Urban Legends and Contemporary Ghost Stories in Japan

In the following, the so-called "ghost story: New Story Collection" (Japanese title: Strange story: New Year's bag) as part of, summarizes the short ghost stories, analysis, and explanation. Each story has a title and number, about 5 minutes, usually complete and independent. Some of them, although not shown clearly in the audience there is a second part to be displayed by the other details, such as the same name and appearance. We will also briefly introduce the trends of terrorism in Japan from the 1950s to the present.

Urban legends, urban myths, city stories, or modern legends are forms of contemporary folklore. It is usually composed of fictitious stories that are usually presented as genuine with horrible or humorous elements rooted in local pop culture. These legends can be used not only for entertainment purposes but also for semi-serious explanation of random events such as missing and strange things. The legend of the city is spread by all media such as newspaper, e-mail, social media. With only small changes to adapt to regional changes, the legend of several cities has passed many years. Recent legends tend to reflect contemporary situations such as stories of people suffering from ambush and anesthesia. And it is said that it will be surgically removed for transplant.

Like many horror legends and traditional ghost stories, "Bloody Mary" has proven to be suitable for popular novels, stories, cartoon books, movies and dolls. "Urban Legends: Bloody Mary" released directly in 2005 is the third movie of a horrible series that began with "Urban Legend" in 1998. As you can imagine, this plot has the freedom of a traditional story. In particular, the horror writer Clive Barker basically built the legend of the simulated city by applying the ritual of the movie "Candyman" of 1992. Various characters in the movie summoned the name "Candy Man" five times in front of the mirror and summoned the ghosts of the slave who was badly bullied in the 19th century.

If you recite 'Bloody Mary' repeatedly in a dark room, does it really truly summon her ghosts? What happened to this child from Frosties' advertisement? The legend of the city has existed for a long time. They say that they stay at a campfire or torch overnight. But now, thanks to the Internet, these stories have become stronger than ever. In collaboration with Dr. Joseph Stubsfield, a researcher at the Department of Anthropology at the University of Durham, he collaborated with "Evidence of Chicken and Squid Revenge: Accidental Contents Prejudice in Accumulated Memories of Urban Legend". Science, and what does this mean for brands?