The Okiku doll is a haunted doll in Japanese folklore. According to the story, the doll was purchased in 1918 by a teenager named Eikichi Suzuki for his younger sister, Okiku. The doll was given the name Okiku by the girl, who treated it like a sister and slept with it. After Okiku died, her family believed that her spirit inhabited the doll and that the doll's hair was growing.
The doll is said to be housed at the Mannenji Temple in Iwamizawa, Japan, which is dedicated to the Jodo sect of Buddhism. There are many versions of how the doll came to be at the temple.
One theory for the lengthening of the doll's hair is that the glue used to attach the hair to the doll's scalp dissolved over time. This caused the folded hair to slip, making one part of it longer than the other, and giving the appearance that the doll's hair was growing.
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~Urban legends of Japan~
HorrorJapan is not popular only for anime, drama or beauty but also for its urban legends. They are very popular so, I thought I must write about urban legends of Japan. I'll try to write about as many urban legends as I can. All the credit of images goe...
