Journal of Scientifc Exploration, Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 477–490, 2014 0892-3310/14 RESEARCH ARTICLE Children with Life-between-Life Memories OHKADO MASAYUKI Faculty of General Education, Chubu University, Aichi, Japan Division of Perceptual Studies, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA ohkado@isc.chubu.ac.jp IKEGAWA AKIRA Administrative Director of Ikegawa Clinic, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan Submitted 8/22/2013, Accepted 11/23/2014, Published 9/30/2014 Abstract—Studies of children claiming to have past-life memories have revealed that some of these children also claim to remember the “bardo,” or life-between-life state. Although there seems to be a small number of those with past-life memories, the number increases if we also consider children without past life memories (cf. Sharma & Tucker 2004, Tucker 2005:183–184). This article will report on some cases of Japanese children who claim to have life-between-life memories and show that the presence of life-between-life memories does not depend upon the presence of past- life memories. This suggests that children with past-life memories must be viewed within a larger context of the large group of children with one or a combination of the four types of memories: “in the womb,” birth, life-be- tween-life, and past-life. Introduction A six-year-old boy recalls his experience before he was born, saying, “I was flying in the sky, looking for my mother. Looking down. I could see my mother and chose her. I thought she was the best person. She looked lonely, and I thought, ‘If I come to her, she will not feel lonely anymore.’” A nine-year old girl describes the place where she was before she came to her mother: “There were many children, or souls, and a god, an entity with authority.” To our question “Is he like a school teacher?” she replied: “No, no, no! He is much more generous,” and said, “He was looking after us, like a counselor.” There are many children in Japan who claim to remember such life-between-life experiences. 1 The phenomenon itself is not new. One of the earliest examples is the case of Katsugoro, a Japanese boy born in 1806, who gave detailed memories of his past-lives. He was taken to a house in a different village where he