Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language
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Shochikubai means "pine, bamboo, plum" and are considered the three winter friends. You'll find them in New Year decorations as well as another interesting and surprising place. I'll tell more on today's show.
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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
Hunting for a Tsuchinoko (Ep. 108)
Your Own Personal Buddha (Ep. 107)
The Unconnected Dead: Muenbotoke (Ep. 106)
The Sickle Weasel: Kamaitachi (Ep. 105)
Another Chilling Children’s Song – Tōryanse (Ep. 104)
Final Listeners' True Spooky Tales - Weeping, Drowning, and Big Wall Blocking (Ep. 103)
Listeners' True Spooky Stories: Forest Phantoms and the Black-Nosed Man (Ep. 102)
Listeners' Absolutely True Japanese Ghost Stories Part 2 (Ep. 101)
Listeners' Absolutely True Ghost Stories: Haunted Houses (Ep. 100)
The Cat Grave, The Rat Grave: Nekozuka, Nezumizuka (Ep. 99)
Toilet Gods: Yes! There are More Than One! (Ep. 98)
Supernatural Cats: Nekomata (Ep. 97)
The Killing Stone: Sessho Seki (Ep. 96)
The Human-Faced Tumor: Jinmensou (Ep.95)
Introducing the Uncanny Robot Podcast
Story Time: Tango no Hitobashira / The Human Pillar of Tango (Ep. 94)
The Ferocious Oni (Ep. 93)
Chindon-ya: Eccentric Street Musicians (Ep. 92)
Good Luck Superstitions in Japan (Ep. 91)
Mayoiga: The Mysterious House You Find When You’re Lost (Ep. 90)
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