'Japanese Baba Vanga' triggers tourist cancellations with catastrophic prediction coming in 46 days

A female manga artist known as Japan's 'Baba Vanga' has made a harrowing prediction about the summer of 2025 that has apparently caused tourists to reroute their trips.

Ryo Tatsuki has been making predictions about the world since the 1980s, with some of them hitting far too close to home.

In the years since, the 70-year-old's book The Future I Saw has come to media attention as it is thought to have eerily predicted a number of events.

From Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury's death in 1991 to the tragic Kobe earthquake, believers reckon the manga artist is scarily accurate with her predictions.

Tatsuki claimed to have said 'the earth cracks in Kobe, 15 days or 15 years later' in her diary for the seismic event in particular.

If that wasn't enough for you, the artist claims to have wrote: "In 25 years, an unknown virus will come in 2020, will disappear after peaking in April, and appear again 10 years later."

Yes, that's what people are perceiving as a prediction of the dreaded coronavirus pandemic.

Tatsuki's predictions have been chillingly accurate (Getty Stock Image)

However, 14 years on from her chillingly accurate prediction of the brutal Japanese tsunami of 2011, another of Tatsuki's predictions could be heading out way.

The artist claimed she saw visions of the ocean 'boiling' south of Japan, which would result in a tsunami for the island nation.

And this prediction of Tatsuki's has seemingly caused travellers to rethink their plans, especially given that she has predicted the tsunami to take place 46 days from today.

Travel agencies are reporting huge drops in bookings around the date, reports The Times of India.

A revised version of The Future I Saw was published in 2021, with the manga artist warning the world of a possible catastrophic event to hit in July 2025, with it being reported that an undersea rupture could take place.

This would form between Japan and the Philippines, which could generate tsunamis three times bigger than what was seen in the 2011 Tohoku disaster.

Her prediction of oceans 'boiling' points towards a possible underwater volcanic eruption or similar seismic event, in a diamond-shaped region that connects Japan, Indonesia, Taiwan, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

It is known for its geological activity and is responsible for numerous seismic events in the area.

The JMA have not issued any warnings to residents about potential seismic activities (Getty Stock Image)

Reports from travel agency WWPKG, based in Hong Kong, reveal that bookings to Japan have decreased by over 50 percent over Easter, with the rate expected to continue to drop as we approach July.

The managing director of WWPKG, CN Yuen, pointed out that these predictions have been backed by advisories from the Chinese embassy in Tokyo to CNN.

In April 2025, they sent out a warning to Chinese nationals visiting Japan about potential geological events.

However, Japan has been more calm, with the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) not issuing any alerts to do with the timeframe.

It looks like time will tell.