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.

Kaihan, bizarre crimes that shook Japan volume 2, is now out.

If you're interested in learning more about some of the most bizarre, strange and even

terrifying crimes that have taken place in Japan over the last few decades, then make

sure to grab your copy now.

You can find 25 new cases of missing persons, unsolved mysteries,

and truly bizarre crimes that still confuse people today.

That's Kai Han, Bizarer Crimes That Shook Japan Volume 2, out now.

Well, it's here, our 200th episode.

I started this show all the way back in 2017, and it's honestly crazy to me that we've come this far.

Whether you've been here for one episode or all 200 episodes, I'd like to say a big and genuine thank you. Thank you for choosing to spend

some or a lot of your time with me in this show. It means the world to me and it's because of you

that Coabana is still going. And I hope we can continue for a long time to come yet as well.

To celebrate this milestone, we're doing a story I've honestly been wanting to work on

for a while now.

It's a somewhat longer story, so I hope you enjoy this slightly longer than normal episode.

But this one is particularly beloved by Japanese audiences, because of the

relationship and dialogue between the two main characters.

These two boys live in a village with, it seems, a dark history and secret they're about

to uncover.

When they stumble upon a shrine one day, they dig up something that perhaps should have best been left untouched.

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