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@sleepyyui7877

6 ай бұрын

lmaoo

@FreedomJane-bx4um

6 ай бұрын

Straw men are not exclusively Japanese. From Guy Fawkes Day to Burning Man, burning an effigy is so ancient its origins have been lost to time.

@isabelfranqui3504

6 ай бұрын

Get the police 🚓 to check that please 🤢🤢🤢

@moonviolet13

6 ай бұрын

Okay

@metern

6 ай бұрын

In Norway where I'm from. We celebrate Sankta Lucia in a day we call Luciadagen (Saint Lucy's Day). The traditional is for young people to dress in an all white dress and wear 4 on the head singing a song called Luciasangen (Luciasong). So that means Norway is breaking this Japanese law 🤣 🇳🇴

“Hell Girl” has a similar doll. Instead of nailing the doll to a sacred tree, the owner of the doll pulls the red thread off the doll to activate the curse process.

@qwmx

6 ай бұрын

Jigoku shoujo. A masterpiece of it's time.

@koneko555

6 ай бұрын

My favorite anime!!

@koneko555

6 ай бұрын

地獄少女が大好きだよ！

@yuuya_ange

6 ай бұрын

​@@koneko555yup i can see that😂

@AnnaMorimoto

6 ай бұрын

Yes, because it was serialized in a magazine which target demographic was elementary school girls. No one wants to encourage minors sneaking out at night or getting hurt by trying to use a hammer and nail without adult supervision, right?

I am Japanese. It is actually "Ushi no koku mairi" (this is what the ritual was traditionally called). It is written in Japanese as 丑の刻参り. 丑 (牛 is the modern way of writing it) is the ox of the Chinese zodiac. 丑の刻 (pronounced Ushi no koku) is between 11PM and 1AM, and it is the old Japanese way to tell time. It is said that 丑の刻参り is done to call upon an old evil god/spirit during the 常夜 (pronounced "Tokoyo." it means the constant night and darkness) to place a curse upon someone.

@Abbylee3

6 ай бұрын

Will the curse work if I nail the doll on some random tree between 1 to 3 am?

@yesthatmousyiris4887

6 ай бұрын

That sounds spooky reminds me of those voodoo dolls

@doggypi1532

6 ай бұрын

There's a tokyo inn near where I live... I guess it's one the dark god's business in the modern day lol~

A few years ago, I began making the version of this doll from the anime Hell Girl with the black straw and red thread. I didn't do it to harm others or desecrate anything. I just like to weird people out. I would just leave them in random places around town for people to eventually find. I made hundreds of them and a lot were found but I am sure there are some waiting to be found in the older parts of a few libraries and corners of bookstores and hiding in the occult section. I live in a small town in Vermont and there's not much to do here. I made the local paper several times with everyone was wondering about the dolls and who left them around town.

@gentlemouse102

6 ай бұрын

That's kind of cute actually.

@insectexpeditions6019

6 ай бұрын

DAMNNNNNN

@hydrofalls8154

6 ай бұрын

You are living my dream not gonna lie

@johnnyfabella4775

6 ай бұрын

reminds of this graffiti artist in our town, I would see them put stickers on random stuff on the road.

@hipsterwriter

6 ай бұрын

Damn aren’t you savage as f

I agree, don’t do this at all. Leave shrines and sacred trees alone. But I can’t help but to giggle that the guy tried to end Putin. The whole world is sick of his existence.

@AnInkStick

6 ай бұрын

Can they try that for Biden as well?

@Xylospring

6 ай бұрын

​@@AnInkStickLeave the Man Be. He's more Senile. Let him go naturally.

@Dorimefasolatedo

6 ай бұрын

​@@AnInkStickHis almost dead

@chrizeeey

6 ай бұрын

Rightt? Lmaoo

@connorscanlan2167

6 ай бұрын

Except for the people who aren't brainwashed by NATO.

So that doll is basically the Japanese version of a voodoo doll

@Boredom89

5 ай бұрын

It seems so

That Greek law made immediate, perfect sense to me. Especially when you read into it. From what I read, high heels aren't illegal, so long as you don't visit certain ancient monuments, as they cause wear and tear to the structures. It's to prevent unnecessary damage.

The funny thing is even most JAPANESE people dont know these laws, I told some of my colleagues in the past and they like “WHAT?? Actually???”

