50 Japanese Urban Legends

[@YuriTCC]

Derp, I didn't change the time to skip The 10 Day Dream. Go to here if you would like to skip it: 59:43

[@Shartedsohard]

I'm first u_u

[@levimcdoanld1050]

20 my favorite

[@matthewpride2396]

You know he bought that doll for emself. Oiiii

[@witch-hunter]

Send more videos like this, with urban legends of other countries

[@supersoldier009]

Question on the 10 day dream: 1, the girl, can I pipe on day 2? 2 the cat pushing the dog, how large is the cat, do I have to use my bare hands and does it fight back? 3, on the 9th day, say I could pipe. Could I infinitely loop the dream until I tire of it? Asking for a friend

[@Meetsu]

After I've listened all of these "cursed" urban legends I can imagine them fighting over which one will kill me first

[@sarcasticfantastic5199]

Are you still alive?

[@Meetsu]

@@sarcasticfantastic5199 So far so good

[@oceanwatersea]

They gonna do some Suicide type alliance lmao each gets a limb from you

[@Omnislash7]

That’s how you win. They become so occupied fighting over who gets you that they can’t get you. Now if they team up on the other hand…

[@carlosvaldez3093]

you still alive?

[@MoonMoonTM]

The thought of a ghost just tripping people for fun is absolutely hilarious 😂😂

[@KT-lt4fy]

the no face ghosts sounds like a comedy sketch lmao.. They probs choose victims who have the best reactions!

[@kdr_xion]

Yeah it is but not because it gives people paranoia and that not fun i get like that a lot and it sucks

[@THECrimsonFuckerAlucardHimself]

I like to imagine that the ghost laughs every time it trips someone

[@Tikkibombom]

There is a Bengali ghost who resides inside the hollow of a bamboo plant and does just that to an unsuspecting traveler passing through a bamboo field.

[@nuraahmed2572]

@@Tikkibombom omg I saw it too

[@missgalaxia14]

As someone who's listened and read about these urban legends, I just wanna say: THANK YOU for not adding creepy music in the bg. I know that sounds weird, the video's supposed to be creepy, but I listen to these kinds of stories and always end up spooking myself too badly for the rest of the day that I barely move from my bed. This video felt more like a friend just telling me a story while I scroll through my phone. really relaxing but still occasionally sends chills down my spine

[@mythoughtsandme5413]

Lmao

[@user-cq7mo4tt6g]

If you got chills in your spine that means someone walked on your future grave.

[@Razvansk1]

@@user-cq7mo4tt6g this sounds like cringe

[@Sticker.Doodlez]

Thank you! I'm the same way and I love scary stories but sometimes they really do their job and I'd have nightmares for days and not be able to feel safe 😭😭

[@Vaihly]

@@user-cq7mo4tt6g *AYO STOP WALKING ON MY GRAVE...* *STOPPPPPP*

[@kitsunesden8085]

Oh yes, the scary story of a ghost that passively-aggressive walks behind you closer and closer until you let it pass.

[@JosukeHigashikataReal]

Literally me👻

[@YouthfulCrusader]

his gps said he had sloooooow traffick in his way

[@Jedi-ge6lr]

Tbf, it would be terrifying to hear footsteps behind you getting closer, and when you turn around, nothings there.

[@injun_gaming]

@@Jedi-ge6lri agree especially at night

[@summerhagan6769]

That’s gonna be me when I die 😂

[@wanderinghistorian]

I like the fact there are a number of supernatural entities that can be avoided or placated by just being polite to them. :)

[@sonalroy7703]

are u still alive?

[@kannari_]

​@@sonalroy7703lmao

[@jadthecat387]

that's a good way of teaching kids some manners

[@phantomhearts5577]

@@hartraven67 wait what kind of fact?

[@trendyfinger7408]

Japanese people are so polite, they even calls urban legends ghosts with “san”

[@Majora404err01r]

True

[@exploder84]

Top tier glazing

[@Sanemi-Shinazugawa2001]

My mom has some cousins who live in japan

[@LeedleLee457]

The first one, Beto-Beto san, was mentioned in the anime Higurashi. Because the footsteps are in sync with yours, it's hard to tell there's another pair of footsteps behind you. So what you do is, right before you're about to take another step, just stop your feet as it's about to touch the ground. You'll hear a footstep behind you, but your foot never touched down.

[@thehindo0321]

Such a good anime, don't hear people talk about it enough. You have good taste

[@kamenbaltan6990]

Aye a fellow person of good anime taste

[@vickishaw6053]

Higurashi is a great anime, I'm gonna introduce my husband to them soon.

[@seiikei]

Cultured persom

[@Lfarron1717]

So the ghost can be trolled

[@kikiyarah27]

I love how almost all countries and cultures have their own version of an old scary woman who eats people and harms children lol. Baba Yaga, Yama Uba, etc.

