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6 Types of Japanese Ghosts That Hang Out in Toilets
therobotsvoice.com ^ | April 4, 2012 · 8:02 am · | Anne Mathews

Posted on 10/07/2017 5:49:32 AM PDT by BenLurkin

Japan is a culture that loves stories of creepy monsters, scary ghouls and vengeful ghosts.... There are so many different kinds of creatures inhabiting the misty realms of Japanese folklore that sometimes it seems that every square meter of the country must be teeming with mythical creatures. Even buildings and cities have their own ghost stories, and that even includes restrooms!

Yes, Japan’s bathrooms are haunted by an eclectic mix of spirits, ghouls and monsters. Some are shy, some are violent, and at least one wants to lick up your tub grime. So, ranging from least to most dangerous, here are six of them that you may just end up meeting the next time nature calls.

Possibly the most famous of the Japanese toilet ghosts, Hanako is actually a relatively benign spirit. Basically, she’s a scary thing Japanese kids dare each other to summon, by either knocking on the stall door or saying “Are you there, Hanako-san?” to which she will reply that she is. Occasionally she will be seen as well. While descriptions vary, generally she is described as having an old-fashioned bob haircut and wearing a red skirt. There are various origins for Hanako: some say she is the ghost of a child killed during a bomb raid in WWII, other legends variously claim she was killed by a deranged parent or stranger.

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Akaname (literally, “filth-licker”) is a Japanese monster that literally lives off the dirt, filth and grime that accumulates in dirty bathrooms. This monster is said to appear human in shape, but Its skin is gnarled and red, like it stayed in a hot bath too long. It also has a long, pointed tongue, (presumably the better to lap at filth with). Avoiding this yokai is very simple; just clean the bathroom!

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TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: ghosts; japan; supernatural; yokai; youkai
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1 posted on 10/07/2017 5:49:32 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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All 6 types are also fags.


2 posted on 10/07/2017 5:53:21 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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To: BenLurkin

Heard the whole list on the last Ratfiles ‘cast last night...

...no towel for me, I’m good!


3 posted on 10/07/2017 5:57:47 AM PDT by null and void (The internet gave everyone a mouth. It gave no one a brain.)
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To: BenLurkin

I have a ghost that frequents my bathroom and occasionally leaves the seat up. My wife blames it on me!


4 posted on 10/07/2017 5:59:42 AM PDT by IronJack (sh)
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To: BenLurkin

"...I wemembur em from resstrant in Shiscagro airport bathloom"

5 posted on 10/07/2017 6:08:41 AM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: BenLurkin

I flush my monsters. Sometimes twice...


6 posted on 10/07/2017 6:24:08 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter
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To: BenLurkin

Now we know what hell is, being sent for eternity to do bathroom duty.


7 posted on 10/07/2017 6:33:08 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: BenLurkin

In a barely related note, it always made me laugh that the Japanese once had a trend where they would broadcast toilet-flushing noises on continous loop in their bathrooms. It masked any embarrasing noises emitting from the toilet stalls.


8 posted on 10/07/2017 6:40:31 AM PDT by Vision Thing (You see the depths of our hearts, and You love us the same...)
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9 posted on 10/07/2017 6:41:22 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (John McCain treats GOP voters like he treated his first wife)
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I know a very wealthy woman from Japan. She refuses to speak English because she hates round-eye. her husband is American but he is required to speak Japanese. She’s a daughter of a wealthy japanese businessman, and he would FREAK if he knew how she actually lived.

But anyway, she is 50 and believes these ghosts like they are real as I am. Her bathroom is clean and white (All products that she buys are not only from the Japanese store, but they are white to match the white bathroom). The bathroom is kept spotlessly clean - like sterile - because of this ghost.

She’s insane. Like every Jap I’ve ever met, read about or was told about anecdotally.


10 posted on 10/07/2017 6:55:05 AM PDT by Celerity
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So George Michael was Japanese? Who knew?


11 posted on 10/07/2017 7:10:06 AM PDT by partyrepub
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To: Celerity

I’m assuming her husband is not of European extraction?


12 posted on 10/07/2017 7:12:36 AM PDT by null and void (The internet gave everyone a mouth. It gave no one a brain.)
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To: Vision Thing
the Japanese once had a trend where they would broadcast toilet-flushing noises on continous loop in their bathrooms. It masked any embarrasing noises emitting from the toilet stalls.

Here's the opposite, from our own archives: Robodump!

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1278830/posts

The day I can listen to that MP3 start to finish without LAMO, start brewing me a big cup of hemlock tea.

13 posted on 10/07/2017 7:54:24 AM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: BenLurkin

The headline reminded me of the time I ate that third Satan handroll and the regretful experience that followed.

(shudder)


14 posted on 10/07/2017 8:24:14 AM PDT by SirLurkedalot (10/10/51-7/7/16 RIP Dad, I'll be missing you until I cross over to Eternity)
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Husband is an intimidating, mans-man veteran with a background that scares me.

A brilliant guy with several engineering accomplishments and an attitude that can’t be beat.

But this woman owns him, fully. It’s what happens to most guys I know who are stationed in Japan, and meet some Japanese chick.


15 posted on 10/07/2017 8:25:08 AM PDT by Celerity
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To: BenLurkin; 50mm; humblegunner; JoeProBono
This ghost lives in my bathroom.

He is terribly misunderstood.

What he actually says is:

"The Dead do not suffer the living to Pass Gas."

He is also well known in Japan where his name is -

"Shitai no Hana"

16 posted on 10/07/2017 9:10:21 AM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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You’re saying it’s damnation without relief?


17 posted on 10/07/2017 9:14:29 AM PDT by null and void (The internet gave everyone a mouth. It gave no one a brain.)
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To: BenLurkin

Moaning Myrtle couldn’t care less. She’s holding down the fort for all British ghosts who hang around toilets!


18 posted on 10/07/2017 9:14:48 AM PDT by johnthebaptistmoore (The world continues to be stuck in a "all leftist, all of the time" funk. BUNK THE FUNK!)
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"Shitai no Hana" translates as "Corpse Flower."


19 posted on 10/07/2017 9:38:17 AM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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20 posted on 10/07/2017 11:33:18 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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