Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language
Society & Culture:Places & Travel
In old Japan there were six rules, six things you weren't allowed to do on the first three days of the New Year. How do you score on the Six No Nos List?
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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Intro and Outro music by Julyan Ray Matsuura
Koiwazurai by PeriTune
Oiran: The Glamorous and Wretched Life of a High Courtesan (Ep. 61)
Kanreki: Your Auspicious Years, Yakudoushi: Your Calamitous Ones (Ep. 60)
Koumare Ishi: Inexplicable Rocks That Predict the Deaths of Monks (Ep. 59)
Bon Odori: Dancing with the Dead (Ep. 58)
Story Time - The Jellyfish Takes a Journey (plus eel and seppuku!) (Ep. 57)
Food Superstitions and Sayings (Ep. 56)
Star-Crossed Lovers (Tanabata) (Ep.55)
Yokai-Related Sayings (Becoming a Tengu) (Ep. 54)
Creepy Children's Song (Kagome Kagome) (Ep. 53)
Putting a Curse on Your Enemies (Ushi no Koku Mairi) (Ep. 52)
Children's Day Iris Baths and Golden Boys (Shobuyu and Kintaro) (Ep. 51)
Story Time: Sand Walls, Paper Doors (Ep. 50)
Close Encounter with an Amabie (Ep. 49)
The Kappa's Fart (Ep. 48)
The Guest Room Child (Zashiki Warashi) (Ep. 47)
Kanashibari and the Pillow Flipper (Makura Gaeshi) (Ep. 46)
Auspicious Cuisine (Osechi Ryori) (Ep. 45)
Haunted Artifacts (Tsukumogami) (Ep. 44)
The Great Horned Master (Tsuno Daishi) (Ep. 43)
Story Time: Yotsuya Kaidan (The Ghost of Oiwa) (Ep. 42)
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