[@HelloItsMikkan]

Yama Uba is said to be born from the elderly that was abandoned by their relatives. Japan had this practice of abandoning their elderly up a mountain to die

[@aaronjames3228]

@@HelloItsMikkan holy crap

[@akirathewildcard9625]

La Lorna

[@mbr41]

What's crazy is that most urban legends from different countries consist of a girl in white, super pale skin, and their hair is so long that their face isn't shown.

[@ErinKTheWriter]

Baba Yaga is my favorite because sometimes she's not scary and she's helpful and she also lives in a house that walks around on chicken feet.

[@jonathanmeza5807]

I’ve always been more scared by Japanese folklore than any other folklore, and that’s saying a lot considering I’m Mexican and our own folklore is pretty scary as well. I think that compared to other folklore, Japanese urban legends have that characteristic of involving the listener by simply being a listener. You always hear the “anyone who hears this story gets instantly cursed” thing, and it creeps me out because it makes the urban legend feel more real, suddenly it’s not a story anymore and there’s a chance it might become part of your own reality. Moreover, Japanese urban legends have a randomness to it that scares the ever living crap out of me. In other folklore, the urban legends don’t do anything unless provoked. For example, if you do a certain ritual you invoke a demon, if you go to a certain forest you might encounter creatures etc. With Japanese urban legends, there’s no such thing as cause and effect, a creature can just appear next to you without invoking it or going to a certain place. You could be watching adult anime and suddenly, Futakuchi-Onna is laying next to you 😂

[@dandiersaucer]

Ah a fellow Mexican freaked out from la llorona as a kid when misbehaved I see

[@jonathanmeza5807]

@@dandiersaucer lol yea. With la llorona, all you have to do is avoid rivers at night, with some of these Japanese legends, you could be going to the local convinience store to buy some snack and suddenly you have a creepy wahmen asking if she’s pretty

[@uncomfortableegg8517]

Ever heard of the Wendigo? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendigo

[@cr3mation_blz603]

omg same it makes me so paranoid and more scared

[@csl9495]

Yea... and then this bastard recited the Tominoe poem (a poem I've never heard and in the past made a deliberate choice not to listen to it)... and I was too lazy to skip it... so I guess I maybe cursed now.

[@rutapr.3071]

the fact this dude added bopping music and speaking in a friendly like voice while talking about these creepy urban legends is amazing 🤣

[@cellinemartins]

Tomino's hell is more sad/depressing than it is creepy imo, I think the only thing that makes it "scary" is the pic that accompanies it (and the supposed curse of course)

[@Animallover-zp7xu]

Someone made a video of the pic I forgot the KZbinrs channel.

[@HistoryRogue95]

Honestly I feel like most of these ghosts just need a hug

[@alexthekiddo10]

@@Animallover-zp7xu The Blind Dweller right?

[@dusktheowlgryphon]

The picture was made by a Japanese artist, Yuko Tatsushima. Said painting is titled "I can't be a wife anymore."

[@shubhammukherjee9812]

What happened to the narrator who was telling it

[@maise_elf]

Thank you for the warning about Dream School, I have really bad paranoia sometimes and have heard "cursed stories" before where warnings weren't given that have then plagued my mind for a long time after - means a lot that you considered your viewers

[@stupideronjupiter]

Yeah! I really appreciate it when people give warning about 'cursed' stories.

[@2ranzan]

@@stupideronjupiter I was reading Japanese ghost stories once and it gave a warning so I skipped it. Month later reading more and one sentence in had this odd feeling so I skipped to the last sentence which said if you read this you will be cursed. Dicks lol

[@aaronjames3228]

Curses aren't real you know. it's your fault if you're an easily spooked person and watch videos like this

[@aaronjames3228]

@@stupideronjupiter why? Curses aren't real. No need for any sort of warning

[@rvemqq]

@@aaronjames3228 those with anxiety like me can’t handle it, with warning and without it. It’s fine if you don’t add a warning but lots of people appreciate it!! As our anxiety can cause panic attacks/breakdowns/mental breakdowns and more.

[@creampuff4721]

I really appreciate you not putting in a bunch of creepy sound effects and putting on a slow spooky-narrator type voice, I just wanna know the stories!

[@marcosm6346]

I love how many of the ways to be safe from the ghosts or whatever are just "do not interact" "do not indulge on what they want" or "just dont be an asshole"

[@unknown_k55]

You're such a legend for giving the warning on the Dream school story! I can manage a good scary story and live with randomly remembering it, before going to sleep... but being "cursed" without any warning just makes me mad and kinda anxyous tbh xD (Although I know that's kinda stupid on my side, lmao) so thanks a LOT for that!

