Upsize Your #2 Experience

Just 'cause I found this story so bizarre but so relatable (since I read while in the loo. teehee) Koji Suzuki, a Japanese writer, who was born in Hamamatsu and currently lives in Tokyo. He is better known for his literary horror masterpiece novel “The Ring”.

Maybe he thought of all those wasted paper just flushed down the toilet - so he made it not just dual-ply; but also dual-purpose. Heehee. But in Tokyo where ghosts are traditionally believed to hide in the loo; would this 9 chapter literary horror sell like hotcake? Or will his dreams of literary genius be flushed in the toilet?

I hope they have an english version. I wouldn't mind reading it.

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TOKYO – In a country where ghosts are traditionally believed to hide in the loo, a Japanese company is advertising a new literary experience — a horror story printed on toilet paper.

Each roll carries several copies of a new nine-chapter novella written by Koji Suzuki, the Japanese author of the horror story "Ring," which has been made into movies in both Japan and Hollywood.

"Drop," set in a public restroom, takes up about three feet (90 centimeters) of a roll and can be read in just a few minutes, according to the manufacturer, Hayashi Paper.

The company promotes the toilet paper, which will sell for 210 yen ($2.20) a roll, as "a horror experience in the toilet."

Toilets in Japan were traditionally tucked away in a dark corner of the house due to religious beliefs. Parents would tease children that a hairy hand might pull them down into the dark pool below.

Source: Yahoo News