Did I Wake You? Stories from 3AM

Did I Wake You? Season 1 Bonus Episode In this short companion chapter to episode one, "This is Obon". Jake Adelstein [Tokyo Vice, The Evaporated] is a man who has worn many hats- a foreign journalist for one of Japan's largest newspapers, an acclaimed writer and award-winning podcaster. But was being a priest on your bingo card? Jake joins us for a discussion about becoming a Zen Buddhist Priest, controversy surrounding the parts of Obon and hungry ghosts. Part of the "Did I Wake You?" Stories From 3am season 1 series. #Obon #JakeAdelstein #zenbuddhism #shinto #tokyovice #gakki #obonkyo #hungryghosts #thisisobon #didiwakeyoupodcast #japaneseghost

Did I Wake You? Stories From 3AM — S1E1: "This is Obon" Japanese summers don't cool down at night — the heat lingers, and so does the veil between worlds. This is Obon, when the dead are said to return home. Lanterns are lit to guide them back. But not every spirit that answers is family. In the tradition of hyakumonogatari kaidankai — the old practice of trading ghost stories through the summer heat until the candles burn out — we bring you three tales, told the old way, to cool your skin when the night won't.  Three tales. One Obon night. Told the way it's always been done. Did I Wake You? is a video-first documentary series on Japanese folklore and the anomalous from all around the globe filmed on location in Japan. #obon #japaneseghoststories #paranormalpodcast #didiwakeyoupodcast #hauntedjapan #paranormalstorytelling #hungryghosts #obonkyo #gakki #ohatsutenjin #okiku #buddhism #shintoism #hyakumonogatari

I will tell you everything. I remember the sound when they dropped it. It had been 3 years. This is where you are to be reborn. I entered my mother's womb.

Teaser. May 13th 1972, a fire breaks out in a hostess club in Osaka, Japan. 118 people are unable to escape the smoke and flames. The building stayed vacant for a decade. Demolished, rebuilt and filled with new life. However, it wasn't long before voices, footsteps and whisperings of " FIRE" began. It would turn out that many never left that night in 1972.