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A Japanese urban legend (日本の都市伝説, Nihon no toshi densetsu) is a story in Japanese folklore which is circulated as true. These urban legends are characterized by originating in or being popularized throughout the country of Japan.
An occurrence of people's disappearances in the world is attributed to an urban legend called Psyren. Ageha Yoshina receives a Psyren calling card from a cloaked figure, dubbed as Nemesis Q, and uses it to search for his missing classmate Sakurako Amamiya.
Toshi (トシ), a character in the film Moon Child; Toshi Tsukikage (月影 トシ), a character in the anime series Soar High! Isami; Toshi Yoshida (トシ・ヨシダ), a character in the television series American Dad!
Kokkuri-san (こっくりさん) is a Japanese game popular during the Meiji era that is also a form of divination, partially based on Western table-turning. Kokkuri-san may also refer to: Kokkuri-san, a 1997 Japanese horror film; Kokkuri-san: Gekijoban, a 2011 Japanese horror film; Kokkuri-san: Shin Toshi Densetsu, a 2014 Japanese horror
Kokkuri-san: Shin Toshi Densetsu (こっくりさん ‐新都市伝説‐, Kokkuri: New Urban Legend) [kokɯɾi-saɴ ɕi̥n toɕi̥ densetsɯ̥] is a 2014 Japanese horror film starring Mariya Suzuki. [1] [2]
Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō [a] (南無妙法蓮華経) are Japanese words chanted within all forms of Nichiren Buddhism. In English, they mean "Devotion to the Mystic Law of the Lotus Sutra" or "Glory to the Dharma of the Lotus Sutra". [2] [3] The words 'Myōhō Renge Kyō' refer to the Japanese title of the Lotus Sūtra.
[3] [4] Twilight Syndrome: Kinjirareta Toshi Densetsu also features original characters. It follows Mizuki and her two friends, Riko and Reika, who she meets after moving to a new high school. [ 5 ] After students begin receiving mysterious chain e-mail from an anonymous sender, the three girls decide to investigate.
Japanese anthropologist Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney explains the idiom saru wa ke ga sanbon tarinai (猿は毛が三本足りない, "a monkey is [a human] minus three pieces of hair"): "The literal meaning of this saying is that the monkey is a lowly animal trying to be a human and therefore is to be laughed at. [1]