Story Time: Rokurokubi by Lafcadio Hearn (Ep. 124)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language
English - May 15, 2023 00:00 - 28 minutes - 26.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsPlaces & Travel Society & Culture History yokai hyperbolicparaboloid japan japanese japaneseculture japanesefolklore japanesefolktales japanesehistory japaneselanguage japaneseliterature Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode I read Lafcadio Hearn's "Rokurokubi," the quintessential story about this creepy Japanese beastie.
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.
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CreditsIntro music by Julyan Ray Matsuura
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