Uncanny Japan

Uncanny Japan

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Uncanny Japan episodes

  • Final Listeners' True Spooky Tales - Weeping, Drowning, and Big Wall Blocking (Ep. 103)

    For the last Listeners' True Spooky Tales we're going outside again. Weeping women, grabbing hands, and great big walls that block your path.

    Uncanny Japan is author Thersa Matsuura. Her other shows are Uncanny Robot Podcast and The Soothing Stories Podcast. Check out her books including The Carp-Faced Boy on Amazon. If you'd like to help support the podcast and have a bedtime story read to you monthly, please visit Patreon.

    Please join our community forum! https://japanforum.uncanny.productions/

    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thersamatsuura Website: https://www.uncannyjapan.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UncannyJapan Mastodon: https://famichiki.jp/@UncannyJapan Twitter: https://twitter.com/UncannyJapan Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uncannyjapan/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uncannyjapan/

    Buy Me a Coffee (one-time contribution): https://buymeacoffee.com/uncannyjapan

    Credits

    Intro/outro music by Julyan Ray Matsuura

    Creepy Piano Ambience by Tim Kulig Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8725-creepy-piano-ambience License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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    28 min
  • Listeners' True Spooky Stories: Forest Phantoms and the Black-Nosed Man (Ep. 102)

    Listen to some spooky real life stories that happened in the great outdoors.

    Uncanny Japan is author Thersa Matsuura. Her other shows are Uncanny Robot Podcast and The Soothing Stories Podcast. Check out her books including The Carp-Faced Boy on Amazon. If you'd like to help support the podcast and have a bedtime story read to you monthly, please visit Patreon.

    Please join our community forum! https://japanforum.uncanny.productions/

    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thersamatsuura Website: https://www.uncannyjapan.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UncannyJapan Mastodon: https://famichiki.jp/@UncannyJapan Twitter: https://twitter.com/UncannyJapan Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uncannyjapan/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uncannyjapan/

    Buy Me a Coffee (one-time contribution): https://buymeacoffee.com/uncannyjapan

    Credits

    All music by Julyan Ray Matsuura

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    33 min
  • Listeners' Absolutely True Japanese Ghost Stories Part 2 (Ep. 101)

    More listeners' true Japanese ghost stories as well as one of my most terrifying experiences. This is part two of a three part series.

    Uncanny Japan is author Thersa Matsuura. Her other shows are Uncanny Robot Podcast and The Soothing Stories Podcast. Check out her books including The Carp-Faced Boy on Amazon. If you'd like to help support the podcast and have a bedtime story read to you monthly, please visit Patreon.

    Please join our community forum! https://japanforum.uncanny.productions/

    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thersamatsuura Website: https://www.uncannyjapan.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UncannyJapan Mastodon: https://famichiki.jp/@UncannyJapan Twitter: https://twitter.com/UncannyJapan Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uncannyjapan/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uncannyjapan/

    Buy Me a Coffee (one-time contribution): https://buymeacoffee.com/uncannyjapan

    Credits

    All music by Julyan Ray Matsuura

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    33 min
  • Listeners' Absolutely True Ghost Stories: Haunted Houses (Ep. 100)

    To commemorate our 100th episode, we're sharing listeners' true ghost stories they've experienced while visiting or living in Japan.

    Uncanny Japan is author Thersa Matsuura. Her other shows are Uncanny Robot Podcast and The Soothing Stories Podcast. Check out her books including The Carp-Faced Boy on Amazon. If you'd like to help support the podcast and have a bedtime story read to you monthly, please visit Patreon.

    Please join our community forum! https://japanforum.uncanny.productions/

    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thersamatsuura Website: https://www.uncannyjapan.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UncannyJapan Mastodon: https://famichiki.jp/@UncannyJapan Twitter: https://twitter.com/UncannyJapan Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uncannyjapan/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uncannyjapan/

    Buy Me a Coffee (one-time contribution): https://buymeacoffee.com/uncannyjapan

    Credits

    All music by Julyan Ray Matsuura

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    30 min
  • The Cat Grave, The Rat Grave: Nekozuka, Nezumizuka (Ep. 99)

    Today I'll talk about a local legend: Nekozuka and Nezumizuka, the Cat's Grave and the Rat's Grave. It's not only a nanafushigi (one of the Seven Strange Happenings), it's extra special because an old man who has lived his whole life there told me the tale along with some extras his grandfather passed down to him.

    Uncanny Japan is author Thersa Matsuura. Her other shows are Uncanny Robot Podcast and The Soothing Stories Podcast. Check out her books including The Carp-Faced Boy on Amazon. If you'd like to help support the podcast and have a bedtime story read to you monthly, please visit Patreon.