[@Yemaozin]

true and ima listen to it to break out of my paranoia and anxiety

[@aaronjames3228]

It is stupid

[@orionwoolley4602]

I skipped it too😁

[@minyoongles7474]

@@Yemaozin I wanna listen to it but im not sure if i can forget it, how did it go on your side?

[@Yemaozin]

@@minyoongles7474 went well nothing happened just paranoia for a few hours

[@violaterberuda6935]

For everybody worried about being cursed just know everyone that knows the story has to read it word for word and thousands of people have made videos about these stories and still post till this day no issues, you’re watching a video of someone retell them to you, you’ll be fine lml

[@niconiconiii5497]

So the teke teke hasn't done anything?-

[@rowywu]

@@niconiconiii5497 i heard that one before and its fake don't worry. ps urban legends are just like creepypastas but not on the internet, most if not all are fake and are made to scare kids.

[@ZimVader-0017]

​@niconiconiii5497 I thought the Teke Teke only works if you live near trains. Also, I've listened to it years ago and, yes hello, I'm alive 😆

[@BluSplatKid]

​@@niconiconiii5497I only saw a pair of legs. That's about it, so yeah the legend is fake.

[@iaminsideyourwalls2021]

​@@BluSplatKidHol up

[@whyiscy]

the fact that i immediately skipped to the next urban legend after you said the warning about dream school 😭😭 i tend to remember stories like these because i'm usually awake at night and i scare myself with the thought of these stories. and if i didn't skip that urban legend i would be overthinking about it at night because of the curse 😭😭

[@Shinzo08]

im reading the comments rn just to see if you actually get a dream

[@joordn]

@@Shinzo08did you find anyone who had the dream?

[@Shinzo08]

@@joordn wdym?

[@joordn]

Yk like any people who listened to the cursed stories and are still alive?@@Shinzo08

[@rogertrend9737]

​@@Shinzo08did anything happen after?

[@KaiM2583]

That was fun. Good narration, excellent story telling style. As a lover of Japan and it’s creepy stories this was amazing! Do it again!!!!!

[@JewelWildmoon]

As some who has heard the legend of Teke Teke over 9 times by now over the years, y'all are safe listening to the story.

[@TheVTable]

Yeah, I heard the Teke Teke tale before, no biggie

[@Taliy4h]

you don’t understand how relieved i felt after seeing this comment. i’m deadass shitting bricks while in my parents room, on the phone with my cousin, and telling my brother to come sleep with me😭😭😭. so glad to see this comment

[@darkforce2559]

​@@Taliy4h Same.. are you still alive?

[@JADENSGACHASTORIES]

Is having dreams about encountering Teke-Teke normal?

[@JewelWildmoon]

@@JADENSGACHASTORIES After hearing about it, yeah. That's just fear manifesting it into nightmares.

[@narkiplier]

Know this was uploaded a lil bit ago, Marine in Okinawa here, SSS Curve is definitely fucked, had a friend that went there (Unfortunately I haven't gone myself yet), started exploring a lil bit, never got the nausea or anything but he said he had a flashlight, was shining it around until he hit a wall of what he THOUGHT were bushes, turned out to be a wall of faces staring him down. Course he ran lol

[@cartoonfangirl_1136]

Lets applause this guy for not putting creepy music and not making sound to scary ( yes it still scary but compared to othet videos about japan urban legends this seems the most chill one)

[@kaijuslayer3334]

But it kind of takes away from the fact the stories are supposed to be scary. I wouldn’t recommend this video as much for a first time listener to these stories just because I feel the first time they are heard, in should be in a creepy method as they are supposed to be heard.

[@lollove9974]

True…true

[@bryangintora9541]

I swear these Ubran Legends I just love to listen too. They are not only really interesting but I can see where some big name games got their inspiration from.

[@mrs.alucard6669]

Thank you for including Kuchisake-onna and Okiku's Well. Okiku's tale is my all-time favorite Japanese ghost story and I actually named one of my chickens after her. The Slit-Mouthed Woman is my all-time favorite Japanese urban legend, this may sound weird but I feel so awful for her. No woman deserves to be treated like she was.

[@kaijuslayer3334]

To be fair, every version of the story has her do something like cheat on her husband beforehand for something to happen to her. And then she ends up becoming a murderous spirit.

[@VinhNguyen-vo7gn]

Kuchisake-Onna is my scariest Japanese urban legend

[@wingriddenangel777]

Yeah, I totally understand. I wanna tell her that she's genuinely pretty the way she is, and that nobody's opinion other than her's matters.

[@wingriddenangel777]

@@kaijuslayer3334 are you saying she deserved it? Keep in mind that this story is from way back to the samurai period, and I doubt they treated woman nearly as respectfully as they do in modern Japan. The husband ruthlessly slit her mouth- she was a literal victim.

