Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language
Society & Culture:Places & Travel
The tsuchinoko is a mysterious, mythical creature that can be seen and heard all over Japan since ancient times, but not one has ever been captured.
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 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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Music by Julyan Ray Matsuura
Ōkami: Japanese Wolf Part 2 Legends and Lore (Ep. 110)
Ōkami: Japanese Wolf Part 1 (Ep. 109)
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)
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