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. In case you haven't heard yet, my newest book has just released.

You can grab Bunkai, Baffling Japanese Internet Mysteries, Volume 2, on Amazon right now.

If you enjoyed the first volume or strange internet mysteries in general, you don't want to miss this one.

You can find the link on Koobana.net or just search for Bunkai Volume 2 on

Amazon. Don't miss out. You may have noticed that we're rapidly approaching our 100th episode.

In fact, it's the very next one. But before then, I have two more brilliant stories to share

with you this week.

This first one instantly became one of my favourites upon reading it, and although I am not

easily spooked by stories, this one certainly has enough creepy imagery that it even gave

me the chills.

But enough from me, let's head right on in.

This one's called Song of Return.

This happened towards the end of the year one year.

I received an invitation from one of my work colleagues. I'm heading back home for the New Year's holidays, so why don't you join me?

We have an interesting event that takes place every year, so I was thinking you might want to see it.

This colleague was older than me, but she was friendly and had always treated me kindly since I joined the

company. We got along well both inside and outside of work, and she took me to various places around

town, but this was the first time she'd asked me to go with her on a trip so far away.

I felt bad about bothering her during the year-end and New Year's holidays,

but she told me not to worry about it, and since I had no plans to go back to my parents' house,

I decided to accept her invitation. When I asked her about the details, she said the event

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