Chilling Yurei Encounters
Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet
Tara A. Devlin
4.8 • 615 Ratings
🗓️ 18 April 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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11 terrifying encounters with Japanese ghosts you won’t soon forget. What lurks in our homes, on the streets, and even our holiday destinations? There is, quite frankly, no hiding from them…
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| 0:00.0 | I heard this story from a friend. On the way home from work at night, he always took the same road where he passed an apartment building. In one of the rooms he could see someone standing |
| 0:22.1 | in the light. But this figure appeared to be dancing passionately, and every time he passed, |
| 0:28.6 | he always saw the same thing. One day, he ran into the landlord of that building, and so he |
| 0:34.9 | decided to ask him about that person. |
| 0:40.5 | Does a professional dancer live up there? |
| 0:43.5 | They always seem to be working really hard. |
| 0:47.5 | The landlord told him that room was empty, |
| 0:53.0 | but he definitely saw someone dancing there every night he passed. |
| 0:56.2 | Then, the landlord went pale. |
| 1:01.1 | Maybe you saw the previous tenant, A-san. |
| 1:06.5 | Apparently, a man by the name of A-san hung himself there, |
| 1:10.6 | and he was flailing in great pain as he died. |
| 1:19.6 | Hey guys, I'm your host Tara A Devlin, and welcome to this week's episode of Kowabana, |
| 1:23.0 | true Japanese scary stories from around the internet. |
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| 1:54.0 | heading back to the staple of Japanese horror. It's bread and butter, if you will. Good old |
| 2:00.5 | Yure. |
| 2:02.7 | Those angry, sad, lost, and generally terrifying spirits that cling to this world, and sometimes |
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