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“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.

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

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.

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.

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 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.

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. 😂

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

This is straight up some Hell Girl stuff. Noooooope💀

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

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. 😂😉🇯🇵

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

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

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)

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

@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.' 😂😂😂😂😂

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

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.

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

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!

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

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.

Love this type of content!!

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* 😅

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

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

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

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

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.

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!

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

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

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

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

can you make this a series with japanese folklore

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

2:14 Fatal Frame acknowledged! Yes!

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.

I just love how smooth your sponsorship plugs are

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

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

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

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

Another splendid video you are such a wonderful hostess 😊

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

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

Would love to see more content like this ❤

Amazing video akidearest,fantastic job.

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

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

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

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

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?!

Keep up the awesome work and videos Aki love the video

Really enjoy these types of contents it's sooooo interesting

Love the content lately.

Don't forget Hell Girl!

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 :)

Scandinavians when they see a girl in the middle of the night wearing white clothes and having candles on her head: Omg it's St. Lucia 😃🕯 Japanese people: 😨🏃‍♂️

Never have I found a more appropriate use of: "What the hell is even that?"

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

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

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.

the thinking face and nah at the end 🤣🤣

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.

We have a similar doll in indonesia, it’s called “jelangkung” or which means “possessed doll” (my guess) well many KZfaqrs 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

And matching earrings to boot! Where'd you find those @akidearest??

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

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

Souichi is a wanted criminal now💀

Nice. Good to see you well, Aki.

I love learning about stuff like this. Kinda why I like the anime ghost hunt so much. I would have assumed that people would be in trouble more of conspiracy to comit a crime more than just vandalism which suprised me

It's mostly due to the ritual involving such doll requires a intent to kill/grudge... It's kinda hard to do such ritual nowadays. It's better to use a more complex ritual due to it being less detectable...those require materials from the target and several other steps and ingredients...

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.

It’s the “Nahhh” part for me, had me LMAO!

Hey Aki, Glad your better!

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

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

Is this a reference to jigoku shoujo / hell girl

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

Hi Aki!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤ awesome video!!!!

i agree with this law, spirtul crimes are crimes

I love your earrings for this vid! Where can you get them?

Great story! I love creepypasta and similar things

Glad you’re doing better ❤

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

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

🎉 great video. I learned a lot thank you.

Where did you get those ear rings? Those are bad ass!

Ok unrelated but Aki's hair game is slaying

I am glad she's doing better