Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language
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You'll often see ghostly-looking dolls strung up in windows in Japan on rainy days. What do they mean and why are they a little creepy?
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Uncanny Japan is author Thersa Matsuura. Check out her books including The Book of Japanese Folklore 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
Rain by Okami (龗)
Sakuragaike: A Tortured Snake-Dragon Loses it Scales, Pt 2 (Ep. 89)
Sakuragaike: A Snake-Dragon Coiled and Waiting, Part 1 (Ep. 88)
Halloween Episode: Kokkuri Spirit Boards and WTF?! (Ep. 87)
Scary Story Time: "Go-Away Monkey" (Ep. 86)
The Most Merciless Yokai: the Korori (Ep.85)
Misemono: Edo Era Freak Shows (Ep. 84)
Ningyo: The Ugly (and Delicious!) Japanese Mermaid (Ep. 83)
Obon Story Time: "At Yaidzu" by Lafcadio Hearn (Ep. 82)
Hitobashira: The Tragic Stories of Human Pillars (Ep. 81)
The Adorably Creepy Tofu Kozo (Ep. 80)
Mushi Okuri: Sending Off the Bugs (Ep. 79)
Utsuro-Bune: The Hollow (Space?) Ship (Ep. 78)
Story Time – "Kaguya Hime: The Bamboo Cutter and the Moon Princess" (Ep. 77)
Fuujin & Raijin: The Gods of Thunder and Wind (Ep. 76)
Story Time: The Kappa's Abyss (Ep. 75)
Jigoku Tayuu: The Mysterious Hell Courtesan (Ep. 74)
Rated G Tanuki Buttons: This Unbelievable Story Will Blow Your Mind! (Ep. 73.5)
PG-13 Tanuki Buttons: This Unbelievable Story Will Blow Your Mind! (Ep. 73)
Adorable Tanuki: Fluffy, Shape-Shifting, and Lucky! (Ep. 72)
Kan no Mushi: Adorable Parasites Living Inside Your Spine (Ep. 71)
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