the West is full of classic urban
legends and cautionary tales with a
twist
but if you heard of any of these stories
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
scariest Japanese urban legends before
we begin we publish new content every
day so be sure to subscribe to our
channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list we’ve taken a look at the
scariest urban tales and folk tales
either involving creatures rituals or
scenarios from the Land of the Rising
Sun if you remember the phrase purple
Muir you will die on 20th birthday
number 10
gotcha do Kudo or giant starving
skeleton said to be made up of the bones
of unburied people who have died of
starvation or at war the gashadokuro is
always hungry it hides in the woods at
night where it can blend in with
skeletal trees and then attacks
unsuspecting passers-by according to the
myths the only warning that you’re being
stalked by one of these giant stealthy
skeletons is that intended victims will
suddenly experience of ringing in their
ears if that happens
be sure to hightail it out of there said
to be both invisible and indestructible
the only true prevention is a sheet Oh
charmed member 9 note it enough or the
snake woman according to Japanese
folklore this snake woman is reputed to
haunt shorelines and will trap fishermen
and swimmers before crushing them to
death and sucking the blood from her
victims with her long tongue she lures
her victims with a small bundle said to
resemble a baby if the victim offers to
hold the baby she will let them live if
they try to get rid of it the bundle
becomes incredibly heavy and they are
unable to escape in other stories she
just wants to wash her long hair in
peace and will attack any who interrupts
her so be forewarned number 8 KO taki
tunnel said to be cursed it’s considered
one of the most haunted places in Japan
several rumors revolve around the tunnel
including its length found in kyoto
prefecture
it’s set to be 444 meters long
equivalent to about 1000 456 feet with
for being a suspicious and unlucky
number in Japanese tradition however
it’s set to varying lengths depending on
the time of day sometimes longer and
sometimes shorter furthermore it’s said
to have a particular mirror inside if
you look into this mirror you will
glimpse a vision of your own death
number 7 10 Oh May this creature was the
inspiration for one of the most
memorable creatures in the 2006 fantasy
drama Pan’s Labyrinth the pale man
however this hideous creature comes
straight from Japanese lore and is 10 oh
man his name means hand eyes or eyes on
hand and the legend says that a blind
old man was beaten to death by hoodlums
as he lay dying he wished that he had
seen them to know who they were wishing
he’d had eyes on his hands because of
his rage he came back as a ghost with
eyes on his hands and now will kill
whoever he lays his eyes on number 6
Tomi knows he’ll what if words could
kill who apparently these ones do the
legend goes that there’s a poem called
Tomi knows he’ll in the vein of the ring
a seemingly innocuous action taken with
an everyday object could be deadly if
read out loud something terrible will
happen to the reader ranging in severity
from illness injury misfortune or death
most online versions of the poem are
spoken via text-to-speech software no
word on if it’s considered safe to read
the translation aloud even in the
digital age it’s stories like this one
that feel the most powerful because well
why take the risk number 5 gozu or cow
head this urban legend also deals with
cursed literature allegedly discovered
in the 17th century it’s said to be the
scariest story ever written
and that anyone who reads it will die of
fright there are multiple accounts of
the story from this era but only in
reference of its notoriety and that it’s
too awful to repeat according to the
legend most of the copies were destroyed
but some fragments remain one account
tells of an elementary school teacher
accidentally reading fragments to their
students causing several to suffer fits
and
rest to breakout and panic number four
the red-room curse one for the modern
age the red-room curse tells of a pop-up
that appears on the intended victims
computer
the pop-up asks do you like the Red Room
even if you close the window it’ll keep
coming up once asked the unfortunate
intranet user will die with the room in
which they’re found dripping in their
blood it started as a simple if
unsettling flash animation but the
legend became infamous when it was
linked to the death of twelve-year-old
Satomi Matata who was murdered by a
classmate in an empty classroom number
three
acha mentos and al mentos red cape blue
cape japan has a thing for toilet ghosts
there’s hanako-san who haunts school
bathrooms and kashi morocco but they say
after you hear the full story she’ll
appear to you after a month so let’s
leave this be but of all the bathroom
bogeys this one is the worst
acha or Almonte Oh usually haunts the
last stall in a public bathroom if you
use it a voice will ask you if you want
the red or the blue paper the results
vary but a common version goes like this
say red it slices the back of your neck
say blue they choke you to death
to survive the murderous ghost decline
either option do not ask for a different
color as the ghost will send you to the
netherworld
number two take a ticket this urban
legend tells of a young girl who’s hit
by a train on her way home from school
cut in half she now haunts places like
railroad crossings and schools she
crawls around on claw-like hands
sharpened to the bone from years of
dragging which now make the tell-tale
teka teka sound however it sounds a bit
like an oncoming train so you can’t be
quite sure when she’s near angry and
vengeful she chases those waiting around
too long if she catches you she will cut
you in half to make you like her and if
you think you can outrun her bad news
she’s super fast before we unveil our
number one pick here are some honorable
number one kuchisake-onna or the slip
mouth woman this one is the most
disturbing because it feels like she
really could be walking around near you
and you’d never know the tale dates all
the way back to the 8o period once very
beautiful
this woman was horribly disfigured when
her mouth was slit from ear to ear she
covers her face traditionally with a
scarf and sometimes with a medical mask
a vengeful spirit she stops unsuspecting
victims and asks if they think she’s
pretty do you think I’m pretty
if they answer no she either shows them
her mouth and then slits their face with
scissors or waits for them to go home
and savagely kills them if yes she
screams how about now and then slits
their face anyway to escape say so so
then run do you agree with our picks
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legends and cautionary tales with a
twist
