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Kowabana: "True" Japanese scary stories from around the internet

Each week on “Kowabana: ‘True’ Japanese scary stories from around the internet,” horror author and translator Tara A. Devlin presents a selection of Japanese horror, creepypastas and urban legends translated from the deepest, darkest parts of the web. Creepy ghosts and vengeful onryo, cursed technology and haunted shrines. Discover horror like only Japan knows how to deliver. Brand new and exclusive stories translated each week. Find out more at http://www.kowabana.net/

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00:56:17

Seal

Kowabana: "True" Japanese scary stories from around... ·

2022/03/11

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! A young man asks two of his friends to help him out with a strange custom back home. But it’s only the beginning of a terrible sequence of events that will change their lives forever, if they can even make it out of this alive… BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under Creative

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00:47:26

Terrifying and Dangerous Countryside Rituals

Kowabana: "True" Japanese scary stories from around... ·

2022/02/25

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! Villages around Japan hold their own unique festivals and rituals but, if these stories are to be believed, not all of them are good. In fact, some are downright deadly… BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Support Kowabana:

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00:50:27

Unfortunate Encounters with the Other Side

Kowabana: "True" Japanese scary stories from around... ·

2022/02/11

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! The bizarre. The unexplainable. That which you should just leave be. If only the people in this week’s stories had taken heed of that warning themselves… BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese

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00:44:10

Unsettling Human Horrors

Kowabana: "True" Japanese scary stories from around... ·

2022/01/28

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! Ask people what they find to be the scariest thing of all, and many will answer the same way: humans. These four tales tell of the strange, terrifying, and sometimes bizarre events that can occur not with the supernatural, but with other people… BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and

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00:45:16

Mystifying Mountain Spirits

Kowabana: "True" Japanese scary stories from around... ·

2022/01/14

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! Japan is covered in mountains, many of them sparsely populated. What really lives out there? And what should you do on the off chance that you happen to run into something otherworldly out there? Can you even do anything at all…? BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under

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00:46:56

Ominous Encounters With the Other Side

Kowabana: "True" Japanese scary stories from around... ·

2021/12/31

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! When the other side comes knocking, sometimes it’s best to just ignore it entirely. But what if you can’t ignore it? What if it keeps coming and you don’t even know what it’s after? These three tales will certainly make you think… BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under

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00:46:30

Supernatural Encounters of the Terrifying Kind

Kowabana: "True" Japanese scary stories from around... ·

2021/12/17

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! Encounters with the other side. They don’t always go well, and as we’ll see with these three stories, they can change people’s lives forever. Who knows what’s really out there…? BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Support

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00:45:10

Don’t Mess With the Sacred

Kowabana: "True" Japanese scary stories from around... ·

2021/12/03

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! Japan is the land of 8 million kami, and not all of them are good. People are often warned not to mess around with the sacred, and these three stories show you why. BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Support Kowabana: 'True'

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00:44:19

Hauntings of Unknown Origin

Kowabana: "True" Japanese scary stories from around... ·

2021/11/19

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! Sometimes strange things happen without explanation. No matter how deep you look, it can be difficult to uncover why. And, perhaps, it’s best left that way… BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese

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00:45:12

Unexplainable Mysteries of the Night

Kowabana: "True" Japanese scary stories from around... ·

2021/11/05

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! Do you ever truly know what’s lurking in the darkness? Sometimes its best not to know, as these three stories can attest to… BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the

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00:50:55

Monstrous Encounters You Should Avoid

Kowabana: "True" Japanese scary stories from around... ·

2021/10/22

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! This week we have three tales of terrifying monsters you don’t want to run into at night… or during the day… or ever. Avoid them with your life… if you can. BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese

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00:49:16

Horrifying Family Secrets

Kowabana: "True" Japanese scary stories from around... ·

2021/10/08

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! Ever thought your family was bad? These two tales will make you question those closest to you and whether you ever really truly know what’s going on in the house you live in… BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Support

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00:46:35

Bizarre Tales from Unique Characters

Kowabana: "True" Japanese scary stories from around... ·

2021/09/24

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! These tales highlight not only some of the strange monsters you might cross in Japan, but some of the strange people you might see as well. If you are lucky, or unlucky enough… BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Support

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00:44:22

Bizarre & Dangerous Encounters

Kowabana: "True" Japanese scary stories from around... ·

2021/09/10

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! These four stories will remind you that no matter where you go or what you do, danger will find you, and often in the most unexpected and terrifying ways. BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese

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00:47:31

Terrifying Mountain Encounters

Kowabana: "True" Japanese scary stories from around... ·

2021/08/27

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! Japan is covered in mountains, and in those lurk all sorts of horrors. These three tales will remind you why you always need to be careful out there. You never know if you’re truly alone… BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

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00:46:24

Strange Encounters from the Other Side

Kowabana: "True" Japanese scary stories from around... ·

2021/08/13

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! Do we really know what’s lurking out there? What if the other side tries to speak to us in strange ways that we just can’t comprehend? These four stories will certainly make you think so… BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

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00:46:15

Terrifying Tales of Ancient Folklore

Kowabana: "True" Japanese scary stories from around... ·

2021/07/30

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! Japan has a long history full of rich folklore. This week, we take a look at two tales from an older, more superstitious and supernatural Japan that have survived until modern times. BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Support

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00:44:15

Seaside Tales for Summer

Kowabana: "True" Japanese scary stories from around... ·

2021/07/16

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! Take a dip in the chilling waters of the ocean this hot summer… if you dare. Once you know what’s lurking out there, you might not be so willing… Japanese ghosts do love water, after all. BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

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00:45:08

Unusual Ghostly Hauntings

Kowabana: "True" Japanese scary stories from around... ·

2021/07/02

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! When people think of Japanese ghosts, they may imagine a woman in a white dress with long black hair over her face, but it’s not always so. These two stories tell of some strange and unique experiences the narrators had with ghosts… BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under

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00:43:52

Terrifying Old Traditions

Kowabana: "True" Japanese scary stories from around... ·

2021/06/18

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! In the far-flung villages of Japan you’ll find all sorts of strange and creepy customs, at least, if these stories are anything to by. What really lurks out there, and how do people go about keeping it at bay? BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under Creative Commons: By

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