That headline… PUTIN straw doll…. PUTIN. And the fact I thought it was a misspelling had me wheezing. I legit thought they were trying to say putting. 😂

@gabrielcoelho2346

6 ай бұрын

That japanese man that cursed Putin is so based

@ravenwraith1017

6 ай бұрын

I mean, the word was capitalized...lmao

@haruhisuzumiya6650

6 ай бұрын

​@@gabrielcoelho2346I should send him chocolates

Regarding the one about Singapore, from what I've heard, its legal to chew it, but not to sell or buy it within the country. So the only way you could get chewing gum is bringing it back from outside countries. As for why it was banned, Singapore used to have an issue where irresponsible people would stick gum in random places for their convenience instead of wrapping them in a tissue paper and throwing them away. This resulted in quite an issue for the government and quite a lot of costs to clean up the gum. Thus the ban, to minimalize such instances ever happening.

@spicybeantofu

6 ай бұрын

Imagine having no problems where you need to ban chewing gum.

@holczy0

6 ай бұрын

@@spicybeantofu authoritarian country moment

@rapthor666

6 ай бұрын

With so many people per km2 it's kinda logical too. And it's just chewing gum, not something truly edible

@chromesthesia

6 ай бұрын

Gum is evil

@roguerangerroger

6 ай бұрын

"Chewing gum is dangerous and causes terrorism, hence offenders are CRIMINALS!!!" -some Singaporeans

That doll can be bought really easily in Norway during christmas. It looks exactly like an ornament we place on a christmas tree 🤣.

@ookami5329

5 ай бұрын

y'all got hella morbid Christmases

@metern

5 ай бұрын

We shape the straws in to a raindeer instead 😁

@jerrimenard3092

4 ай бұрын

Sons of Norway sell this and goat shaped ones at the Yule bazaar here in the States. I got one a long with my Viking World Tour mug.

@metern

4 ай бұрын

@@jerrimenard3092 Nice 🥰

"A cannibal sent me something in the mail" .......I have questions but i don't know if i want the answers

@ghostlyfae8721

4 ай бұрын

I'm assuming it was sent by Nicolas Claux/Castelaux 😬😖He's the only cannibal that Aki unknowingly interacted with. She needs to move as he appears to know her address. She is not safe if she hasn't already! 😰

They're doing it all wrong. They need to contact a Shinigami and request a Death Note book.

This reminds me of the fact that you can’t perform blood rituals in Louisiana. It’s straight up illegal. You also can’t perform voodoo within the city limits of New Orleans but I don’t think that one is enforced.

@chichichichichichiOwO

6 ай бұрын

Yet so many of us do it 😂 though a lot of us use substitute blood substance or if its humam blood its their own and just like a drop

@apollolewis

6 ай бұрын

I don’t think either of theses laws are enforced unless you kill or harm someone to do it. How are they to know

@Saturnm0ss

Ай бұрын

It is stupid as fuck to try and make closed practice illegal (voodou/voodoo is a closed practice)

This doll reminds me of the one in Hell Girl a little bit? An anime called Jikoku Shojo had a doll similar, but it wasn't the same steps to curse a person with it. Hell of a good anime though.

@yukiimora8319

6 ай бұрын

Jigoku shoujo man that was a long time ago was a nice anime nostalgia thanks for reminding.

@hunnykun101

6 ай бұрын

Yes! I'm glad I'm not the only one that remembers Hell Girl Really underrated

@yukiimora8319

6 ай бұрын

@@hunnykun101 it has some good topic I see it more as a pshychology horor than a normal horor because man it was scary! I had goose bumps!

@mistyhollowpro

4 ай бұрын

You're welcome! @@yukiimora8319

@mistyhollowpro

4 ай бұрын

I know, right?@@hunnykun101

im glad you are feeling better after what happened! i love finding out about the weird laws of japan also i love your earrings!!

In "Master Detective Archives: Rain Code" is a case about the Nailman. When a person nail a doll, which had a piece of paper with a name on it, on a tree in the forest behind the church, the Nailman will come and kill the person which was written on the paper.

@winxclubflora8446

6 ай бұрын

Ohhhh thats such an interesting story. Did you make it yourself or is that legend/story in some book or movie?

@GamesAndAnimes

6 ай бұрын

@@winxclubflora8446 It's a case of the videogame "Master Detective Archives: Rain Code", a over the top detective Adventurer game from the creators of Danganronpa, Akudama Drive, Tribe Nine and World's End Club.

