Top 15 Japanese Urban Legends - TRI$H@ S (books to read for teens TXT) 📗

The Girl From the Gap

The girl from the gap is a Japanese urban legend that says that she hides in gaps in houses. If you see her she’ll ask you if you want to play hide-and-seek before disappearing. If you see her again she’ll drag you to hell or some other dimension.

Shirokiya Department Store Deaths

 

There was a fire in the Shirokiya Department Store in Nihombashi and a number of the kimonoed salesgirls had fled to the roof. The fire raged, out of control, and the only escape was by leaping into the safety nets held out by the firemen below. The trapped girls, however, refused to jump. All were in a kimono. When they went down the rope, a gust of wind came making them let go of the rope to put down the kimono. However, when they let go they fell to their deaths.

8 Feet Tall

 

The legend is about a woman who is 8 feet tall. She makes the sound, “Po, po, po,” in a deep male voice. She wonders around taking children. She appears different depending on the person. Some say she looks like a haggard old woman in a kimono or just a normal person in a white dress. Her victims are mostly children.

 

The Manhole

 

Mayumi is a girl who gets bullied at her school. One day Mayumi was jumping on a manhole muttering, “9, 9, 9, 9.” A girl from her school asked what she was doing. Apparently she ignored her making the girl mad. She pushed Mayumi down; at the exact moment Mayumi grabbed the manhole with all her strength making the girl fall into the hole. Mayumi smile in satisfaction and put the manhole back on it. She continued to jump, but this time she was muttering, “10, 10, 10, 10.”

Hikiko-san

 

Hikiko-san is a story of a young girl who is often the target of bullying by her classmates who will write mean comments on her desk or her bag about her. They will trip her, push her and find other ways to bully her. At home her parents will yell and hit her frequently and no one would not stand up for her, they were afraid of becoming the next target. The constant bullying took a toll on her physical appearance. As revenge she said to scare and captured the kids and drags them on the floor till they’re badly humiliated.

 

Noh Mask

 

The Noh mask is a type of mask used for operas. The mask has a little legend that goes to it. The legend says that when the host puts on the mask, they think negative thoughts. The negative thoughts would go the mask making it powerful. As the host thinks more and more negative they begin to rot. After the last negative thought the host will die and the mask will go on to find a new host.

Slit-Mouthed Woman

 

Slit-Mouthed Woman is a woman who has her mouth slit from ear to ear. She carries scissors and wears a surgical mask to cover her mouth. She’ll ask you if she’s pretty. If you say no, she’ll cut you in half and if you say yes she cut your mouth like hers. The only way to escape her is to say average, so, so or to ask her, “Am I pretty?” It’ll give you time to escape as she is confuse with the answer.

Cursed Kleenex Commercial

 

The Kleenex commercial released a Japanese version showing a woman dressed in all white and a young child dressed as a Japanese ogre. Many people found the commercial disturbing and complained how the song sounded like a German curse. According to the legend, the crewmembers had died of accidents and the woman became pregnant with a demon child. Some believe the view would change at midnight.

 

Hanako-san

 

Hanako-san is a spirit of a little girl who wears a red shirt who is believed to possess girls’ bathrooms all over in Japan. As the legends goes, if a depress girl approaches the third stall in a girls’ restroom and knocks three times and asks, “Are you there, Hanako-san?” The voice will be heard by saying, “I am here.” You either have a choice by walking away or opening the stall, if you open the stall she’ll either be waiting for you before vanishing or violently dragging you to the toilet and killing you.

 

No Face

 

No face is a Japanese creature known primly frightening humans, but is harmless. They appear as a normal human being or relative whom the victim will be familiar. Then after waiting for the right time their facial features disappear leaving a blank patch of skin where their faces are supposed to be. No face has no interest in killing or has really no gender. They’re just really mischievous spirits who wonders giving humans a really good scare.