# 008 —The Last Thing I Said to My Mother

008 —The Last Thing I Said to My Mother The story in this video is based on "Kokkuri-san" — a coin divination game played in classrooms across Japan since the Meiji era. The setup varies from school to school, but the pieces are almost always the same: a sheet of paper with a torii, "Yes" and "No," the Japanese syllabary and the numbers 0 to 9, and a ten-yen coin under everyone's finger. You call out "Kokkuri-san, please come to us," and the coin moves, answering questions nobody in the room spoke aloud. The one who answers is an animal spirit — part fox, part dog, part raccoon dog — which is exactly what the name means: 狐狗狸. This video reimagines the one rule every child was told never to break — don't lift your finger from the coin until the spirit is sent back. In Japan, kokkuri was never only a game. In the 1970s it spread so far through schools that teachers began warning students against it. The same coin divination lives on in Korea as bunshinsaba, and in Taiwan, where it is played with a plate on a sheet of newspaper. This is one of those stories. This video is a fictional adaptation of the original legend, with the story and events reimagined for Nightmare Japan. Welcome to Nightmare Japan. Experience Japanese horror legends, ghost stories, urban myths, and eerie mysteries brought to life through cinematic storytelling. ► Japanese Horror Stories Playlist    • Japanese Horror Stories   🏮 Nightmare Japan Studio (Patreon) Follow the development of Nightmare Japan with production updates, upcoming projects, and creative notes.   / nightmarejapan   Narration: Shawn Deats