Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language
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Myth Tales is an immersive retelling of Japan's creation myth.
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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CreditsIntro music by Julyan Ray Matsuura
The Human-Faced Tumor: Jinmensou (Ep.95)
Introducing the Uncanny Robot Podcast
Story Time: Tango no Hitobashira / The Human Pillar of Tango (Ep. 94)
The Ferocious Oni (Ep. 93)
Chindon-ya: Eccentric Street Musicians (Ep. 92)
Good Luck Superstitions in Japan (Ep. 91)
Mayoiga: The Mysterious House You Find When You’re Lost (Ep. 90)
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)
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