During o-Bon, it's said that the ancestral spirits of Japanese people return to the world of the living. It's also believed, a few malevolent spirits return with them. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2024/08/08/language/japanese-language-obon-ghosts/ #life #language #nihongo #vocabulary #grammar #ghosts #supernatural #uncannyjapan
Japanese cities turn into ghost towns during the Bon holiday period

As people return to their hometowns to pay their respects to their ancestors, children may try to test their nerves with a 'kimodameshi.'

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It's done! The audio book version of the _The Carp-Faced Boy and Other Tales_, read by ~watashi~ is up at various audio book sites.

Wanna hear a scary story?

Audible: https://tinyurl.com/tnm8pk9f

LibroFM: https://tinyurl.com/2wah84wc

#scarystories #horror #audiobook #jhorror #uncannyjapan

New episode. Let's talk about the epic and incendiary folktale of Anchin and Kiyohime.

#uncannyjapan #Japan #dragon #podcast

https://uncannyjapan.com/podcast/anchin-and-kiyohime/

The Tragic (or not?) Tale of Anchin and Kiyohime (Ep. 153) - Uncanny Japan Podcast

The Tale of Anchin and Kiyohime is an epic story of love, betrayal, and transformation into a serpent dragon, but there are several versions of this classic.

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It's alive! The #UncannyJapan mascot is ~~a~L~i~V~e~~ 🔥

Look what K-chan made for me. These are the summer versions. I got more to share later.

@nmapa0, arigatou~💕🥰 I love them so much and have them hanging above my computer 😘

Wow your friends! Terrify your neighbors!

All the sticky, enticing secrets of the Jorō Spider on today's episode of #uncannyjapan

#jorogumo #jorōgumo #japan #folklore #japanesefolklore

https://tinyurl.com/4y33razm

The Dangerous Truth about the Jorō Spider (Ep. 150) - Uncanny Japan Podcast

The joro spider, a colorful arachnid from Japan, is harmless but tied to folklore about shape-shifting brides who fatally ensnare lovers at waterfalls.

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What an adorable little rainy day talisman, the teru teru bōzu😍. But wait! What's this about chopping off heads😱?

It's all here on the newest #uncannyjapan complete with some binaural spring rain sounds from outside my window.

Have you ever made one? Did it work?

My doodling on the tablet obsession continues!

#podcast #Japan #podcasting #womenwhopodcast #binaural #soundscape

Here: https://tinyurl.com/bdh3tanu

Teru Teru Bōzu: Cute, Magical, Unsettling Origins (Ep. 144)

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Who is that odd tiny fellow made of flesh or straw (?) squirming in a fisherman's net begging, "Please don't kill me. I can help you!" ?

Why the Wave Boy, of course!

I tell you all about him and his various tales through the ages on the most recent episode of #UncannyJapan

Here: http://tinyurl.com/5ya8fs54

#namikozo #folklore #myth #Japan #japanesemythology #Japanesefolklore

Nami Kozō: The Creepy Little Wave Boy

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New #uncannyjapan podcast episode is up on wherever app you like to listen to your shows.

It's about the 2024 Wood Dragon and what that means as well as some dragon phrases in Japanese and how to use them.

If you go to Youtube, though, you can watch me paint a dragon 🐉 while you listen.

Here:
https://youtu.be/YD-pjI876V4?si=d9hSYGKLXpjMBzP9

#podcast #japan #dragon #yearofthedragon

A Rollicking and Powerful Year of the Dragon 2024 (Ep. 140)

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Hokusai Says | Uncanny Japan -- Thersa Matsuura

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I want to thank every single one of you wonderful, beautiful, & creative critters for listening to & supporting the show this past year。 
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For the last episode of 2023, come listen & learn about ringing out the old year by bonging your local temple's bell around midnight on New Year's Eve🔔.

It'll cleanse you of your sins, too. Great way to start 2024 ✨💪✨

Yoi Otoshi Wo!

#UncannyJapan everywhere, but I'mma speed sketching the episode over on Youtube: https://youtu.be/trrKZX5rUl0?si=J7JfRavmQomrLe8H

Joya no Kane: Purify Yourself With This Episode (Ep. 139)

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