Tiphaine, a young french lady aged of 36 years old, vanished in July 29, 2018 in Nikko, Japan. It was a long dream trip that she prepared to do, but after few days nobody had news from her and she disappeared. First the Japanese police pushed to the accidental reason, but with no proof of any accident. The family first, than everybody started to thinking about a criminal affair.
You can help the family via this website: Unis pour Tiphaine
"Tiphaine où es-tu ?" A book written by Tiphaine's brother and sister Damien and Sybille is also available (French only).
Kegon falls on September 21, 2021 in Nikko Japan. /Sankei Shimbun (Jan. 4 2019). At around 5:00 a.m., a male employee of a power station viewing security camera footage saw the body of the man caught on a fence about 100 meters east of an observation deck for Kegon Falls./
An empty express train platform in Narita International Airport on September 16, 2021 in Narita, Japan.
Closed shop around Kegon falls on July 18, 2023 in Nikko Japan.
Inside the Turtle Hotel where Tiphaine stayed on September 21, 2021 in Nikko Japan.
Lawson convenience store near the Turtle Hotel on July 17 2023 in Nikko Japan. A screenshot from CCTV from this shop is the last visual proof of Tiphaine in Nikko.
Neighborhood around the Turtle Hotel at night where Tiphaine stayed on September 21, 2021 in Nikko Japan.
Neighborhood police station around the Turtle Hotel at night where Tiphaine stayed on September 21, 2021 in Nikko Japan.
View of the Turtle Hotel at night where Tiphaine stayed on July 17, 2023 in Nikko Japan.
A “missing person” paper for Tiphaine is tape close to Kanmangafuchi Abyss on July 18, 2023 in Nikko, Japan.
Kegon falls on September 21, 2021 in Nikko Japan.
View Chuzenji lake on September 21, 2021 in Nikko, Japan. /At around 11:05 a.m., a male tourist, 25, out for a stroll alerted emergency services after finding the body floating near a bank of Lake Chuzenji./
View Chuzenji lake on September 21, 2021 in Nikko, Japan. /At around 11:05 a.m., a male tourist, 25, out for a stroll alerted emergency services after finding the body floating near a bank of Lake Chuzenji./
A Torii (a gate symbolically marks the transition from the mundane to the sacred) in Nikko Toshogu shrine on September 21, 2021 in Nikko, Japan.
View of Nikko valley from the road to Chuzenji lake on February 17, 2022 I Nikko, Japan.
A “missing person” paper for Tiphaine is tape close to Takinoo shrine on February 17, 2022 in Nikko, Japan.
Forest around Takinoo shrine on February 17, 2022 in Nikko, Japan.
A former golf course on February 17, 2022 in Nikko, Japan. /Shortly after noon on January 19, a local resident reported that suitcases and other items had been thrown away at a former golf course in Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture, and when the police checked the suitcases, they found the body of a person without clothing. /
Omikuji (random fortunes) are fold-up on a wire to avoid the bad luck prediction Nikko inside Tosho-gu (main tourist landmark) on February 18, 2022 in Nikko Japan.
View of the Nikko Tosho-gu (main tourist landmark) is cover by snow on February 18, 2023 in Nikko Japan.
Kinugawa Toll Gate Office on February 18, 2023 in Nikko, Japan. /Shortly after 6:00 a.m. on August 7 2021, a man passing by for fishing found a piece of a human skull in a mountain forest in Osagoshi, Nikko City. According to the Imaichi Police Station, the scene was a mountain forest about 500 meters north of the Kinugawa Toll Gate Office on the toll road. The police are working to confirm the identity of the man./
A stack of wooden logs near Kinugawa Toll Gate Office on February 18, 2023 in Nikko, Japan. /Shortly after 6:00 a.m. on August 7 2021, a man passing by for fishing found a piece of a human skull in a mountain forest in Osagoshi, Nikko City. According to the Imaichi Police Station, the scene was a mountain forest about 500 meters north of the Kinugawa Toll Gate Office on the toll road. The police are working to confirm the identity of the man./
Boats is half put on the frozen bank of Chuzenji lake on February 17, 2022 in Nikko, Japan. /At around 11:05 a.m., a male tourist, 25, out for a stroll alerted emergency services after finding the body floating near a bank of Lake Chuzenji. Believed to be in her 50s to 80s, the woman was wearing a white jacket, blue t-shirt and black jeans. No personal items were found at the scene, and the body had not experienced decay, according to the Nikko Police Station./
Daiya river passes just behind the Turtle Hotel (where Tiphaine stayed) on February 18, 2022 in Nikko, Japan.
