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.

Kai Han, 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 Kaihan, Bizarer Crimes That Shook Japan Volume 2. Out now. This week, we're heading to the Chubu region in central Japan. This area is full of

tall, rugged mountains that see a lot of climbers and a lot of snow. The area also has a long

and often violent history, but what stories do the people who live there today have to share with us?

Well, first up, two colleagues take a fishing trip there

and end up at a hot spring that will, it seems, change at least one of their lives forever.

Find out why in Clay Dole.

This happened over a decade ago now,

but I visited the Kiso area for a three-day two-night fishing trip.

Our company had planned annual leave in June, so I got in my car with a colleague and off we

went.

It was sunny on the first day, and we caught a decent amount of fish.

But that evening there was a thunderstorm, so we had to stay in the car.

I didn't really sleep much that night.

It continued raining the next day, but I put on my raincoat and threw out my line.

Still, by 4pm, it had gotten so bad that I had to call it quits.

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