I have not read the poem out loud myself but I am quite on edge after reading it... read it and you will understand why...
Wednesday 9 July 2014
Tomino's Hell (Sachiko)
So this is about a poem about a Tomino who dies and falls to hell, and apparently if you read it out loud you will die! However, if you're lucky you won't die but some freaky stuff will happen. "Tomino's Hell" was written by Yomota Inuhiko in a book called "The Heart is Like a Rolling Stone", and was included in Saizo Yaso's 27th collection of poems in 1919 in case any of you wish to read it (But oh god not out loud please!). Although it isn't proven if it works if you read it in English or any other language apart from Japanese...
I have not read the poem out loud myself but I am quite on edge after reading it... read it and you will understand why...
I have not read the poem out loud myself but I am quite on edge after reading it... read it and you will understand why...
Wednesday 2 July 2014
Rokudo Chinno Temple: Passage to the Underworld (Sachiko)
At Rokudo Chinno Temple, there is a well that supposedly acts as a passageway to the underworld. The Heian period scholar Ono no Takamura, also known as Sangi no Takamura, served the Imperial Court by day, then would allegedly climb down this well at night to aid in the work of judging those souls who have died and entered the afterlife. His grave is said to be in Kita Ward, Kyoto, next to the grave of Murasaki Shikibu, the woman who penned the epic “Tale of Genji” and, as legend has it, descended into hell as a punishment for her lustful behavior.
Jisshu Shrine: Betrayal and Revenge (Sachiko)
I noticed that neither me nor Tokiko have posted in a while so I shall post this, I hope Tokiko hasn't lost her head...
Anyway~!
One place is right under the noses of the multitudes gawking at the magnificent construction of Kiyomizu Temple. Situated adjacent to the temple is Jisshu Shrine, a popular place for women who come to pray for good fortune in love. However, there is a darker side to this bustling sightseeing spot. Standing at the shrine is the Prayer Cedar, where as you probably already guessed, visitors come to pray. But bored into this seemingly innocuous tree are nail holes made by women who have been betrayed by their lovers. “Ushi no Kokumairi,” meaning “the 2 a.m. visit,” is an old Japanese means of cursing someone you despise and praying for their death by nailing a “wara ningyo” (straw doll) into an ancient tree at a shrine at the “hour of the Ox.”
Anyway~!
One place is right under the noses of the multitudes gawking at the magnificent construction of Kiyomizu Temple. Situated adjacent to the temple is Jisshu Shrine, a popular place for women who come to pray for good fortune in love. However, there is a darker side to this bustling sightseeing spot. Standing at the shrine is the Prayer Cedar, where as you probably already guessed, visitors come to pray. But bored into this seemingly innocuous tree are nail holes made by women who have been betrayed by their lovers. “Ushi no Kokumairi,” meaning “the 2 a.m. visit,” is an old Japanese means of cursing someone you despise and praying for their death by nailing a “wara ningyo” (straw doll) into an ancient tree at a shrine at the “hour of the Ox.”
Judging from the freshness of the holes in the Prayer Cedar, it seems this ancient practice is still alive and well, though according to someone who went and asked about it, the head priest is reluctant to discuss the matter for fear of encouraging more such unsavory behavior. Another place in Kyoto where the “Ushi no Kokumairi” has been performed is Kifune Shrine in Sakyo Ward, which enshrines not only a god of marriage, but also gods of divorce and curses.
So to all you guys in Japan, be nice to your lady or she might just pray for your death.
Monday 5 May 2014
The Red Room (Tokiko)
Considering that I'm currently typing this on a computer with pop-ups enabled, this creeps me out quite a bit. I tried watching the video, but I don't exactly want this pop up to.... well... pop up.
The red room began as an interactive flash animation that you can watch here. It's in Japanese, but you get the gist of it. More importantly, turn the sound on for the full effect. The voice is creepy as hell. You'll know when you hear it.
