In Japan, the soul of deceased person is rumored coming back during summer season. Same with New Year, “Obon” is an important event for Japanese culture to welcome back the ancestor who had passed on. Unfortunately, ancestors are not the only one that come back during “Obon”. Conceivably that those angry spirits with grudge will come back during this season as well. It is also a season which discussing about the ghost story about spirit reincarnate with vengeance. During summer, it is known to have a mountain of horror programs are released at magazine and television. Let's see the famous ghost story and urban legend in Japan which could send the chill down your spine even during hot summer night.
Urban legend : Kuchisake Onna (Mouth Cleft Woman)
Kuchisake Onna story started disseminated during end of 1970s, is a notorious story which had caused the social phenomena during that time. It all begin with A beautiful young lady who wore a red coat and mask in the evening, who will approach children after school which normally happens during evening time. She will ask the child, "Am I pretty?". In the event that your answer is "pretty", She will then remove her mask and ask again, "Am I still pretty?". Oh my Goodness! Her mouth is cracked apart till the edge of her ears. If the child answer "Not pretty", then the child will be killed immediately by Kuchisake Onna with a sharp sickle.
Indeed, the story started disseminated is said to be started by impoverished parents who were poor and unable afford their children to go for tuition. In order to convince their kids from not going for tuition, the parents told their children that “Anyone who walking during nighttime will be attacked by Kuchisake Onna”.
Urban Legend : Hanako-san in toilet
Hanako in the toilet is popular and eerie story among the children all over the country even till today. The most popular scenario is when an unfortunate victim went the female’s toilet on 2nd floor in school. Knocking the door 3 times and ask, “Hanako-san, are you inside?”. If you were to hear the reply “yes”, followed by the door slowly creak open and there will be a pale girl with eerie fringe hair and wearing a red skirt inside, who will forcibly drag you into the toilet. The whereabout that you can find Hanako-san is the girls’ toilet after school. Of course, is illegal break into the school just to visit Hanako-san!
Japanese Folktales : Okiku-san (Sarayashiki) edition
Okiku-san is one of the Top three infamous ghosts in Japan. Okiku-san, who was a maid once had accidentally dropped and broke 1 of the 10-precious dish belonging to her master. Her master was furious at Okiku-san and subsequently chopped off the middle finger of Okiku-san, and later locked Okiku-san in a room. Okiku-san has succeeded in break out from the locked room, it was regrettable that she commits suicide eventually by jumping in an old well. Since then, it was rumor that a sorrowful voice of dish counting, “one piece, two pieces”, followed by “one piece is missing…” could be heard from the old well every night. Also, there was also an innuendo that the baby who was born after was without middle finger.
Japanese Folktales : Rokurokubi Edition
It was rumor that Rokurokubi typically doesn’t look any different with any other ordinary human in the day time, is just that their neck grows remarkably long during midnight. The story began when a woman who suffered from insomnia. Notably Rokurokubi has always appeared in the literature after the Edo era. There are some suggestion that the story isn’t talking about the ghost but rather just an abnormal sleeping position due to insomnia.
Japanese folktales: Nopperabou edition
Nopperabou is a monster without eyes, nose, mouth, and ears on the face. There is a legend at numerous places in Japan from since long time ago. Nopperabou has the features of any ordinary human being except the face , and they enjoy petrify people. In any matter, Nopperabou is just mischievous monster, who loves to frighten people but they have no intention to hurt people. It is a youkai(monster) who also been used in many movies and animations, popular with their humorous and eerie specialty.
Horror Movie : Sadako Edition
The explosion of Japanese Horror has been escalated to a sky-high level when Sadako was made into a movie in 1998. Yamamura Sadako, who wants to become a famous actress, was killed when she was dropped in a well. She is notably for her eerie long black hair, peeping with her glaring one eye, and wearing white clothes. Sadako has strong resentment towards this world, which she cursed and killed the audients who watches “Cursed Video” tape. It is notorious scene when Sadako crawl out from the TV screen as well as the scene which Sadako crawl her way out out of a well. Expert might have thought that Sadako’s existence will decrease due to the new technology of Blu-ray Disc. In fact, Sadako has enhanced herself and have changed her playfield to “internet” in Movie “Sadako 3D”.
Horror Movie : Incoming Call
In 2004 a notorious Japanese movie was released. It is a horror movie about a person who received a preliminary announcement call of death on a mobile phone, who died without any fighting chance to escape from the curse. Hollywood also caught on with this hyped and made their own take on this series.
One day, a message pop out which displays you have "incoming call" at the mobile phone. When the mobile phone owner listened to the voice mail, there was a hair-raising scream voice recorded. The caller ID is the number of the owner itself and the time of incoming call is after 3 days after this. The mobile phone owner took it as a prank call and ignored it. However the same incoming call with the same recorded voice came in again after 3 days, and the owner died. The fear of 'preliminary announcement of death' spreads from one after another it is unstoppable...
How? Do you feel chilling cold under your skin after these stories?
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