[@OnevisionFredonyt]

@@VinhNguyen-vo7gn me too, but I've heard of a Roblox horror game called The Mimic which has some of the Japanese urban legends

[@myrmexi_mien]

THE WAY I YELLED AT THE TOMINO'S HELL PICS MOVING EYES. SCREW YOU FOR THAT SIR (THOUGH IT WAS PRETTY FUNNY LOL) great list, lotsa unique ones in this!

[@areslilithfell]

thank god other people saw it too. i almost had a heart attack lmao

[@tsubasa1885]

omg I was searching for this kind of comment because I got really paranoid seeing her eyes move :'D

[@himeoftwili]

Literally rewound that part of the video to see if I was just tripping. o.o

[@Ghost-fun666]

Glad that I wasn't the only one.

[@valentinewhite9298]

i appreciate you telling us when a story is supposed ot "curse" you so we can avoid it. that is one of the ffew things that actuallly gets me, and causes me paranoia really badly, to the point where i won't sleep

[@monsterhanna6691]

The Manhole story is so intriguing to me. I have so many questions about that. And the Half-Woman and Slit-Mouthed Woman freak me out the most, as well as the one about the girl getting calls from her doll. Also, imagine being killed for resisting someone else's advances and for something you didn't even do in the first place. Also, that Tall Woman isn't coming anywhere near my children and that Red Crayon story is chilling.

[@nicholashudson6009]

Po po po po hachi kami

[@heterian97]

As a curiosity. The "Tomino's Hell" poem is filled with references to Buddhist hells. The 7 mountains, 7 rivers, Avici, Needle mountain, etc. Are sectors of hell. You can look it up, it's pretty interesting. The part about the sister whose mouth blazes fire and the one that vomits blood, describes 2 types of hungry ghosts (one type of being into which sentient beings can reincarnate). They are actually named by their characteristics, "blood vomiting" and "blazing mouth." In Buddhism, these spirits are fed to alleviate their suffering, blessing food with a specific mantra so they can eat it and not vomit it nor burning their mouths. Maybe the poem is cursed because it names too many of the hells, in Japanese, maybe it uses the sino-japanese pronunciation. This is how they would be pronounced in the Buddhist Sutras. Reciting Sutras is believed to have supernatural effects (normally as blessings), but maybe the idea is that only reciting the names of the hells might cause their energy to sap into the reciter, as would the blessings if a whole Sutra would be recited. Only that in this case, it is curses what's being received. I think it's interesting from the academic occult pov.

[@JohnSmith-nj9qo]

I love how interactive some Japanese urban legends are. In most cultures, the urban legends usually revolve around a cryptid or some sort of spirit who'll instantly murder you if it happens to see you. In Japan, the urban legends will just walk up to you and start a conversation, and if you say the right things you can leave unharmed.

[@reywilson4337]

Thank you for warning about the 'hearing the story transfers the curse/ghost to you' stories ahead of time. I hate hate hate getting into a great creepy story only to find out at the very end that my paranoia's going to be on high alert for the next few nights. I did listen to the dream ones, though; I've been killed in my dreams before and it's actually pretty boring after the fact, so those don't really get me anymore. 🤣

[@aaronjames3228]

Curses aren't real. Man people really have weak minds

[@monsterhanna6691]

You shouldn't take those dreams lightly. I hope you've done research on them as they could be a warning.

[@reywilson4337]

@@monsterhanna6691 In my case it was a warning that I'd been reading a book where some characters' hearts exploded too close to bedtime 😅

[@MegaWestergaard]

are you still alive? 😅

[@couchowl767]

@@MegaWestergaard nope

[@Triforce_of_Doom]

*hears the story of Futakuchi-Onna* I would not be surprised if that was an inspiration for the design of Filia & Samson in Skullgirls.

[@angrybidoof847]

she is

[@maxxtheidiott]

definitely and the pokemon one too

[@ashlynbrown3728]

And that's why I named my Mawile, Filia

[@BOB988]

omg yesssss

[@piyowidoko]

Thank you for not putting creepy music in the backround and putting a warning on the curse related ones. As a person with paranoia, i really appreciated that!

[@minomushi_hitogata]

Just for anyone curious, Himuro Mansion is only believed to be a japanese urban legend by western sources because of the western marketing for the game Fatal Frame bc its the plot of fatal frame and made up for the game. What WAS based on true events was the game creator seeing ghosts his whole life, NOT Himuro Mansion. Ppl in Japan dont think himuro mansion is an urban legend or anything, just a plot to a video game

[@katanalevygames]

I was really confused when they started reading the plot to Fatal Frame! XD

[@Biplizard]

Glad someone pointed this out

[@LotusStitchandSketch]

from what I understand the actual house the mansion is based on in the fatal frame game was never actually proven to exist. Does sound like the kind of stuff that people in the japan mid-evil times would be doing though.