Two boys are discussing the rumour of a pop up that asks "Do you like-?" The rumour goes that if you close it, you'll die. One of the boys is skeptical about it, and searches all over the internet to find out more about it, but can't find any information about it. When he gives up, the message pops up. A girls voice says "Do you like-?" and the boy closes the ad. It appears again. He closes it. This happens until he notices that the question changes to "Do you like red?" Again, he keeps closing it until the question is complete. "Do you like the red room?" A website with a list of names then appears, his friend's name at the bottom. He feels the presence of someone behind him. The next day, everyone's gossiping about two students that committed suicide and painted the walls in their blood. The name of the skeptical boy was added to the list of names on the computer.
Apparently, when that finishes on the site, the pop up comes up if you haven't disabled them... which is why I didn't watch it fully. It's not the actual thing, of course, but I get scared pretty easily sometimes.
This would just be a creepy story in most situations, but it's infamous for a good reason. The Sasebo Slashing was the murder of a 12 year old girl at school by one of her classmates. The culprit had the video bookmarked on her computer.
The red room began as an interactive flash animation that you can watch here. It's in Japanese, but you get the gist of it. More importantly, turn the sound on for the full effect. The voice is creepy as hell. You'll know when you hear it.
Two boys are discussing the rumour of a pop up that asks "Do you like-?" The rumour goes that if you close it, you'll die. One of the boys is skeptical about it, and searches all over the internet to find out more about it, but can't find any information about it. When he gives up, the message pops up. A girls voice says "Do you like-?" and the boy closes the ad. It appears again. He closes it. This happens until he notices that the question changes to "Do you like red?" Again, he keeps closing it until the question is complete. "Do you like the red room?" A website with a list of names then appears, his friend's name at the bottom. He feels the presence of someone behind him. The next day, everyone's gossiping about two students that committed suicide and painted the walls in their blood. The name of the skeptical boy was added to the list of names on the computer.
Apparently, when that finishes on the site, the pop up comes up if you haven't disabled them... which is why I didn't watch it fully. It's not the actual thing, of course, but I get scared pretty easily sometimes.
This would just be a creepy story in most situations, but it's infamous for a good reason. The Sasebo Slashing was the murder of a 12 year old girl at school by one of her classmates. The culprit had the video bookmarked on her computer.
Rokurokubi (Tokiko)
I found pictures of these things when I was looking for pictures of the nopperabou, and... well... It happened to remind me of a certain horror manga...
These things are just the necks and I'm pretty certain that they aren't contaminated by the spiral.... but yeah. Anyway, the rokurokubi is a type of Japanese yokai (which I'm pretty sure are just Japanese demons) with stretched necks. There's another type where the heads come off completely and just float around called a nurekubi. They are apparently the original. There are loads of theories about these, so I'll just do this one, which comes with a story! Yay! The theory is that the stretched neck guys are a person's karma.
A monk from Enshu called Kashin eloped with this chick called Oyotsu. When the chick got ill and the monk ran out of money, he killed her. Obviously, he wasn't a very good monk. After that, he went back to a non-religious life because he wasn't a good boy any more and he slept with a girl at an inn. The girl's neck stretched and her face becme Oyotsu (his deady weddy waifu). She started dissing him about what happened and he started to regret it. Which, really, is pretty bad, considering that he didn't regret killing his wife straight after doing it. Then again, that guy in The Widower didn't regret it. Anyway, he told the one-night-stand, neck stretch chick's dad what he did and the dad just told him that he had also killed a chick before, stole her money and used it to start the inn. Of course, when his daughter was born, she became a rokurokubi. Kaishin got back into the Buddhist priest business, which, really, he shouldn't be allowed into because he killed his god damn wife. Anyway, he built a grave for her and it's said to be the 'Rokurokubi Mound' which tells the story for future generations~!
These things are just the necks and I'm pretty certain that they aren't contaminated by the spiral.... but yeah. Anyway, the rokurokubi is a type of Japanese yokai (which I'm pretty sure are just Japanese demons) with stretched necks. There's another type where the heads come off completely and just float around called a nurekubi. They are apparently the original. There are loads of theories about these, so I'll just do this one, which comes with a story! Yay! The theory is that the stretched neck guys are a person's karma.
