Top 10 Japanese Creepypasta

No. 10

トイレの花子さん(Toire no Hanako-san) Hanako of the Toilet

This legend is a lot like the Western story of "Bloody Mary." Also, if you are interested in Japanese urban myths—then you have likely discovered that many tales of terror (or benign even) happen in the girl's bathroom.

Hanako is said to be the ghost of a schoolgirl who haunts the third stall in the girls' bathroom. In order to summon Hanako, you have to enter the girls' bathroom, stand at the third stall, and then knock three times. After that, you must must call out "Are you there—Hanako-san?" If you hear "I'm here," then you can open the door.

If done correctly, you will open the door to find a schoolgirl in a red skirt.

There are other versions to this story, depending on which prefecture that the story originates. Some stories claim that you will not see Hanako in full, but rather catch a glimpse of her pale (sometimes bloody) hand peer over the stall. There is even a version that claims that if you open the door, you will find a three-headed lizard that impersonates the voice of little girls.

Overall, this is the least frightening urban legend on the list.