Japanese bathroom ghosts

Japanese urban legend

Japanese urban legend

thumb|alt="Akaname of the Deep Dark Valley" from the pictured paper used as dice game board, Utagawa Yoshikazu|Sokokuradani no Akaname ("Akaname of the Deep Dark Valley"), a frame of something beating it to a picture print used as dice board. Hyakushu kaibutsu yōkai sugoroku (1858) by . thumb|upright|"Akaname", Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by [[Toriyama Sekien]]

Hanako-san, or , is a Japanese urban legend about the ghost of a young girl named Hanako who haunts lavatories. Like many urban legends, the details of the origins of the legend vary depending on the account; different versions of the story include that Hanako-san is the ghost of a World War II–era girl who was killed while playing hide-and-seek during an air raid, that she was murdered by a parent or stranger, or that she committed suicide in a school toilet due to bullying.

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