Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language
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Today I’m going to do something a little different, again. I’m going to give you some real yōkai and paranormal news. Not current news, but stories that were actually published in newspapers during the late 1800s — and not in tabloids either, but in regular ol’ papers. And they are absolutely delightful to read.
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Uncanny Japan is author Thersa Matsuura. Her other shows are Uncanny Robot Podcast and The Soothing Stories Podcast. Check out her books including The Carp-Faced Boy by clicking on the Amazon link. If you'd like to help support the podcast and have a bedtime story read to you monthly, please visit Patreon.
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CreditsIntro music by Julyan Ray Matsuura
Human-Faced Fish (Ep. 30)
The Devils are Coming! (Setsubun) (Ep. 29)
Ebisu, The Leech Boy Who Became a God (Ep. 28)
Ojizo Bound in Ropes Doused in Oil (Ep. 27)
Ojizo. The Little Guy Saving You and Yours From the Torments of Hell (Ep. 26)
Bancho Sarayashiki: Okiku and the Nine Plates (Ep. 25)
A Bedtime Story: Kachi-Kachi Mountain (PG Version) (Ep. 24)
Kuchisake-onna: The Slit-Mouthed Woman (Ep. 23)
Great Screaming and Uninterrupted Pain More Buddhist Hells (Ep. 22)
Screaming and Crushing in Four Buddhist Hells (Ep. 21)
Ship Goddesses, Boat Ghosts, and Sea Monks (Funadama, Funa Yurei, Umi Bozu) (Ep. 20)
The Heavenly Demon (Amanojaku) + Bedtime Story! (Ep. 19)
The God of Smallpox (Housougami) (Ep. 18)
Granny Dumping Mountain (Ubasute Yama) (Ep. 17)
Playing Hide and Seek by Yourself (Hitori Kakurenbo) (Ep. 16)
Inviting a Friend to Die (Rokuyo) (Ep. 15)
Sokushinbutsu: The Corpses of “Living” Buddhas (Ep. 14)
Teachers Running (Shiwasu) (Ep. 13)
Goroawase: Tricky Numbers (Ep. 12)
The Devil’s Gate (Kimon) (Ep. 11)
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