Step 1: Before you go to bed at night, take off your clothes and go into the bathroom.
Step 2: Fill the bathtub with water and turn off the lights.
Step 3: Sit in the middle of the bathtub, facing the faucets or taps.
Step 4: Wash your hair. In your mind, you should see the image of a Japanese woman standing in a bathtub. She slips and falls onto a rusty tap the tap goes through her eyes and kills her.
Step 5: Keep repeating the words "Daruma-San fell down, Daruma-San fell down", until you finish washing your hair. Your eyes MUST remain shut. You may hear or feel a slight movement in the bathwater behind you. Keep your eyes closed. Do NOT peek. You have just summoned a ghost. The ghostly figure of a woman will rise out of the water. You will feel her presence as she stares at you, her head just behind your right shoulder. Her hair is black and tangled. Her clothes are tattered and rotting. She only has one eye. Her left eye is wide open and bloodshot. Her right eye is missing leaving just a bloody hollow eye socket.
Step 6: When you sense the presence of the ghost, say out loud: "Why did you fall in the bath?"
Step 7: Keeping your eyes shut tightly, stand up, get out of the bath. Be careful not to trip and fall. Immediately leave the bathroom and shut the door behind you. Now it's safe to open your eyes. Leave the water in the bath overnight. Go to sleep. The next morning, when you wake up, the game will begin. The ghost of the one-eyed woman will be following you. Whenever you turn to look, she will disappear. Throughout the day when when you glance over your right shoulder, you will occasionally catch a glimpse of her. She will get closer and closer as the day goes on. Do NOT allow her to catch you.
If you glance over your shoulder and see that she is way too close, you should shout "Tomare!" Which means "Stop!" Then run away as quickly as possible. This will allow you to get some distance from her. To end the game, you must yell "Kitta!" Which means "I cut you loose!" Then hold out your hand in front of you and swing it down in a cutting motion (like a karate chop).
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The Bath Game: A Japanese Ritual.
HorrorThis is about a Japanese bath game that I suggest not to do. In this story I tell you how to play.
