Tales of Real Haunted Places
Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet
Tara A. Devlin
4.8 • 615 Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2020
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Japan is full of “ghost spots,” locations known countrywide for their variety of hauntings. To celebrate Reikan Vol. 2’s release, let’s take a look at 6 of those places.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, I'm your host Tara A. Devlin, and welcome to another episode of Kowabana, |
| 0:16.3 | true Japanese scary stories from around the internet. |
| 0:20.2 | As you're probably aware, |
| 0:22.0 | Desa Khan, the most haunted locations in Japan, volume 2, came out just a few short weeks ago. |
| 0:28.6 | To celebrate, on this week's episode of Koobana, we're going to be visiting some of the ghost |
| 0:33.6 | spots featured in the book, as well as a selection of other haunted locations from around |
| 0:38.2 | the country. If you're interested in learning more about them, you can pick up Reikhan Volume 2 |
| 0:43.8 | on Amazon right now. It's available in either e-book or paperback, and if you have Kindle |
| 0:49.9 | Unlimited, you can read it for free right now as well. To start this week's episode, we're going to head into an abandoned hotel deep in the |
| 0:59.1 | mountains. |
| 1:00.4 | A group of young friends decide to visit it for a test of courage, but when they encounter |
| 1:05.1 | some strange letters painted on the wall, in what appears to be blood, they soon realized that they may be in over |
| 1:12.9 | their heads. |
| 1:15.1 | Find out what happens in... |
| 1:16.9 | SOS. |
| 1:17.9 | SOS. It's a sign used only in the utmost of emergencies. |
| 1:32.3 | There's an abandoned hotel on the outskirts of M City, where I live, and it's famous around |
| 1:37.8 | town as a ghost spot. |
| 1:40.2 | During the summer of our third grade of high school, myself and four friends visited that |
| 1:45.2 | hotel for a test of courage. |
| 1:48.4 | This abandoned building lies deep beyond the wild thickets. |
| 1:53.0 | The building has turned black thanks to long years being exposed to the wind and rain, |
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