A handkerchief forgotten by a tourist in the Kanmangafuchi Abyss on July 18, 2023 in Nikko Japan.
Daiya river passes just behind the Turtle Hotel (where Tiphaine stayed) on March 06, 2023 in Nikko, Japan.
Inside the Turtle Hotel where Tiphaine stayed on September 21, 2021 in Nikko Japan.
A Jizo-sama (guardian deity of children and travellers) in the Kanmangafuchi Abyss on September 22, 2021 in Nikko Japan.
An empty train seats bound for Tokyo from Nikko on February 18, 2023 in Tochigi area, Japan.
View of track from Aizu-kinugawa line (at Kami-Miyorishiobara-Onsenguchi) on March 06, 2023 in Nikko, Japan. /Tochigi Prefectural Police have launched an investigation after a human skull was found along a railway line in Nikko City on Thursday, reports the Sankei Shimbun (Aug. 30). At 10:30 a.m., a worker cutting grass along the Tobu Kinugawa Line tipped off police after finding the skull along the track bed in the Kamimiyori area./
Boats are on the bank of Chuzenji lake on March 07, 2023 in Nikko, Japan. /At around 11:05 a.m., a male tourist, 25, out for a stroll alerted emergency services after finding the body floating near a bank of Lake Chuzenji. Believed to be in her 50s to 80s, the woman was wearing a white jacket, blue t-shirt and black jeans. No personal items were found at the scene, and the body had not experienced decay, according to the Nikko Police Station./
A pin tree stands on a cliff near Kegon falls on March 06, 2023 in Nikko, Japan.
View of Daiya river in Nikko on March 06, 2023 in Nikko, Japan. /On the 24th, a police officer, who was searching for a missing person in another case, found a bleached human body with the skull and bones of the whole body in the bushes on the bank of the Oya River that flows through Imaichi, Nikko City. According to the police, an autopsy revealed that the body is believed to be a man over 50 years old, and that there was no human trauma./
Daiya river after a storm close to the Turtle Hotel where Tiphaine stayed on July 17, 2023 in Nikko Japan.
A dead tree in Senjogahara marshland on March 07, 2023 in Nikko, Japan.
View of Daiya river in Nikko on March 06, 2023 in Nikko, Japan. /On the 24th, a police officer, who was searching for a missing person in another case, found a bleached human body with the skull and bones of the whole body in the bushes on the bank of the Oya River that flows through Imaichi, Nikko City. According to the police, an autopsy revealed that the body is believed to be a man over 50 years old, and that there was no human trauma./
Neighborhood around the Turtle Hotel at night where Tiphaine stayed on July 17, 2023 in Nikko Japan.
Forest around Takinoo shrine on March 06, 2023 in Nikko, Japan.
A board sign with a warning about a fake tourist guide who touch (women) visitors at Takinoo shrine on March 06, 2023 in Nikko, Japan.
A Torii (a gate symbolically marks the transition from the mundane to the sacred) in Takinoo shrine on March 06, 2023 in Nikko, Japan.
View of Senjogahara marshland on March 07, 2023 in Nikko, Japan.
A “missing person” paper for Tiphaine is on a board on July 18, 2023 in Nikko, Japan.
Neighborhood around the Turtle Hotel at night where Tiphaine stayed on July 17, 2023 in Nikko Japan.
Neighborhood around the Turtle Hotel at night where Tiphaine stayed on July 17, 2023 in Nikko Japan.
Nikko Tobu Station area at nigh when tourists left the town on July 17, 2023 in Nikko Japan.
Old, abandoned workers' homes near Kanmangafuchi Abyss on July 17, 2023 in Nikko Japan.
Incense burns inside Nikkozan Rinnoji Temple on July 18, 2023 Nikko, Japan.
A “missing person” paper for Tiphaine is display in front of the police station on July 19, 2023 in Nikko, Japan.
Yellow boats at Chuzenji lake on July 18, 2023 in Nikko, Japan. /At around 11:05 a.m., a male tourist, 25, out for a stroll alerted emergency services after finding the body floating near a bank of Lake Chuzenji. Believed to be in her 50s to 80s, the woman was wearing a white jacket, blue t-shirt and black jeans. No personal items were found at the scene, and the body had not experienced decay, according to the Nikko Police Station./
View of Hinatasa erosion control dam on July 19, 2023 in Nikko, Japan. A fortune teller in France said the body was there.
An empty parking lot near the Kegon falls on July 18, 2023 in Nikko Japan.