A monk from Enshu called Kashin eloped with this chick called Oyotsu. When the chick got ill and the monk ran out of money, he killed her. Obviously, he wasn't a very good monk. After that, he went back to a non-religious life because he wasn't a good boy any more and he slept with a girl at an inn. The girl's neck stretched and her face becme Oyotsu (his deady weddy waifu). She started dissing him about what happened and he started to regret it. Which, really, is pretty bad, considering that he didn't regret killing his wife straight after doing it. Then again, that guy in The Widower didn't regret it. Anyway, he told the one-night-stand, neck stretch chick's dad what he did and the dad just told him that he had also killed a chick before, stole her money and used it to start the inn. Of course, when his daughter was born, she became a rokurokubi. Kaishin got back into the Buddhist priest business, which, really, he shouldn't be allowed into because he killed his god damn wife. Anyway, he built a grave for her and it's said to be the 'Rokurokubi Mound' which tells the story for future generations~!
Nopperabou (Tokiko)
Hey there! Time for the Japanese and probably original slender man! I actually got the idea to do this one from the Hetalia movie, Paint it White, weirdly. At the start, when they're discussing the faceless aliens that are turning everything white and boring, Japan says that they are like the nopperabou and everyone starts blaming him for the invasion.
The nopperabou is a faceless ghost of Japanese folk lore, which is how it's a little, tiny bit like our dear friend Mr.Slender. Unlike every other thing we've talked about on here, these are pretty much harmless. All they do is scare humans by impersonating someone they know and then wiping off their facial features. But not of the person they're scaring. That would mean that they aren't harmless. Because you need a face. Anyway, here is a story:
The Nopperabou and the Koi Pond - This fisherman went to fish in the imperial Koi Pond, no matter how much warning his wife gave him about it being a sacred place. Another fisherman warned the stubborn geyser to back off, but, as I said, he's really stubborn. When he gets there, this hot chick begs him not to do it and, what to you know, she doesn't listen. He's like, SHSL Stubborn. Then the hot chick wipes her face off. She's not a hot chick anymore. The fisherman, probably regretting how stubborn he was, runs home with his tail between his legs. His wife tells him off when he gets there, and then she wipes her face off, too. The moral of this story is that you should always listen to your wife because she's always right.
The nopperabou is a faceless ghost of Japanese folk lore, which is how it's a little, tiny bit like our dear friend Mr.Slender. Unlike every other thing we've talked about on here, these are pretty much harmless. All they do is scare humans by impersonating someone they know and then wiping off their facial features. But not of the person they're scaring. That would mean that they aren't harmless. Because you need a face. Anyway, here is a story:
The Nopperabou and the Koi Pond - This fisherman went to fish in the imperial Koi Pond, no matter how much warning his wife gave him about it being a sacred place. Another fisherman warned the stubborn geyser to back off, but, as I said, he's really stubborn. When he gets there, this hot chick begs him not to do it and, what to you know, she doesn't listen. He's like, SHSL Stubborn. Then the hot chick wipes her face off. She's not a hot chick anymore. The fisherman, probably regretting how stubborn he was, runs home with his tail between his legs. His wife tells him off when he gets there, and then she wipes her face off, too. The moral of this story is that you should always listen to your wife because she's always right.
The Monkey's Paw (Tokiko)
The final of the four main Shuuenpro songs, Aimless Imitation Chair Stealing Game, is based o this, the legend of the monkey's paw. D-ne uses it to become B-ko and then the fate that B-ko had coming got D-ne. According to my observations, I type better and sound a lot more amusing when I'm dead tired in the middle of the night.
Funnily enough, the legend of the Monkey's Paw is about the paw of a dead monkey. But it's cursed. Whomever finds it gets as many wishes as there are fingers on the paw. Sounds great, right? Well... not so much. It twists the wishes so that they aren't miraculous or anything. Chances are, you'll lose more than you gained. There's a story about a family that gained the paw and their first wish was for £200, so their son died in a factory and they got £200 compensation. Nice right? It's supposed to teach people not to mess with the fate that rules over them.
Funnily enough, the legend of the Monkey's Paw is about the paw of a dead monkey. But it's cursed. Whomever finds it gets as many wishes as there are fingers on the paw. Sounds great, right? Well... not so much. It twists the wishes so that they aren't miraculous or anything. Chances are, you'll lose more than you gained. There's a story about a family that gained the paw and their first wish was for £200, so their son died in a factory and they got £200 compensation. Nice right? It's supposed to teach people not to mess with the fate that rules over them.
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