Now that’s a title that caught my attention. Like…a doll? Gets you?? ARRESTED??? Edit: just in case, I posted this comment when the video was published like 30 seconds ago. Ofc I finished the video afterwards and learned what Aki actually meant. I was basically saying the title was catchy to make you curious (hooray, a YT title does its job! 😂😂 /hj)

@stacythecrackdino

6 ай бұрын

YEP LOOK IN THE DESCRIPTION IT SAYS LIKE A RITUAL THING

@og_3rd_st_saint_gat

6 ай бұрын

Yeah I find that crazy to be a law

@lushfruit

6 ай бұрын

@@og_3rd_st_saint_gat Its an age old tradition in Japan, and I've seen it quite alot in my upbringing in animations like doraemon and other ones probably just as a warning or so, but its been in the culture and looked badly for many years. I was personally taught that if you get caught doing it you are the one to get the curse you try to administer.

@og_3rd_st_saint_gat

6 ай бұрын

@@lushfruit I never thought of it might backfire

@laughingman7467

6 ай бұрын

Don't those straw dolls function like voodoo dolls?(as far as I know)

This is straight up some Hell Girl stuff. Noooooope💀

moral of the story here is if you are going to place a curse on someone don't cause damage to a sacred and protected tree in the process just like burn an effigy or something

3:12 I thought she was going to say "that's why I protect myself by cursing people with this doll" 😂 PS: I hope your health is better now < 3

It sounds like the Japanese government has been watching way too much Hell girl. 😂😉🇯🇵

Aki’s baaaack! Welcome back sis, glad you’re feeling better !

@Hemi_TheProtogen

6 ай бұрын

shes in jail i think now lol

@jaxjaxattaxx

6 ай бұрын

@@Hemi_TheProtogenWelp, get out your wallets everyone, let’s get Aki’s bail handled 😂😂😂

@Princess_sarah023

6 ай бұрын

@@Hemi_TheProtogenwait really?

@Hemi_TheProtogen

6 ай бұрын

no it was a joke@@Princess_sarah023

Thank you Aki, totally loved seeing the references and the actual historical info. Can't wait to see more weird and creepy things from Japan. Wishing you lots of health and luck!

Glad you're feeling better! Your earrings are so creepy cute 😂🔨

Glad you’re feeling better and I love your hairstyle for this video Aki! 🖤

The Strawdoll originated from the MaoShan Sect of Taoism dated back around 2700 years, passed into Japan during Tang Dynasty. According to legends, was used by trained MaoShan Shamans to extract bad energy or evil spirit from someone then trap them inside then burn the strawdoll using lychee branches to break the bondage/curse. It can also be used in reserve to curse someone, but requires something biological from the target's body such as hair, skin, blood then wrapped with a yellow spell charm written with crimson ink made from the combination of the blood of a 50 year old hen + cinnarbar followed by an incantation, the target's spirit will be linked to the strawdoll

Love this type of content!!

Fun fact, there is a hell correspondence website we can all go to which is meant to replicate the hell correspondence in Jigoku Shoujo. The only downside, we still don't see Enma Ai.

Aki, I was wondering if Japanese people know why they have weird laws like the ones you mentioned in the video?

@jcly96

6 ай бұрын

Can't speak on behalf of the Japanese because I'm not Japanese myself but I am Asian and it's because most Asian cultures are very spiritual and superstitious. A lot of laws that you might think are weird probably have some sort of spiritual reason as to why it might be illegal.

thank you aki for todays awesome video can´t wait for the next one

There is also a character in Shaman King who literally uses this technique to curse the main villain. However, the curse backfired and killed the character.

There actually is a real life criminal case involving straw doll in Akita prefecture from 1954.

I love these kinds of videos. Instead of all the funny/weird things I learn about japan, I also love to learn about the whicked part!

Always love the smooth transitions into the sponsoring. A+ Aki! xD

I just love how smooth your sponsorship plugs are

I'd like to hear more about weird and creepy stuff from Japan when you have time please :)

9:12 Aki: I don't know why I'm teaching you guys. Please don't do it *Not me taking notes the whole time* 😅

@clothar23

6 ай бұрын

I mean it ain't really complicated enough to need note taking. I am just wondering how you go about nailing a bunch of dolls to a sacred tree multiple days in a row. The vast majority of shrines are in or near populated areas. And usually have the priest and his family living on site. And from my experience most Japanese people are surprisingly light sleepers.

It's good to see you looking happy and healthy again Aki🥰

2:32 in the Anime and Manga of Ranma 1/2 there is a character named Gosunnkugi who curses Ranma with nailing a straw voodoo doll. It also happen in Urusei Yasura when Ataru and mendo use the straw doll to attack each other.