[@Aarkwrite]

@@katanalevygamessame! 😂

[@forTehMemes]

Japan has such wild and creepy urban legends. Love hearing about them

[@BloopTheNoop]

Knowing me I’ll forget about the dream school before the next story is finished Edit: deadass forgot

[@wendychen2419]

Sammmeee I was not worried about that one AT all lol

[@Mecal21]

No joke I heard this story years and years ago and I told myself I'd remember it forever. Before watching this video, I'd randomly remember about it but I only had the memory of a hallway and how I need to remember it. I've finally found the story just today through this video

[@Nemu1337]

I have a question, would you still get the dream if you don’t know the full story and haven’t forgotten about it?

[@YourMum_gae_forM3.6124]

I'm not sure if I'll forget about it but f*ck it

[@Nemu1337]

@@YourMum_gae_forM3.6124 oh dw man, just try not to think about it too much. It’s like going to sleep, to sleep easily you’ll have to empty your mind in order for your brain to rest. Same like this, but when you empty your thoughts, worries and shit you’ll forget about it eventually

[@mikazuki1764]

I was recently in Japan on a solo trip. I'd go out to explore things and see the country for what it is. I can 100% confirm that Beto-beto san is real because I would often hear footsteps around me and no one would be near me at all as I'd go off the beaten path often to explore more. I thought it was strange to hear them, so I would stop for a sec to look around and then I would resume walking and then I had normal footsteps...

[@hanayuuki790]

omg did this happen often or at certain areas like in urban or suburban?

[@shenyang6111]

ghosts should be scared of me ;)

[@Dcookies100]

@@shenyang6111 vicious backshots for beto-beto-san

[@atlasfp]

​@@Dcookies100AYO?

[@LeedleLee457]

It's interesting because in East Asia and Southeast Asia, a lot of ghosts in folklore are depicted as disembodied footsteps. In a lot of Asian culture, it's said that ghosts cannot enter your home until you invite them in (that's why in Spirited Away, No-Face couldn't enter the bathhouse till Chihiro left the door open for him). It's also said that leaving your shoes outside, pointing towards the door, is an open invitation to any wandering spirits to come in. The wandering spirits is always recounted as "footsteps in the dark".

[@Kindred_Lamb]

Death is often such a tragic tale, yet Japanese folklore make it more fascinating, of tales of being spirited away, of hauntings, of curses or anguish and torture, of retribution, vengeance and mere yokai, spirits of the land.

[@anikanamisu2456]

Don't worry guys, I survived dream school. It's been 5 years.

[@berryberry8290]

Mad respect hopefully i will too lol

[@anikanamisu2456]

@@berryberry8290 I'm rooting for you bro

[@berryberry8290]

@@anikanamisu2456 hell yeah gonna beat the shit out of that monster thing

[@anikanamisu2456]

@@berryberry8290 THAT IS THE BEST THING YOU COULD'VE REPLIED OMG

[@Tinypebblesastar]

What dream school I forgot about it on 2 seconds

[@angrybidoof847]

The artist behind the image used for Tomino's hell (which is a cropped version of a full piece, used with out credit by the original poster ) is yuko tatsushima Her other work is just as awesome, and creepy as this piece ( which is named " I can't be a bride anymore")

[@hays4475]

Ah, the struggles of being an artist. I feel terrible for the og artist

[@Polyeurythane]

I’ve wondered for years who the og artist is, so thanks for telling me. Sucks that they got their art cropped and essentially stolen without credit. Same thing happened with SCP-173, but it sounds like the SCP wiki is changing/has changed the picture in acknowledgment of how it was stolen even though the artist eventually allowed it to be used.

[@Llawliet998]

@@hays4475 oh you mean like this

[@hays4475]

@@Llawliet998 Huh?

[@Llawliet998]

@@hays4475 the urban legend word get it

[@howdy4504]

"Okiku's doll, no relation to Okiku's well" was wildly funny to me. LIke don't get it twisted, these are two separate funky ghosts

[@lordkittin]

KZbin algorithm really giving me some underrated gems today lol If you're up for it, you should do a video about urban legends from Mexico/South America. From what I've seen, not a lot of folks do videos on that topic outside of the most popular i.e. La Llorona or the Chupacabra.

[@AlexMartinez-nn2cm]

i've been interested on japanese urban legends for a while and read a lot about them but there were actually some new ones i didn't know in this video so kudos to you for covering it!

