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"The Other Side" is a ghost story I wrote using some of the more common Japanese scary tropes. Put on some headphones and turn out the lights and let me tell you a story.
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
Music: You Only Live Once by Tim Kulig
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/11913-you-only-live-once
Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Music: Falling Empire by Phat Sounds
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/11898-falling-empire
Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Music: Flight Pack 1 - 4/6 (Segeln) by Sascha Ende
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/179-flight-pack-1-46-segeln
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Music: Sneaky Detective by John Bartmann
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/9486-sneaky-detective
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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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