Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language
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On today's episode I'm going to tell you about an affliction that involved a strange growth on some part of your body that had the face of a human and did horrible things.
Uncanny Japan is author Thersa Matsuura. Her other show is The Soothing Stories Podcast. Check out her books including The Carp-Faced Boy on Amazon. 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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Intro music by Julyan Ray Matsuura
Heavenly Dogs and Brilliant Swordsmen (The Tengu) (Ep. 32)
Story Time: Of a Mirror and a Bell (Lafcadio Hearn) (Ep. 31)
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)
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