Obake Yashiki: Home sweet haunted home
Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet
Tara A. Devlin
4.8 • 615 Ratings
🗓️ 31 August 2018
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Japanese houses. So comfortable. So inviting. Yet what creeps across the tatami mats and hides in the deepest nooks and crannies of the closet? Discover 5 haunting tales of residents who just refuse to move on. After all, there’s no place like home!
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| 0:00.0 | I was eating chicken nuggets at home, watching TV, when I heard a young female voice call out, |
| 0:18.9 | I'm home, from the front door. |
| 0:22.6 | Welcome back, I replied while watching the TV. |
| 0:27.9 | Wait, I live alone. |
| 0:32.7 | I don't have a girlfriend. |
| 0:36.5 | I looked back, but no one was there. |
| 0:40.3 | I was sure I heard something. |
| 0:44.3 | Hmm? |
| 0:46.3 | What is this? |
| 0:48.3 | Am I imagining things? |
| 0:51.3 | I felt it was strange rather than scary. |
| 0:55.0 | I cleaned up and went to bed. |
| 0:58.0 | During the night, my eyes suddenly opened, and I tried to look over beside me. |
| 1:05.0 | I couldn't move. |
| 1:08.0 | For the first time ever, I was experiencing sleep paralysis. I could only |
| 1:14.1 | move my eyes, so while searching the room, I felt like there was something in the corner. |
| 1:23.2 | The door was slightly open. A round eye was watching me from the gap. |
| 1:32.6 | Before I knew it, it was morning. |
| 1:36.7 | That night I stayed in the nap room at work. |
| 1:41.4 | It was only the fifth day since I'd moved into that apartment, but I can't go back. |
| 1:51.0 | Hey guys, I'm your host Tara A Devlin and welcome to another episode of Kowabana, true Japanese scary stories from around the internet. |
| 2:03.6 | When I was in Japan, I lived in about four or five different houses over the years, |
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