Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language
Society & Culture:Places & Travel
Graves with no one to care for them are called muenbotoke. Learn about a temple that gathers all those ashes and bones and makes Buddhist statues out of them.
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 and cicada
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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