Hey guys, I'm your host Tara A. Devlin, and welcome to this week's episode of Kowabana,

true Japanese scary stories from around the internet.

The latest book in the They Khan series, Volume 3, is now out.

If you'd like to learn more about some of Japan's most haunted and dangerous spots,

then this is the book for you.

You can find all sorts of abandoned shrines, hospitals, parks,

and even lesser-known places that you wouldn't even think could be haunted.

That's Thea Khan, the most Locations in Japan, Volume 3.

Out now.

This week, we're looking at various creatures, monsters, and kami-sama, that you'll likely

want to be careful messing with.

Sometimes they're helpful, but more often than not, they don't want to be your

friend. First up, when a village goes against its lord in an attempt to alleviate their

water pains, someone must pay the price. But who? Find out in... Nookan Summer.

I'm going to write about a custom back at our family home that I had assumed up until

now was an Auburn event.

Well, it's more accurately a custom in my grandmother's family on my

mother's side. They live deep in the mountains in an area that often suffered from a lack of water

in the past. As such, a wealthy farmer from the area used his own money to build dams and

irrigation and such, which made it possible to

grow rice there. However, the Lord or the Daimyo or whatever didn't give them permission

to build these canals, so the wealthy farmer's mother offered her own life in exchange.

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