Warnings from the Inaka
Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet
Tara A. Devlin
4.8 • 615 Ratings
🗓️ 27 December 2024
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Ten tales from the countryside serving us warnings, wisdom, and a whole lot of chills when it comes to what lurks outside the reach of our big cities.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, I'm your host Tara A Devlin, and welcome to this week's episode of Kowabana, |
| 0:16.2 | true Japanese scary stories from around the internet. |
| 0:20.3 | Kai Han, Bizarer Crimes That that shook Japan volume 2, is now out. |
| 0:25.1 | If you're interested in learning more about some of the most bizarre, strange, and |
| 0:29.3 | even terrifying crimes that have taken place in Japan over the last few decades, then |
| 0:33.8 | make sure to grab your copy now. |
| 0:36.6 | You can find 25 new cases of missing persons, unsolved |
| 0:40.6 | mysteries and truly bizarre crimes that still confuse people today. That's Kai Han Bizarer |
| 0:47.4 | Crimes That Shook Japan Volume 2, out now. Welcome to the final episode for 2024. |
| 0:55.6 | Thank you for choosing to spend yet another year with me in my little show, |
| 0:59.6 | whether you listened to every single episode or even just a part of one. |
| 1:04.9 | Thank you. |
| 1:06.3 | This week, we're heading out to the countryside once again, |
| 1:09.7 | to see what wisdom and warnings those who reside out there have for us. |
| 1:15.6 | First up, a village by the sea has a local custom every Obon |
| 1:20.1 | that's slightly different for families who have lost relatives during that year. |
| 1:25.1 | But when a young man returns for his grandmother's first Obon, |
| 1:29.1 | he finds himself running into, well, something else. What's really going on? Find out in Village |
| 1:37.7 | Near the Dead. This story might not be so scary, sorry, but this is something that happened to me just recently. |
| 1:55.3 | My family home is in a fishing village in western Japan. |
| 1:59.5 | There's a breakwater there that extends from the coast to the sea, |
| 2:03.7 | and right at the end there's a gate, |
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