Terrifying Rural Jaunts & Monsters
Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet
Tara A. Devlin
4.8 • 615 Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2020
⏱️ 46 minutes
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22% of Japan lives in rural areas that tale up much of the countryside. Away from the hustle and bustle of the city you’ll find all sorts of creepiness, like in these four tales…
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, I'm your host Tara A Devlin and welcome to another episode of Kowabana, |
| 0:16.0 | true Japanese scary stories from around the internet. |
| 0:20.0 | Before we get started this week, I'm very happy to announce |
| 0:22.4 | that my latest book is now out. You can pick up Bunkai, Baffling Japanese Internet Mysteries |
| 0:28.5 | Volume 1, on Amazon right now. If you're a big fan of internet mysteries, well, Japan is full of them. |
| 0:36.5 | I've spent quite some time digging up some of the most interesting, |
| 0:40.3 | most baffling and most terrifying mysteries that the Japanese internet has to offer. So go check it out right now. Look for Bunkai, baffling Japanese internet mysteries on Amazon, or you can find the direct link on koabana.net. |
| 0:56.4 | This week, we're heading back into the countryside for some more baffling and terrifying tales. |
| 1:02.6 | Have you ever been to a Japanese festival before, or at least seen one on TV? |
| 1:08.7 | There are so many types that take place all over Japan, usually during the |
| 1:13.3 | summer, and each city tends to have their own local festival that's held there and there only. |
| 1:20.0 | The young men in this next story head out for a drive and stumble upon a festival out in the |
| 1:24.9 | countryside. But as usual, things aren't quite what they seem. |
| 1:30.4 | Find out why in... |
| 1:32.3 | Festival. |
| 1:37.9 | This happened ten years ago. |
| 1:44.7 | I was free and bored during my first autumn at university, so I went out for a drive with three of my friends. |
| 1:52.6 | We drove for about an hour to a depopulated area, looking around here and there, but there |
| 1:58.9 | wasn't especially anything interesting around. |
| 2:01.9 | The next thing we knew, the sun was setting. |
| 2:05.7 | Oh yeah, isn't there supposed to be a ghost spot around here? |
| 2:10.1 | My friend A suddenly said, |
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