    Please join our community forum! https://japanforum.uncanny.productions/

    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thersamatsuura Website: https://www.uncannyjapan.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UncannyJapan Mastodon: https://famichiki.jp/@UncannyJapan Twitter: https://twitter.com/UncannyJapan Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uncannyjapan/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uncannyjapan/

    Buy Me a Coffee (one-time contribution): https://buymeacoffee.com/uncannyjapan

    Credits

    Intro music by Julyan Ray Matsuura

    Hip Hop Flute Chill(loopable} by chilledmusic Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8531-hip-hop-flute-chill-loopable- License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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    19 min
  • Toilet Gods: Yes! There are More Than One! (Ep. 98)

    Let me tell you all about the gods that are lurking in your loo.

    Uncanny Japan is author Thersa Matsuura. Her other shows are Uncanny Robot Podcast and The Soothing Stories Podcast. Check out her books including The Carp-Faced Boy on Amazon. If you'd like to help support the podcast and have a bedtime story read to you monthly, please visit Patreon.

    Please join our community forum! https://japanforum.uncanny.productions/

    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thersamatsuura Website: https://www.uncannyjapan.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UncannyJapan Mastodon: https://famichiki.jp/@UncannyJapan Twitter: https://twitter.com/UncannyJapan Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uncannyjapan/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uncannyjapan/

    Buy Me a Coffee (one-time contribution): https://buymeacoffee.com/uncannyjapan

    Credits

    Intro music by Julyan Ray Matsuura

    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    24 min
  • Supernatural Cats: Nekomata (Ep. 97)

    The nekomata is a mysterious feline with two tails and a penchant for dancing.

    Uncanny Japan is author Thersa Matsuura. Her other shows are Uncanny Robot Podcast and The Soothing Stories Podcast. Check out her books including The Carp-Faced Boy on Amazon. If you'd like to help support the podcast and have a bedtime story read to you monthly, please visit Patreon.

    Please join our community forum! https://japanforum.uncanny.productions/

    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thersamatsuura Website: https://www.uncannyjapan.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UncannyJapan Mastodon: https://famichiki.jp/@UncannyJapan Twitter: https://twitter.com/UncannyJapan Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uncannyjapan/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uncannyjapan/

    Buy Me a Coffee (one-time contribution): https://buymeacoffee.com/uncannyjapan

    Credits

    Intro music by Julyan Ray Matsuura

    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    20 min
  • The Killing Stone: Sessho Seki (Ep. 96)

    It was all over the news: Japan's Infamous Killing Stone that was housing a chaotic, disaster inducing nine-tailed fox spirit, broke in half on March 5th, 2022. Is the fox spirit free? I'll tell you all about it on this episode.

    Uncanny Japan is author Thersa Matsuura. Her other shows are Uncanny Robot Podcast and The Soothing Stories Podcast. Check out her books including The Carp-Faced Boy on Amazon. If you'd like to help support the podcast and have a bedtime story read to you monthly, please visit Patreon.

    Please join our community forum! https://japanforum.uncanny.productions/

    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thersamatsuura Website: https://www.uncannyjapan.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UncannyJapan Mastodon: https://famichiki.jp/@UncannyJapan Twitter: https://twitter.com/UncannyJapan Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uncannyjapan/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uncannyjapan/

    Buy Me a Coffee (one-time contribution): https://buymeacoffee.com/uncannyjapan

    Credits

    Intro music by Julyan Ray Matsuura

    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    20 min
  • The Human-Faced Tumor: Jinmensou (Ep.95)

    On today's episode I'm going to tell you about an affliction that involved a strange growth on some part of your body that had the face of a human and did horrible things.

    Uncanny Japan is author Thersa Matsuura. Her other shows are Uncanny Robot Podcast and The Soothing Stories Podcast. Check out her books including The Carp-Faced Boy on Amazon. If you'd like to help support the podcast and have a bedtime story read to you monthly, please visit Patreon.

    Please join our community forum! https://japanforum.uncanny.productions/

    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thersamatsuura Website: https://www.uncannyjapan.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UncannyJapan Mastodon: https://famichiki.jp/@UncannyJapan Twitter: https://twitter.com/UncannyJapan Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uncannyjapan/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uncannyjapan/

    Buy Me a Coffee (one-time contribution): https://buymeacoffee.com/uncannyjapan

    Credits

    Intro music by Julyan Ray Matsuura

    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    17 min
  • Introducing the Uncanny Robot Podcast

    As a bonus for Uncanny Japan listeners, we would like to share a preview of our brand-new show, "Uncanny Robot Podcast." Yes, more Uncanny goodness!

    Wonderfully wild AI-created stories read by humans (that would be Thersa and Richard) with a little commentary thrown in, too. Thank you so much for subscribing and listening to Uncanny Japan. We really hope you like the new podcast as well.

    https://www.uncannyrobotpodcast.com/

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    58 min

About Uncanny Japan

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Uncanny Japan is a podcast about all the more obscure corners of old Japan, from strange superstitions, cultural curiosities, to creepy creatures. Here you can discover all the lesser known gems that author Thersa Matsuura digs up while doing research for her writing. Every episode is uniquely soothing, brought to life by immersive sound design or relaxing binaural soundscapes (ocean waves, autumn crickets, rice field frogs) all recorded right here in Japan.

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