Mysterious Visitations
Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet
Tara A. Devlin
4.8 • 614 Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2023
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Three stories of horrifying visitations from the other side. Is everything truly as it seems, or is there a darkness lurking even in the most mundane areas?
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, I'm your host Tara A. Devlin, and welcome to this week's episode of Kowabana, |
| 0:14.8 | true Japanese scary stories from around the internet. |
| 0:18.6 | My latest book, Koobana Volume 12, is now out. Collecting |
| 0:22.0 | even more of your favorite stories from the show. You can find creepy ghosts, abandoned |
| 0:26.3 | buildings, haunted shrines, fascinating monsters, and much, much more. You can find that on Amazon |
| 0:32.1 | right now, and help support the show at the same time. This week, we're looking at stories |
| 0:37.3 | of terrifying visitations from the other side. |
| 0:40.5 | First up, a young boy is told that if he doesn't stop being lazy, |
| 0:44.6 | a man named Toa Toa-Toha-san is going to visit him. |
| 0:48.4 | And you really don't want to visit from Toa-Toha-San. |
| 0:52.2 | But is he real or just a made-up tale to keep kids in line? |
| 0:57.1 | Find out in Tohatoa-San. |
| 1:05.8 | Ever since I was a child, I've heard stories of a creature called Toa Toa-Toha-San. |
| 1:13.9 | Tohawah-Taw-A-San is someone or something, you only see when you skip out on school or work, |
| 1:20.3 | or when you're being lazy. |
| 1:22.5 | Since long ago, he has lingered, or been trapped in, our hometown area, and apparently he visited my parents |
| 1:30.3 | once or twice as well. |
| 1:32.3 | Sorry to start the story right away with some strange sentences. |
| 1:36.3 | Anyway, these are some of Toa Toa San's characteristics. |
| 1:41.3 | He looks like a regular old man. |
| 1:43.3 | He appears before people who are being lazy or skipping |
| 1:47.5 | out on school and work. It's not just children who can see him, but adults as well. And at |
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