Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language
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In Japan there are two types of Five Elements, the gogyo and the godai and you can find them all throughout Japanese culture-in tea ceremony, martial arts, acupuncture, herbalism, esoteric Buddhism, and even in cemeteries.
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CreditsIntro music by Julyan Ray Matsuura
Ōkami: Japanese Wolf Part 1 (Ep. 109)
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)
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