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. If you're not a member of the

Kauabana Discord yet,

why not come over and chat with us? We talk about episodes as they come out, other Japanese

horror, and we're even running a book club where we discuss a particular translated Japanese

horror book each month. We're just about to start our next book, so come on in and check it out.

You can find the link in the

episode description or on coabana.net. We'd love to see you there. This week is another of my

favorite topics, cursed objects. My favorite is, of course, the Kotori Bako, and if you haven't

listened to that episode yet, you should go and check it out.

We have another horrifying cursed box for you this week as well, but before we get into that,

we're going to be looking at a terrifying family heirloom, I suppose you might call it,

and why you should listen when people tell you not to enter a certain forbidden room. This one's called

Rusted Spear.

My family home is out in the countryside of Iwate Prefecture, and I go back for a visit every year.

It's common for people in the countryside to have a head house, right?

That one main house where all the family and relatives gather and unite.

I guess you could say it's the source of the bloodline, maybe.

Anyway, something like that.

So the head house for my family has a history spanning 300 years back.

Their lineage held the power in that area.

I can't write too much information about it, but it was a big, imposing house.

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