In Japanese folklore there are a number of spirits that appear in bathrooms, reaching out of toilets or whispering through stall walls
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When it comes to imagining the most terrifying interruptions of our most private moments, no one beats Japanhttps://trib.al/0eMb06D
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The Akaname is a goblinesque yōkai spirit, filthy and disheveled, with a long tongue, primarily known for licking the filth off of bathtubspic.twitter.com/WBLvK03rpd
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Aka Manto, or the Red Cape, is completely covered by a flowing cape and hood, wearing a mask that hides an irresistibly handsome face
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One of the best-known of Japan’s bathroom spirits is Hanako of the Toilet, a girl who died around WWII and haunts school bathrooms
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She can be summoned by going to the girl’s bathroom, knocking on the third stall three times, and saying, “Are you there Hanako-san?”
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Hanako will respond “Yes I am,” or a hand will appear. If someone enters the stall, they could also be eaten by a three-headed lizard
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Read up on Japan’s bathroom spirits so you'll know what to do if a Kappa shows up at your outhouse: http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/japans-bathroom-ghosts …pic.twitter.com/hWaBnjToTr
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