'Am I Pretty?' — Why Japan Closed Every School in 1979 | Kuchisake-onna — Yokai #3

In 1979, a rumor spread across Japan so fast that schools closed, police patrolled the streets, and children were forbidden to walk alone. A beautiful woman in a surgical mask would stop you at night and ask one question: Am I pretty? Say yes — and she removes the mask, revealing a mouth slit from ear to ear. Say no — and she kills you. There is only one way to survive. This is the true story of the Kuchisake-onna panic — and why Japan believed. Yokai Road — Japanese folklore & ghost stories, after dark. BGM: MOMIZizm MUSiC / shinrock #kuchisakeonna #japanesehorror #urbanlegend #yokai #japanesefolklore #kaidan #japan #ghoststories #slitmouthedwoman #japanesemythology #horror #scarystories #truehorror