What fans of this podcast enjoy the unexpected?

And here, Hidden a Man, the drama of Tokyo's streets,

is my favorite tea house, surrounded by ancient trees and serene ponds.

I'm Yuki, a tour leader with Explore.

My mother brought me here for my first green tea.

Not many people know about Tokyo's Hamarikyu Gardens.

Thank you, but you will.

If you explore, search explore.

Dockypore.

And don't just travel.

Explore.

Explore. We've always been afraid of the dark.

It makes sense, doesn't it?

When we can't see beyond the reach of the campfire or don't know what lies between us and

home, we often tell ourselves stories as a way to control our fears,

to explain both the visible world and the one we cannot see.

In the process, folklore becomes the fabric of our culture and a guide to how we interact with the world.

Take the tale from the Washoe tribe of a man-faced bird,

Ong, who would take his victims far into the sky before dropping them into rivers to drown,

or the dear lady of the Great Plains with her antlers and cloven feet whose beauty

lured men to their demise. And who, of course, could forget the legend of the Wendigo,

who features in many stories in the Great Lakes region and beyond. Frequently depicted as a starving

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