Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language

A podcast by Uncanny Productions

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150 Episodes

  1. Your Own Personal Buddha (Ep. 107)

    Published: 8/31/2022
  2. The Unconnected Dead: Muenbotoke (Ep. 106)

    Published: 8/15/2022
  3. The Sickle Weasel: Kamaitachi (Ep. 105)

    Published: 7/31/2022
  4. Another Chilling Children’s Song – Tōryanse (Ep. 104)

    Published: 7/17/2022
  5. Final Listeners' True Spooky Tales - Weeping, Drowning, and Big Wall Blocking (Ep. 103)

    Published: 6/30/2022
  6. Listeners' True Spooky Stories: Forest Phantoms and the Black-Nosed Man (Ep. 102)

    Published: 6/16/2022
  7. Listeners' Absolutely True Japanese Ghost Stories Part 2 (Ep. 101)

    Published: 5/31/2022
  8. Listeners' Absolutely True Ghost Stories: Haunted Houses (Ep. 100)

    Published: 5/16/2022
  9. The Cat Grave, The Rat Grave: Nekozuka, Nezumizuka (Ep. 99)

    Published: 4/30/2022
  10. Toilet Gods: Yes! There are More Than One! (Ep. 98)

    Published: 4/18/2022
  11. Supernatural Cats: Nekomata (Ep. 97)

    Published: 3/31/2022
  12. The Killing Stone: Sessho Seki (Ep. 96)

    Published: 3/15/2022
  13. The Human-Faced Tumor: Jinmensou (Ep.95)

    Published: 2/28/2022
  14. Introducing the Uncanny Robot Podcast

    Published: 2/18/2022
  15. Story Time: Tango no Hitobashira / The Human Pillar of Tango (Ep. 94)

    Published: 2/16/2022
  16. The Ferocious Oni (Ep. 93)

    Published: 1/30/2022
  17. Chindon-ya: Eccentric Street Musicians (Ep. 92)

    Published: 1/15/2022
  18. Good Luck Superstitions in Japan (Ep. 91)

    Published: 12/30/2021
  19. Mayoiga: The Mysterious House You Find When You’re Lost (Ep. 90)

    Published: 12/17/2021
  20. Sakuragaike: A Tortured Snake-Dragon Loses it Scales, Pt 2 (Ep. 89)

    Published: 12/2/2021

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Speculative fiction writer, long-term resident of Japan and Bram Stoker Award finalist Thersa Matsuura explores all that is weird from old Japan—strange superstitions, folktales, cultural oddities, and interesting language quirks. These are little treasures she digs up while doing research for her writing.