[@worstness8259]

"Whoever is to read Tomino's hel out loud will be cursed" him: proceeds to read it out loud

[@dtiwithlexi]

Loll😂

[@BreadApologist]

Japanese and other non-American urban legends always seem much more frightening or dark. Things like the killer with a hook for a hand or killer in the backseat while still scary always seem to be just a person, who can be evaded or stopped. A good deal of Japanese ones seem far harder to evade either requiring cleverness n trickery or sheer luck to escape from if even possible. As opposed to simply running or just killing the attacker.

[@bitterflower4443]

Most American legends are ghosts or based off real things happening or based of Native American folklore

[@koiyune]

im not american or japanese, but in my country, we sure do have folklore ;)

[@annie_xo]

It’s amazing to me that a country can have this many stories like these, what a rich culture. I can think of like... one from my own country (Sweden).

[@Mupyeong]

There are loads of stories in every country. Japan just happens to cherish its history and tales. A lot of countries in the west tried to get rid of theirs or simply replaced them, forgot them or had them overwritten by others. I mean, the Edda is a collection of tales written after most of the religion was forcibly replaced by Christianity.

[@kaijuslayer3334]

@@Mupyeong Well it’s also because of two other things. 1. Japan’s superstitious nature has led to a continuation of stories and urban legends being created to this day. Compared to most legends in other areas being rather old and new ones finding it hard to take off due to a more rational population failing to give them power. And 2. Japan’s number of stories seems large in comparison because since they’ve been culturally appreciated to a large amount by foreign people, there’s more attraction and interest in bringing these stories up to a foreign audience. In truth, even the more obscure countries have enough legends for those who are willing to search for it

[@clutchmctryhard3110]

The story of Hikiko-San just makes me sad. I don't blame her in the slightest for being a vengeful spirit 😭

[@kentuckywildcatgobigblue7190]

She's like Kayako and Kushima Reiko. They were all killed in horrible ways. Poor ladies all need a hug.

[@さくら-l8t]

I like to think she has a soft spot for cats and will always pet and feed them whenever she comes across one

[@nickjonas4317]

I'm happy he mentioned smt cause almost every entry I was like damn that's an pokemon/smt/fatal frame reference Also it's nice that I heard some of these as a kid so it goes to show that these tales were so popular in Japan that they made it over seas in the early 2000's for everyone to hear

[@asoupofprunes3895]

I remember hearing about the phrase you have to forget by the time you turn 20 when I was about 14. I was all, "I'm gonna forget in like a week," but I still remember to this day! I'm 21 now, but a few days before my 20th birthday I was a bit uneasy, ngl.

[@kuwataz]

Oh oh! Is it the purple mirror one? I read about it when I was about 9.. had a weird obsession with urban legends ( still kinda do) and I was sooo paranoid bc I felt like I would never forget it.. I’m 14 now tho and idk if it’s true or not.. need some confirmation lol

[@asoupofprunes3895]

@@kuwataz That's the one! I just didn't want to say the phrase in the main comment lest I curse an errant youngling.

[@itscc2004]

Same! Mine was on the 5th of October and weirdly enough I remembered it on that day and I’m still alive (I also have anorexia, a weird connection but not to do with the story lol)

[@marahe.7220]

41:55 I've also heard that one way to avoid Kuchisake-Onna is, when she approaches you and asks if she's beautiful, you simply have to respond: "I'm sorry, I can't answer that, I'm in a rush" or something of the sort. Then she'll apologize, and leave.

[@teleophobia2460]

I remember someone saying that if you said "so-so" or something along those lines, it would confuse her and give time to run.

[@1eyeddevil929]

"AM I PRETTY?" "I'm in a rush. No time." "Understandable. Have a great day."

[@theanomaly_10]

“Am I pretty?” “I don’t know” “…”

[@rulerofmy_heartz]

I have read a lot of urban legends from different countries from Asia to America but Japanese urban legends will always be my favorite

[@ishowreversespeed3470]

Facts, I always find them interesting, plus I wanna go to Japan and see if there real or not lol or maybe interview ppl if they know or heard of it

[@aaronjames3228]

@@ishowreversespeed3470 they're not

[@Jaysnoneexistentmanbun]

@@aaronjames3228 who knows

[@KingaKucyk]

7:42 sounds like a cautionary tale against greed, instead of piercing XD

[@dothackjhe]

I've always considered myself a fan of Japanese folklore and the yokai. Hearing this subject really piques my interest and curiosity.

[@MichelleCooper-ti5te]

not gonna lie Hanako-San, Beto Beto-San, the tripping ghost, and the Noppero-Bo, sound like they could be my besties HELP I love these ghosts now I want to go to Japan

[@RorysCemetary]

Noppera-Bō was a childhood favorite story I hold dear to me, it was the one story that genuinely scared me and entertained me so much I’ve never forgotten about it 7 years later!