@9:20 this is probably just a bit that you're doing, but it is still very funny and I love that you were supposedly considering 'is there anyone I would do this to? Probably not. Although......nah, that person isn't worth it. But there is THAT person.....naaaaaah.' 😂😂😂😂😂

I'm happy your doing alright Aki And I heard of this legend while listening to Horror Stories to fall asleep The scorn woman in a straw doll was told alot and it was also reference with Hell Girl, Ai gives the client a straw doll with a red string, pull the string The clients revenge takes place. Don't then the doll is just nothing That's what pop inti mt mind when I heard Straw doll

Isn't that the doll they nail onto trees to curse people in animes?

@heathazesamurai

6 ай бұрын

Hell Girl. Yep

Amazing video akidearest,fantastic job.

yes. we want you to talk more about weird and creepy stuff in Japan :D

In Chrono cross there's a wara ningyo character that can join your party. It is impaled by a nail and has three candles on its head.

Fascinating! I wondered if Japanese culture included any magical practices. Would love to know more. And, are there magical practices specifically associated with Shinto?

@spicybeantofu

6 ай бұрын

Yes lots and lots you'll be busy looking into it

@Alienwatcher

6 ай бұрын

Same here, would be great to be able to learn more.

@simonlasneau9575

5 ай бұрын

Look for onmyodo.

2:14 Fatal Frame acknowledged! Yes!

Id enjoy more weird news stories or more haunted contents or stuff like this

Can u freaking imagine if the Putin doll actually worked? 😂😂

@ShadowBlitz776

6 ай бұрын

Putin doll ☠

@OriNaru

6 ай бұрын

It would be great! no more war

@clothar23

6 ай бұрын

​@@OriNaruYou're assuming Putin is the sole driving force in the Soviet...sorry Russian side of the war. Wars are never that simple. Multiple and powerful people are wholeheartedly supporting Putin. They want the USSR 2.0 .

@kalielik

6 ай бұрын

Too bad we never got to know since he was caught and didn't have the right clothes.

It's really interesting, I learnt about them from an anime called 'Ghost Hunt', there is a version where it's made out of wood in the shape of a person. But it was interesting to learn that the doll itself is neutral, and like with a lot of religious objects cause be used for good or evil, in cases of good it is used to protect a person from harm, in the case where it's evil (likely why this law was put in place) it is used to cause harm or a death curse upon someone. Japanese spiritual (supernatural and religious) always are so interesting to learn about :)

Would love to see more content like this ❤

The ad placement had me double doing a double take. That was good, you got me for a sec there, well played🤣

can you make this a series with japanese folklore

Nice. Good to see you well, Aki.

Should be made from Kusha grass, which is associated with the South Node of the Moon, and the nail should be ideally a horseshoe nail, mantrafied with: Om kilikila vajri vajri bhur bandha bandha hum phat. Preferred tree's would be Ficus, or any tree in the yard of the target, or a support beam in the house if you have access to the house. For maximum effect you rasp the end of the nail with a file back and forth.

Another splendid video you are such a wonderful hostess 😊

Really enjoy these types of contents it's sooooo interesting

Keep up the awesome work and videos Aki love the video

Love the content lately.

I love your video about creepy stuff like that ! your earings are so cool !

Glad you’re doing better ❤

More weird and creepy stuff from Japan??? YES PLEASE

A cannibal sent you something in the mail and you don't wanna talk about it?! Girllll, spill.

There’s a character in Ranma 1/2 whose whole shtick was doing this ritual! He was real creepy about it too

@sakiamira

6 ай бұрын

He was my introduction to the dolls. He mostly did that because he hated the main guy for being the main girl's fiance. Thankfully that every time he did that ritual, something would stop him

@sozaj

6 ай бұрын

Voodoo spike Gosunkugi?

I literally just learned about the Ox Hour ritual earlier today from reading Associate Professor Akira Tatsuki’s Conjecture. How did this same topic come to me twice today?!

Hey Aki, Glad your better!

Nioh 2 has the enemy too. Called a Yasha. She grabs you like a straw doll with the nails too.

Keep the good stuff coming! The smoothness queen still has her crown 😂😂😂 "...Hi" 😂😂😂

I can see another reason you can be arrested other than desecrating shrines and that’s the intent to harm. It doesn’t matter if it wouldn’t have worked, you did this with the intent to cause serious damage. It’s kind of like here in the UK you can be arrested for conspiring to commit a crime, even if you don’t actually go through with it

Although this doll would normally be used for negative things you can use it for positive things as well because other cultures around the world have similar concepts to this. At least in the west this is known as Sympathetic Magick a process in which you're using an item to represent someone or even yourself. Theoretically you could use it for Love spells, Money attraction, Healing as well as Protection.

swear I saw this in great teacher Onizuka , where he puts 3 candles on his head at 1 point, never understood why, until now.

