present. As long as official monitoring remains silent, it’s safe to assume travel is secure.
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