[@ScarletDusk99]

That first story was so charming. I've been watching this video last night and this morning, and it's been really entertaining. Your formal and proper language and story-telling skills make for a very enjoyable experience. There were quite a few of these I didn't know, so it was infotaining. The alternate of the long-neck woman showed up in Hellboy: Sword of Storms, and I believe the ice-woman was the inspiration for Yuki in Demon Prince Enma

[@JustAnotherRat420]

What a perfect video to watch from 9 to 10 pm in my dark room. All jokes aside tho i love this video and that you went into as much detail as possible with all the legends. I'm a massive fan of urban legends from all around the globe and this just made me very happy honestly

[@CaptainYokkiller]

Ey the first youtuber covering Urban legends that gives you a warning if the Urban Legends happens to people who listen to the story/ or finds out about its existence. Cheers m8.

[@M4DAELYN_LYN]

“47 Hanako san “ Every Tbhk fan: where is the bathroom?

[@Merli-Holmes]

I was searching for this comment😂😂😂It's my favorite anime alongside with Hunter x Hunter

[@SonaFunHouse]

We have a similar urban legend like Nopera bo It goes like scared young girls will stand on the side of the road at night and ask for a ride when you picked them thru will ask you if you have ever seen horse hooves when you say yes they will show you that they have hooves just like horses

[@momodolli]

Damn really

[@dale4672]

wth, bro that'd be freaky

[@aaronjames3228]

I'm into it

[@망깨꾹스]

lmao that's kinda funny

[@cancerinphysicalform2113]

I just found your channel and I am happy to say that I am INVESTED to hear more urban legends from you. It'd be really cool to hear some from Mexico

[@sanvich9735]

It's so good to hear that Legends were red but not going to lie I turned down my volume quick when you started reading the poem out loud

[@SonicBoy12]

Me two

[@seatea7745]

im glad he used casual music and didn't put anything scary like jumpscares or those stupid exe photos, i've been looking for a video to enjoy and learn about these things so thanks

[@CartoonCat.And.SonicTH]

Why don't people leave nice offerings such as flowers, food, candy, toys, and wine to these haunted places? if you respect the ghost's wouldnt they like those types of things?

[@Dylanfrias24]

Who are going to go to these places if they believe in them?

[@rebeccamurphy5460]

That would probably work in most cases i geuss... probably not EVERY case though

[@kaijuslayer3334]

Assuming they’re vengeful spirits, they’re literally blinded by rage. In Japanese folklore, the main method to get rid of vengeful spirits isn’t to pacify them as that rarely works long term, usually the counter is to send them to hell. Which fun fact, Oni are actually helpful for that. As they are sometimes said to wander on to the mortal plain in search of vengeful spirits, so they can drag them back to hell and torture their souls there.

[@1andonlyElls]

I always love hearing the Hanako-san urban legend, I've tried to summon her, though everytime I've heard the legend, you need to be on the 3rd floor, my school only has one floor so I think that's why it didn't work.

[@jaycilol1423]

yo this is seriously underrated, you just earned a sub

[@Iera_Thaumaturgy]

himuro mansion & Hachishaku-sama are my favourite legends, it's the reason why I love the fatal frame series so much because it's very good, it's my favourite horror with resident evil.

[@margharitacrivello-khan3761]

The super-chill music playing throughout is genuinely very funny

[@CH0KIXX1]

when i tell you guys that listening to the Hachishaku-sama story for the first time when I was little literally terrified me so badly to the point that i hated not having my back facing a wall

[@snames420]

Nice to see such high quality from a smaller channel! KZbin is pushing this one out so heres a comment to feed the algorithm x

[@toniremer1594]

You are amazing!! I know that I'm a new subscriber, but I hope that you can do urban legends from Italy, Germany, Lithuania and Ireland. That's where my ancestors are from, and I love to hear urban legends from there. Keep up the phenomenal work!!

[@Hotokesgrave]

While I was watching this, our light flickered 💀. That was such good timing LOL it spooked the hell out of me

[@madiieeeooooooo]

when i was younger i used to be so scared of the white string legend cause i seriously thought it was real 😭

[@walterk9916]

Ah yes where the optic nerve is located the ear.

[@killersushi99]

*Japan has been around for a long time so pretty much everything can be out to get you. Walls, Skeletons, Bathrooms and even floor mats. This was a great video by the way.*

[@cdarkheart83]

Alot of these scary beings can be avoided, reasoned with, or confused into leaving you alone.

[@EnvyVGrimm]

I love this. I just started this video (I am at the white string) and so far you have not made the same mistake that a lot of the other urban legend videos have, and mixed up ancient legend, urban legend, & folk lore. So far, but I will be watching carefully ~(^_^)~ (On a similar note so far I find white string to be the hardest one ((so far)) to believed that anyone took seriously)

[@starcrossreverie]

I love stories like The Manhole, the ending was so good. Mary-san is also good!

