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. The latest volume of Kowabana, volume of K Koabana, Volume 14, is now out.

Collecting even more of your favorite stories from the show, you can find tales of

creepy monsters, terrifying ghosts, bizarre curses, haunted buildings, and much, much more.

That's Koabana, Volume 14, out now. This week, we're continuing our spooky tour

of Japan and heading to the Kansai area. Here, you can find Japan's ancient capital,

and all sorts of ancient spooks to go with it. But first, this story from a school in Kyoto

speaks of an old legend that you mustn't turn around

if you're near a certain beach.

But what happens when some school kids come across, it seems, that very same legend for real?

Find out in Inahorhsan.

This happened at an old school in Maizuru in Kyoto.

At our school in Kyoto, when you hit the third grade, you get to go on a small trip

for one night, that they

call overnight training. Basically, we spend the night at a Japanese inn next to our school

in Maizuru, and the next day we can play at the beach all day. And so, when I was in the third grade,

I also took part.

The first day was recreational activities, and then we spent the night at the inn.

Everyone was rather well behaved, and nobody did anything stupid either, so we soon all got

into bed.

As is customary for these types of trips, we put all our mattresses

together and then told scary stories. Let me share one of the stories our classmate told us.

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