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Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet

'True' ghost stories from real haunted locations

Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet

Tara A. Devlin

Fiction, Leisure, Hobbies, Drama, Literature, Arts

4.8615 Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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To celebrate the release of “Reikan: The most haunted locations in Japan,” this week we’re looking at various ghost stories from ‘real’ haunted locations around Japan!

BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

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0:00.0

Hey guys. I'm your host, Tara A. Devlin, and welcome to another episode of Kowabana, true Japanese scary stories from around the internet.

0:23.6

On this week's episode, we're going to be looking at a few personal accounts of ghosts from

0:28.6

around Japan. On Tuesday, I released my latest book called Lei Khan, the most haunted locations

0:36.6

in Japan.

0:38.7

In this book, you can find accounts of hauntings from famous ghost spots around Japan,

0:45.4

as well as a look into the history and truth behind all of these supposed haunted locations.

0:52.6

There are cemeteries, abandoned buildings, haunted tunnels, parks and houses.

1:00.1

For this week's episode, we're going to be looking at a few bonus tales that aren't featured in the book.

1:07.5

And our first ghostly tale comes from... Yajira Cemetery.

1:16.6

A few years back, my friend Toshikazu got a new car.

1:24.6

He wanted to go for a drive that night, and invited me to go along with him.

1:31.1

We stopped by the convenience store, and two really cute girls were inside.

1:37.9

I checked them out as they walked by.

1:41.8

Hey, they're really cute.

1:46.0

I was looking for some fun, so I called out to them.

1:51.0

Apparently both of them were attending beauty school, and they were dressed in fashionable clothes and all done up.

1:59.0

They said they would join us if we drove them home at the end of the night.

2:04.6

Hey, Kosei, where are we going?

2:09.6

Toshikazu asked.

2:12.6

Kayo-chan, one of the girls, got into the passenger's seat and said,

2:18.6

I want to go to a ghost spot.

2:23.0

A ghost spot in winter?

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