[@atomic747]

My kind of video, just learning about spooky stuff without someone trying to sound spooky and no jumpscares.

[@kaijuslayer3334]

God forbid the person tries to make the spooky stories spooky amirite?

[@망깨꾹스]

@@kaijuslayer3334 literally no one said that 💀

[@Fishylucifer]

I love all these so much. Mainly because some of these are what my favorite Pokemon are based off of. Mawile. Banette.Froslass.

[@VeryUselessLOL]

Ye

[@VeryUselessLOL]

Fun fact, the pre evolution of the Froslass, Snorunt, is also base on a Japanese Urban Legend

[@sneakyb4st3rd12]

I love these stories, but that manhole story requires such a large suspension of disbelief that I can't even hear it without laughing haha

[@koba_5677]

This is one of the greatest videos I've seen out there

[@Self-taughtJay]

I just love your line art. I don't like straight or precise lines. I always imagined this kind of art in my mind, but didn't know how to put it on paper. Now i finally found someone who uses it. 🎉🎉🎉 Thanks for sharing your wonderful art with us.

[@UnfriedRices]

As Im studying in Japan for a couple years, I think this is the perfect thing to listen to so that I know how and what to properly fear in my time here. 👍

[@serafpusefu7737]

Totally loved this video! :) Could you make something about african urban legends and creatures? They're often more scary and strange than we would expect :)

[@aterixiaaaa]

Sometimes I question my self why I like to watch these type of videos reminding my self that I'm a 12 year old that easily gets scared at night -

[@iamsocoolz]

I hear about Cow Head a lot when discussing these types of stories, and I remember when I was a kid that I heard about a Chinese story (and, being that this was like 20 years ago I've forgotten most of the details, maybe someone here will know what I'm talking about) of a God or demon with the head of a bull and the body of a very large man, that had an insatiable appetite and would lay waste to a village's farms and eat everything. One day a farmer obtained some grass so sharp that when the god/demon ate it, it cut opem its guts and returned a bounty of all the things he had taken and eaten from the villagers and died because its guts spilled out. Again I was a kid and these are all the details of the story I could recall, I'm so sorry for however much of it I am lacking and/or have wrong I think that the story of Cow Head may be inspired by this myth

[@danmoua7686]

When I read your comment the only thing I thought of was the bull head that takes you to the afterlife but okay that's interesting as well

[@iamsocoolz]

@@danmoua7686 it probably isn't even a Chinese story, I was just told it was, or I'm misremembering things. This is just all I can remember from that story from so long ago. I apologize if none of it makes sense

[@ravencrow1011]

the white string was oddly explained in a manga called hell teacher nube, it said each organs in our body has their souls, if you removed soul of the eye then you loss function of your eye and went blind

[@ZizouPlaysFortnite]

With all of the urban legends I’ve disobeyed about Japan, I feel like once I cross borders to Japan I’m just going to die on the spot. 😂

[@Huhwhat-n1e]

Oh no don't go there then

[@sunnyenno9468]

ive been binging your stuff all day long, how do you just not miss

[@Whisspence]

funnily enough, the white string one was the one that disturbed me the most i just have a thing with eyes for some reason

[@savykim-nm1ho]

teke teke will always be on 50 japanese urban legends i couldnt sleep because i was scared she would come for me in my sleep

[@crimsonnes1493]

I love your story telling bro, probably my most favoirte channel. Its so detailed , informative, and respectful. The warning is really appreciated, cause i really hate curses. Also no jumpscares and creepy music. thank you

[@caleb_fletcher]

Love your voice bro I could listen to you talk about this stuff for hours please continue making this type of content

[@Pyrisk]

The thing about Japanese folklore, is they have something for EVERYTHING. Looked left first instead of right when crossing the street? Got a ghost for that. Like the color red more than blue? Got a ghost for that. Stay out late as a kid/teenager? They got a ghost for that to

[@elizabethcoleman6042]

12:48 "you can skip" *me panicking because I can't find the remote*

[@epicaiden6377]

Lol relatable

[@tricky1506]

The fact i recognized some of these just from watching the Ghost Stories anime is hilarious to me😂

[@NyaNight]

Loved the video man just listened/watched to the whole vid and was really well done and cool would love to see more content from ya! c:

[@M0RG4N.1S.CLU3L3SS]

Him:”This poem is very dangerous for anyone who reads it!Anyways”,-*continues to read the poem*

[@pitifulgirl]

this was genuinely sooooo good. please continue.

[@hana_maru22]

Thank you for sharing these stories in a respectful manner 👍🥰