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#JLMyūreioftheday : Kuchisake-onna ✂️ 

Also known as the “slit-mouthed woman”, kuchisake-onna is an old but famous urban legend, with stories even dating back from the Edo period. It is said that she is a vengeful ghost of a woman who was mutilated by her husband by cutting the sides of her mouth.

When she appears before a victim, she asks “Am I pretty?” If you answer yes, she will cut the sides of your mouth too with the huge pair of scissors she’s holding. If you answer no, she disappears but then follows you home where she kills you.  

However, it is said that there are many ways to escape her: confuse her by answering her question with a question, confuse her by quickly saying “you’re so-so”, or confuse her by throwing money or candies at her then say “I’m busy!!” ‍♀️#japanloverme Art by @littlemisspaintbrush 

#JLMyūreioftheday : Today’s ghost story is about Okiku, or the plate-counting ghost. According to Japanese folklore, there was once a beautiful maid named Okiku who worked for a samurai. 

The samurai fell in love with her, but she always repelled his romantic advances. Desperate, the samurai tricked Okiku into believing that she broke one of the 10 ancestral plates in the samurai’s mansion, a crime punishable by death. Okiku counted the plates again and again to find the missing plate, but to no avail. She tearfully asked for forgiveness from the samurai, but he told her that unless she marries him, she will not be forgiven. 

Despite this, Okiku still rejected him. The samurai then angrily pushed her down the well, where she drowned and died. It is said that from then on, she haunted the mansion, specifically the well. Her ghostly sobbing voice can be heard counting up to nine again and again. It is said that one needs to shout “ten!” after she says “nine” to make it stop. #japanloverme Art by @littlemisspaintbrush