Is this a reference to jigoku shoujo / hell girl

We have a similar doll in indonesia, it’s called “jelangkung” or which means “possessed doll” (my guess) well many KZreadrs from indonesia played this for a challenge or just for fun, but actually this can cause: seizures,possession,and maybe su1cid3, there’s nothing much I know, if u played this, u won’t get arrested (just letting you guys know) there’s also a spell

@NightGworl

5 ай бұрын

Anyways, before u do the ritual, u must know the spell, cuz if u don’t the doll will never reacted, idk? Maybe there are some cases abt this doll (sry if this is out of topic lol)

I am glad she's doing better

My gosh, I finally understand Aki's curse devil attacks from Chainsaw Man! It was a reference to this the entire time and I didn't know :DD

Ah yes a voodoo doll. I remember a nichijou joke centered around this doll too lol

Hope your feeling better 💙

Souichi is a wanted criminal now💀

Wow i love my life its 12:31 am in night i have college tomorrow and here i am watching this and our hostel has no electricity full black out in area

At where I'm from, you definitely don't want to mess with some restaurants or you'll get a "special ingredient" in it or random people who are likely practicing voodoo or other witchery.

This video being exactly 10 minutes is very satisfying

Great story! I love creepypasta and similar things

@spicybeantofu

6 ай бұрын

Well this has nothing to do with that unless someone has written stories

@Princess_sarah023

6 ай бұрын

@@spicybeantofu I’m just saying it reminds me of creepypasta and urban legends

Don't forget Hell Girl!

"Onmyoji" (陰陽師) 2001 is a good movie with the possessed tormented woman and all her accoutrements described. She is very unworldly in the movie.

your hairdo is so cute in this videooooo i love it !!!!

Sad that Hell Girl wasn't mentioned here

Ok unrelated but Aki's hair game is slaying

BRO ITS THE DOLL FROM THE ANIME HELL GIRL! 😮

aki that look in your eyes while contemplate using the doll says all we need to know

i agree with this law, spirtul crimes are crimes

Hi Aki!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤ awesome video!!!!

Do you have to go to a certain shrine or can it be any shrine? Seems like a very interesting ritual and the story behind it is cool. Thanks for teaching us about this!

@clothar23

6 ай бұрын

Any shrine will do. Just gotta get the doll on their tree. And not get caught of course.

@Vdr777

6 ай бұрын

@@clothar23 Ah. Thanks.

"Nah... nah... nah." Don't do it, Aki! Remember what Jigoku Shoujo taught us: when a curse is uttered, two graves are dug! 😁

Finally i know how this dolls are called, saw this dolls in so many animes especially when there was a shrine or a Miko.

Now that i think about it. The ritual is dangerous and it does harm the sacred trees. So i can see why there would be a law about it

Even though it is wrong to desecrate a holy place with such an act of violent intention, I kinda feel for the guy though, because he literally wished Putin would die. Like I was expecting this to be a petty kind of target, but Putin? This guy wanted to help so much he was willing to do a ritual that desecrated a shrine just to end the war. Idk, I admire his motivation for trying to help, so desperate to do something, that he went to one of the weirdest (and probably unreliable) things to do. He has courage, I'll give him that. He knows his limits and that he probably can't fight, so he did the only thing he could. Seems humble. Maybe I'm giving him too much credit, but this guy doesn't seem like he'd do this kind of thing in any other circumstance, but because there's a war where people are literally dying he decided to take a stand. If anything it's a nice political message, the people want the war to end so badly they'll preform ancient rituals with magic just to do it. Don't desecrate holy spaces though, especially with prayers of malicious intent, it's not good. Whether it's a shrine, church, statue, mosque, synagogue, or anything else, please don't pray for bad things. This guy had the right enthusiasm I think, just not the idea. I think this really says something politically about how people feel about this war and Putin though.

@WANDERER0070

6 ай бұрын

Americans are brainwashed into hatin Rusia for 70 years now while US itself starts all Wars in the world see Scott Ritter extra 😊

"Germany prohibits running out of gas" It's funny because it's true.

im gonna need a link to those earrings because they are FIRE

yasss more creepy content plzz. urban legends are fascinating.. that straw doll is cute it made me wanna watch Hell Girl