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, Japans 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, shes 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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All 6 types are also fags.
Heard the whole list on the last Ratfiles ‘cast last night...
...no towel for me, I’m good!
I have a ghost that frequents my bathroom and occasionally leaves the seat up. My wife blames it on me!
"...I wemembur em from resstrant in Shiscagro airport bathloom"
I flush my monsters. Sometimes twice...
Now we know what hell is, being sent for eternity to do bathroom duty.
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.
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.
So George Michael was Japanese? Who knew?
I’m assuming her husband is not of European extraction?
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.
The headline reminded me of the time I ate that third Satan handroll and the regretful experience that followed.
(shudder)
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.
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"
You’re saying it’s damnation without relief?
Moaning Myrtle couldn’t care less. She’s holding down the fort for all British ghosts who hang around toilets!
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