Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! Ever thought your family was bad? These two tales will make you question those closest to you and whether you ever really truly know what’s going on in the house you live in… 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 Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/kowabana

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

Horrifying Family Secrets

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! These tales highlight not only some of the strange monsters you might cross in Japan, but some of the strange people you might see as well. If you are lucky, or unlucky enough… 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 Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/kowabana

Bizarre Tales from Unique Characters

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! These four stories will remind you that no matter where you go or what you do, danger will find you, and often in the most unexpected and terrifying ways. 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 Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/kowabana

Bizarre & Dangerous Encounters

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! Japan is covered in mountains, and in those lurk all sorts of horrors. These three tales will remind you why you always need to be careful out there. You never know if you’re truly alone… 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 Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/kowabana

Terrifying Mountain Encounters

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! Do we really know what’s lurking out there? What if the other side tries to speak to us in strange ways that we just can’t comprehend? These four stories will certainly make you think so… 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 Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/kowabana

Strange Encounters from the Other Side

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! Japan has a long history full of rich folklore. This week, we take a look at two tales from an older, more superstitious and supernatural Japan that have survived until modern times. 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 Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/kowabana

Terrifying Tales of Ancient Folklore

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! Take a dip in the chilling waters of the ocean this hot summer… if you dare. Once you know what’s lurking out there, you might not be so willing… Japanese ghosts do love water, after all. 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 Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/kowabana

Seaside Tales for Summer

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! When people think of Japanese ghosts, they may imagine a woman in a white dress with long black hair over her face, but it’s not always so. These two stories tell of some strange and unique experiences the narrators had with ghosts… 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 Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/kowabana

Unusual Ghostly Hauntings

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! In the far-flung villages of Japan you’ll find all sorts of strange and creepy customs, at least, if these stories are anything to by. What really lurks out there, and how do people go about keeping it at bay? 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 Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/kowabana

Terrifying Old Traditions

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! They head to the coast for the summer vacation to work and play. But what they find hidden on the second floor of that Japanese inn will change their lives forever… 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 Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/kowabana

Resort Job

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! The other side is said to be full of both benevolent and malicious spirits. These two tales take a look at the dangers that lurk beyond the veil, and how sometimes it can be impossible to escape… 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 Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/kowabana

The True Dangers of the Other Side

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! Otherside Picnic makes liberal use of 2channel’s “net lore,” and this week we’re looking at some of the creepypastas from the series that haven’t yet featured on the show. 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 Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/kowabana

Tales from the Otherside

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! Sometimes the terror comes from those around us. Sometimes it comes from the other side. Sometimes it comes from both and there’s no escaping it no matter what you do. All you can do… is endure. 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 Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/kowabana

The Evil Within & Without

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! A sword with a long, cursed history. How can you deal with something you don’t understand and is clearly out to get you? A lone tower on a snowy mountaintop. What darkness truly lies in the shadows? Find out right here… 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 Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/kowabana

Narrow Escapes from Deadly Curses

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! A forbidden ritual. A terrifying evil spirit that won’t let go. A young man fights for his life after finding out he’s been possessed by something unimaginably powerful, but things are about to go from bad to worse… 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 Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/kowabana

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Each week on “Kowabana: ‘True’ Japanese scary stories from around the internet,” horror author and translator Tara A. Devlin presents a selection of Japanese horror, creepypastas and urban legends translated from the deepest, darkest parts of the web. Creepy ghosts and vengeful onryo, cursed technology and haunted shrines. Discover horror like only Japan knows how to deliver. Brand new and exclusive stories translated each week. Find out more at http://www.kowabana.net/

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