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Today I'll tell you part 2 of the Sakuragaike Legend (and nanafushigi!) What was waiting at the bottom of the lake? Why was the snake-dragon suffering and how did his old follower help him? Where is Kouen Ajari The Snake-Dragon now?
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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Kan no Mushi: Adorable Parasites Living Inside Your Spine (Ep. 71)
Sanzaru: Three Wise Monkeys and How They Can Help Extend Your Life (Ep. 70)
Cursed Swords That Want to Murder You (Youtou) (Ep. 69)
Enjoying the Luck of the Seven Lucky Gods (Shichifukujin) (Ep. 68)
Year of the Ox: Save Us All (Ep. 67)
Toshikoshi Soba: Breaking Off the Pain of 2020 with Noodles (Ep. 66)
Baku: The Eater of Dreams (Ep. 65)
Story Time: "The Dream of Akinosuke" by Lafcadio Hearn (Ep. 64)
Shinrei Supotto: Freaky Haunted Areas in Japan (Ep. 63)
Yuurei: Japanese Ghosts from Protective to Wrathful (Ep. 62)
Oiran: The Glamorous and Wretched Life of a High Courtesan (Ep. 61)
Kanreki: Your Auspicious Years, Yakudoushi: Your Calamitous Ones (Ep. 60)
Koumare Ishi: Inexplicable Rocks That Predict the Deaths of Monks (Ep. 59)
Bon Odori: Dancing with the Dead (Ep. 58)
Story Time - The Jellyfish Takes a Journey (plus eel and seppuku!) (Ep. 57)
Food Superstitions and Sayings (Ep. 56)
Star-Crossed Lovers (Tanabata) (Ep.55)
Yokai-Related Sayings (Becoming a Tengu) (Ep. 54)
Creepy Children's Song (Kagome Kagome) (Ep. 53)
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