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 book in the Daykan series, Volume 3, is now out.

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You can find all sorts of abandoned shrines, hospitals, parks, and even lesser-known places

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That's Daykan, the most haunted locations in Japan, Volume 3.

Out now.

This week, we're looking at various terrifying tales of the sea.

What really lurks out there?

Is it truly as safe as it looks?

And when someone tells you not to go there, perhaps you should heed their warning.

First up, two friends receive a warning from one of their grandfathers not to visit a particular spot on the beach.

When they spot some other fishermen already there, however, they soon understand why.

Find out in Local Rule. Maybe because we lived close to the sea.

I often heard a lot of superstitious stories from the local fishermen.

You mustn't go fishing around the start or end of Obon. You mustn't go into the sea or rivers.

Stuff like that. But this story seems to be common only where we live. This is yet another story, not about Obon, but rather a local rule and the first real terrifying

experience I ever had.

I loved fishing, and my friend N asked if I wanted to go out on the water with him.

His grandfather was a retired fisherman with

a boat, and he said to us, from today until the day after tomorrow, you shouldn't go near

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