The Scariest Japanese Creepy Pastas | CreepCast
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What are the most popular Japanese creepy pastas?
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Welcome back to Creepcast. Today we're going to be doing something pretty special. This is the, uh, some of the best Japanese, uh, cultural creepypastas out there. We're doing a big grab bag, all Japanese creepypastas. Very, very excited. Uh, and I know that there's- We're going to Japan today! We are going to Japan. Konnichiwa! And I know that the, uh, there's some that are on here that I know that are pretty, uh, I would say pretty popular, or at least some of the more well-known ones. I know the first one we're going to read is Tomino's Hell. I feel like that's a pretty well-renowned one. I feel like I've seen that one a lot on the Creepypasta websites and stuff. Well, it's been reoccurring. Yeah, so I don't know which the story of it's so muddled now.
I don't know if the legend around the creepypasta is true, but supposedly it's not a creepypasta. It's a poem from like the 1910s. And it's just like made its way into creepypasta culture. But that could also be the creepypasta just saying that. I don't know. But yeah, there's a bunch of weird Japanese ones that... It's interesting because a lot of the more popular American ones are long, kind of goofy, about a killer. A lot of the Japanese ones are like, yeah, this is a spirit that kills you. Sucks for you. I really don't know if there's anybody better at, which may be a controversial take. I don't know. I don't know if there's anybody better at folklore or folk horror urban legends than Japanese storytelling.
I always feel like it's always the best. At least it's always my favorite, if I'm being honest. Anytime I read about like a, like a Japanese cryptid or like a Japanese story of a town or something, it's like, yeah, well the devil lives here and it's going to kill everyone you've ever met. Get ready. They don't pull any punches. I love how superstitious the culture culture is in general. Like it really adds like that, that kind of belief system I think really translates really well into, uh, into all of the writing and art that they do. Um, So I'm very excited. I mean, even this first one here that we're reading called Tomino's Hell, it's literally about a Japanese poem that you are not supposed to read out loud.
That within itself, I'm sure, fucked up so many people because they're like, what? You know, like that's very superstitious. I'm like, I'm not going to do that. As with most of these stories, me when I was 12.
What is the significance of Tomino's Hell in Japanese folklore?
Yes. It's like, huh? How fun is that? And I love that. I feel like a lot of these are pretty old too, right? A lot of these are... We're doing a big grab bag today. I mean, a lot of these, like the read time is very short, but... I think with the kind of obvious detours we normally take, it'll be fine. But yeah, a lot of these, it's just like that classic old creepypasta, very short, very punchy format, which I do think lends to these very quick folktale urban legend vibes that the Japanese stories tend to take. So I'm pretty excited. Yeah, I'm excited as well. And you have some... you know background with japanese horror because you murdered a japanese woman that is that is what japanese that is what i see i see that a lot in comments now um right my trip to japan well you posed a very weird hypothetical you well you posed a very weird hypothetical to me that sounded kind of suspicious after murdering a japanese woman have you encountered any spirits
Uh, that has yet to happen. I, when I was in Japan though, for people who are a fan of my channel, Papa meat on YouTube, please check it out. Uh, I did, we, we did yourself. No, no, no, definitely not. But on YouTube, uh, YouTube.com. So probably what I did, what did happen though, was for people that don't know, I did go to Japan, uh, bound almost two years ago now. Good Lord. Time flies the, uh, and when I was there, I had, I would say kind of a ghostly experience, uh, oh yeah and i it we were in we were in osaka and we were at the intersection of this like basically shopping market area outside you know and we came across this man who kind of came up to us with this ikea bag i forgot what he said what did he say he said uh oh yeah that's what he said he said uh i sorry that's what he said he came up to us
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the most popular Japanese creepy pastas?
0:00–2:32
2
What is the significance of Tomino's Hell in Japanese folklore?
2:32–4:51
3
How does Japanese storytelling differ from American horror stories?
4:51–10:24
4
What is the legend of Hanako-san and its cultural impact?
10:24–13:55
5
What are the origins and variations of the Hashaku-sama legend?
13:55–22:24
6
How does Kisaragi Station relate to Japanese urban legends?
22:24–28:27
7
What themes are explored in the story of Kune Kune?
28:27–32:41
8
How do Japanese creepy pastas reflect societal fears and beliefs?
32:41–1:31:31