The Okiku Doll- Japan

 The okiku doll- Japan

  Quite a long time ago, in Japan, a young boy named Eikichi Suzuki had decided to gift his little sister, Okiku, a doll. The doll had a quite simple appearance. It was dressed in a simple red kimono and its hair was short( basically it had a Bob cut, the Japanese called it a okappa). Eventually, Okiku grew quite fond of it.

  It was then when the disaster struck. Okiku had caught a very severe cold and then died out of pneumonia(that's what most people say). Her family was overcome with grief. The Japanese bear a tradition of burying things that were significant to people along with their bodies. But for some reason, Okiku's family did not burn the doll with her body. Probably because they weren't allowed to do so due to the materials ir was made of(You couldn't bury things made of plastic, glass and metals). 

The family decided to place the doll in their house. It was extremely strange to see, that the Bob cut of the doll had slowly become shoulder lengthed. The doll was slowly growing hair! 

The family had decided to give the doll to the Mannenji Temple, in Iwamizawa. There, the monks often offer prayers to the spirit of Okiku to allow her to rest in peace. Many people visit the doll to feel its eerie presence stare at them as they enter. Almost all the visitors to this temple have experienced bizarre things.


In the 70s, some people had come up with an explanation for the dolls growing hair. It was said that old dolls were made with the hair of actual people, and the hair was folded into half,  and then stuck to the head of the doll. The glue on the dolls hair must not be intact anymore, which is probably why the hair gets unfolded, making it look like the hair is growing.


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