but if you heard of any of these stories
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
scariest Japanese urban legends before
we begin we publish new content every
day so be sure to subscribe to our
channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list we’ve taken a look at the
scariest urban tales and folk tales
either involving creatures rituals or
scenarios from the Land of the Rising
Sun if you remember the phrase purple
Muir you will die on 20th birthday
number 10
gotcha do Kudo or giant starving
skeleton said to be made up of the bones
of unburied people who have died of
starvation or at war the gashadokuro is
always hungry it hides in the woods at
night where it can blend in with
skeletal trees and then attacks
unsuspecting passers-by according to the
myths the only warning that you’re being
stalked by one of these giant stealthy
skeletons is that intended victims will
suddenly experience of ringing in their
ears if that happens
be sure to hightail it out of there said
to be both invisible and indestructible
the only true prevention is a sheet Oh
charmed member 9 note it enough or the
snake woman according to Japanese
folklore this snake woman is reputed to
haunt shorelines and will trap fishermen
and swimmers before crushing them to
death and sucking the blood from her
victims with her long tongue she lures
her victims with a small bundle said to
resemble a baby if the victim offers to
hold the baby she will let them live if
they try to get rid of it the bundle
becomes incredibly heavy and they are
unable to escape in other stories she
just wants to wash her long hair in
peace and will attack any who interrupts
her so be forewarned number 8 KO taki
tunnel said to be cursed it’s considered
one of the most haunted places in Japan
several rumors revolve around the tunnel
including its length found in kyoto
prefecture
it’s set to be 444 meters long
equivalent to about 1000 456 feet with
for being a suspicious and unlucky
number in Japanese tradition however
it’s set to varying lengths depending on
the time of day sometimes longer and
sometimes shorter furthermore it’s said
to have a particular mirror inside if
you look into this mirror you will
glimpse a vision of your own death
number 7 10 Oh May this creature was the
inspiration for one of the most
memorable creatures in the 2006 fantasy
drama Pan’s Labyrinth the pale man
however this hideous creature comes
straight from Japanese lore and is 10 oh
man his name means hand eyes or eyes on
hand and the legend says that a blind
old man was beaten to death by hoodlums
as he lay dying he wished that he had
seen them to know who they were wishing
he’d had eyes on his hands because of
his rage he came back as a ghost with
eyes on his hands and now will kill
whoever he lays his eyes on number 6
Tomi knows he’ll what if words could
kill who apparently these ones do the
legend goes that there’s a poem called
Tomi knows he’ll in the vein of the ring
a seemingly innocuous action taken with
an everyday object could be deadly if
read out loud something terrible will
happen to the reader ranging in severity
from illness injury misfortune or death
most online versions of the poem are
spoken via text-to-speech software no
word on if it’s considered safe to read
the translation aloud even in the
digital age it’s stories like this one
that feel the most powerful because well
why take the risk number 5 gozu or cow
head this urban legend also deals with
cursed literature allegedly discovered
in the 17th century it’s said to be the
scariest story ever written
and that anyone who reads it will die of
fright there are multiple accounts of
the story from this era but only in
reference of its notoriety and that it’s
too awful to repeat according to the
legend most of the copies were destroyed
but some fragments remain one account
tells of an elementary school teacher
accidentally reading fragments to their
students causing several to suffer fits
and
rest to breakout and panic number four
the red-room curse one for the modern
age the red-room curse tells of a pop-up
that appears on the intended victims
computer
the pop-up asks do you like the Red Room
even if you close the window it’ll keep
coming up once asked the unfortunate
intranet user will die with the room in
which they’re found dripping in their
blood it started as a simple if
unsettling flash animation but the
legend became infamous when it was
linked to the death of twelve-year-old
Satomi Matata who was murdered by a
classmate in an empty classroom number
three
acha mentos and al mentos red cape blue
cape japan has a thing for toilet ghosts
there’s hanako-san who haunts school
bathrooms and kashi morocco but they say
after you hear the full story she’ll
appear to you after a month so let’s
leave this be but of all the bathroom
bogeys this one is the worst
acha or Almonte Oh usually haunts the
last stall in a public bathroom if you
use it a voice will ask you if you want
the red or the blue paper the results
vary but a common version goes like this
say red it slices the back of your neck
say blue they choke you to death
to survive the murderous ghost decline
either option do not ask for a different
color as the ghost will send you to the
netherworld
number two take a ticket this urban
legend tells of a young girl who’s hit
by a train on her way home from school
cut in half she now haunts places like
railroad crossings and schools she
crawls around on claw-like hands
sharpened to the bone from years of
dragging which now make the tell-tale
teka teka sound however it sounds a bit
like an oncoming train so you can’t be
quite sure when she’s near angry and
vengeful she chases those waiting around
too long if she catches you she will cut
you in half to make you like her and if
you think you can outrun her bad news
she’s super fast before we unveil our
number one pick here are some honorable
number one kuchisake-onna or the slip
mouth woman this one is the most
disturbing because it feels like she
really could be walking around near you
and you’d never know the tale dates all
the way back to the 8o period once very
beautiful
this woman was horribly disfigured when
her mouth was slit from ear to ear she
covers her face traditionally with a
scarf and sometimes with a medical mask
a vengeful spirit she stops unsuspecting
victims and asks if they think she’s
pretty do you think I’m pretty
if they answer no she either shows them
her mouth and then slits their face with
scissors or waits for them to go home
and savagely kills them if yes she
screams how about now and then slits
their face anyway to escape say so so
then run do you agree with our picks
check out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and be sure to subscribe and
ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
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