Where else could one be able to find creepy stories and urban legends from other than the land of the rising sun? Hint: it’s Japan.

Other than upright weird stuff, Japan has been known for seriously scary stories of ghosts and entities that would scare the crap out of us and would definitely teach us a lesson not to mess with the unknown over there. We’re sure you’ve seen movies such as Ju-on or The Ring, and would agree that the Japanese can and have mastered the art of scaring people.

Although we’ve already focused on a few urban legends in our 6 Weirdest and Creepiest Urban Legends, today, we shall celebrate the scary stories from Japan in just some of the Creepiest and Scariest Urban Legends from the land of the rising sun!

1. Teke Teke

Let’s start off with something a little gore shall we?

Teke-Teke, according to an old story unknown where it came from, is an urban legend about a girl who accidentally fell onto the train tracks and was cut in half after being run over by a train. That definitely wasn’t a sight to see. Though, what follows is worse.

It is said that the girl now crawls around with a scythe and will cut an unsuspecting victim in half. And if you’re a child walking around at dusk, you might want to head home as that’s her favorite time to hunt.

2. Kuchisake-onna

Also known as the ‘slit-mouthed woman’, Kuchisake-onna is without a doubt the most frightening of all the scary urban legends in Japan.

This scary ghost walks around the streets of Japan with a surgical mask covering her slit mouth. Should one cross paths with her, she will ask you a question that would decide whether you die, or live with a slit-mouth.

According to legend, it is said that Kuchisake got mutilated by her husband for being suspected of cheating on him. The husband, who is supposedly a samurai, took his sword and slit her mouth from ear to ear and asked her: “Who will think you’re beautiful now?”. As such, after the event, she became a spirit of vengeance wandering around asking people if she was beautiful or not; and should you answer wrongly, that’d be the end of you. Legend says now she walks around the foggy streets of Japan hiding her mouth with a surgical mask; always hiding in plain sight.

Legend also says that the only way to survive the encounter with Kuchisake is to give her a confusing answer when she asks if she’s beautiful such as: “so-so” or “you look normal”.

3. The Red Room

This urban legend is the reason why pop-up ads are horrendous.

The Red Room is an urban legend about a pop-up that will ask “Do you like the red room?”. It is said that if you close it, you’ll die of unknown causes.

There is a story of a boy who heard about the Red Room legend from his friends at school. The same evening after he heard about it, the boy went on the Internet researching more about it. Little did he know that it was already coming for him. A small window popped up asking “Do you like the red room?”, and he immediately closed it. Unfortunately the window just kept reappearing until the screen went black, showing a list of names in red. And at the bottom of the list was the name of his friend who told him about the Red Room legend.

That was the last thing he saw before something knocked him out from behind. The next day, the boy’s body was found with his blood painted all over the walls.