Latest Japanesemyths Podcast Episodes
Akaname: The Thoroughly Gross Scum Licker (Ep. 120)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language - March 17, 2023 00:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsToday we're going to talk about a yokai I've always be quite fond of, a little fella called Akaname or the Scum Licker! 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 Amazo...
The Legend of Shippeitaro (Ep. 119)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language - March 01, 2023 00:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsShippei Taro is both a folktale and a nanafushigi (strange occurance). I'll tell you all about this local legend as well as read you my translation of the famous story. Uncanny Japan is author Thersa Matsuura. Her other shows are Uncanny Robot Podcast and The Soothing Stories Podcast. Check ou...
How to find and identify your own Yokai (Ep. 118)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language - February 15, 2023 00:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsExplore the parallel world or ikai, and how it is inhabited not just by ghosts or spirits but also by yokai. 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'...
Ushi Oni: The Bloodthirsty Cow Demon (Ep. 117)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language - January 31, 2023 00:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsThe Ushi Oni is a Japanese legend of an ox-headed demon/ogre. It has different appearances but is often depicted as a giant spider with ox head, soft body and red horns. They are commonly found near water bodies like oceans, rivers, lakes, waterfalls and in forests & caves. They are stealthy cre...
Shichifukujin: Your Personal Lucky God (Ep. 116)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language - January 15, 2023 00:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsWhich of the Seven Lucky Gods is your patron deity and what does it mean? 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 a...
Six New Year's No-Nos (Ep. 115)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language - December 30, 2022 00:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsIn old Japan there were six rules, six things you weren't allowed to do on the first three days of the New Year. How do you score on the Six No Nos List? Uncanny Japan is author Thersa Matsuura. Her other shows are Uncanny Robot Podcast and The Soothing Stories Podcast. Check out her books inc...
Temple Statues: Why All the Red Bibs? (Ep. 114)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language - December 16, 2022 00:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsWhile strolling through the grounds of a Japanese temple or shrine you have no doubt seen the endearing sight of a statues decked out in red bibs. But why? Uncanny Japan is author Thersa Matsuura. Her other shows are Uncanny Robot Podcast and The Soothing Stories Podcast. Check out her books i...
Karasu: Japanese Crows, Myths and Superstitions (Ep. 113)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language - December 01, 2022 00:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsThe myth and superstition around Japanese crows/karasu is long and fascinating, sometimes quite weird. 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 ...
Goshuin: Temple or Shrine Stamps (Ep. 112)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language - November 18, 2022 00:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsGoshuin are special stamps you can get when you visit a shrine or temple. In this episode I'll tell you what exactly they are, how to get them, and the manners involved. Uncanny Japan is author Thersa Matsuura. Her other shows are Uncanny Robot Podcast and The Soothing Stories Podcast. Check o...
Creepy Story Time: Hashihime / The Bridge Maiden (Ep. 111)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language - October 31, 2022 00:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsMy version of a creepy Japanese legend called Uji no Hashi Hime/The Maiden of the Bridge. 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 suppo...
Ōkami: Japanese Wolf Part 2 Legends and Lore (Ep. 110)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language - October 17, 2022 00:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsIn part 2 of the ōkami, the Japanese wolf, I talk more about the legends and lore behind the beautiful beast. 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'...
Ōkami: Japanese Wolf Part 1 (Ep. 109)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language - September 30, 2022 00:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsKitsune are everywhere, games, manga, anime, artwork, guarding shrines, possessing people. But what do you know about Japanese wolves? Maybe not so much? Uncanny Japan is author Thersa Matsuura. Her other shows are Uncanny Robot Podcast and The Soothing Stories Podcast. Check out her books inc...
Hunting for a Tsuchinoko (Ep. 108)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language - September 16, 2022 00:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsThe tsuchinoko is a mysterious, mythical creature that can be seen and heard all over Japan since ancient times, but not one has ever been captured. Uncanny Japan is author Thersa Matsuura. Her other shows are Uncanny Robot Podcast and The Soothing Stories Podcast. Check out her books includin...
Your Own Personal Buddha (Ep. 107)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language - August 31, 2022 00:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsWho is your own patron Buddhist deity? Listen and find out! 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 bedt...
The Unconnected Dead: Muenbotoke (Ep. 106)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language - August 15, 2022 00:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsGraves with no one to care for them are called muenbotoke. Learn about a temple that gathers all those ashes and bones and makes Buddhist statues out of them. Uncanny Japan is author Thersa Matsuura. Her other shows are Uncanny Robot Podcast and The Soothing Stories Podcast. Check out her book...
The Sickle Weasel: Kamaitachi (Ep. 105)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language - July 31, 2022 00:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsWhat do you know about the yōkai, the sickle weasel or kamaitachi? Imagine an adorable little weasel sporting obnoxiously long blades on its paws. It appears out of nowhere so suddenly you don't even realize its attacked you, until later when you notice you've got a deep cut that strangely isn't...
Another Chilling Children’s Song – Tōryanse (Ep. 104)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language - July 17, 2022 00:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsDo you remember when I talked about Kagome Kagome back in episode 53? A Japanese children's song that had curiously unnerving lyrics about a bird in a cage ("Oh when will it be let out?") And then the lines: "Tsuru to Kame ga subetta -- the crane and the turtle slipped"; and "Ushiro no shoumen ...
Final Listeners' True Spooky Tales - Weeping, Drowning, and Big Wall Blocking (Ep. 103)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language - June 30, 2022 00:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsFor 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 C...
Listeners' True Spooky Stories: Forest Phantoms and the Black-Nosed Man (Ep. 102)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language - June 16, 2022 00:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsListen 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 podcas...
Listeners' Absolutely True Japanese Ghost Stories Part 2 (Ep. 101)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language - May 31, 2022 00:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsMore 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-Fac...
Listeners' Absolutely True Ghost Stories: Haunted Houses (Ep. 100)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language - May 16, 2022 01:05 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsTo 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...
The Cat Grave, The Rat Grave: Nekozuka, Nezumizuka (Ep. 99)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language - April 30, 2022 02:18 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsToday 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 ...
Toilet Gods: Yes! There are More Than One! (Ep. 98)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language - April 18, 2022 02:18 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsLet 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...
Supernatural Cats: Nekomata (Ep. 97)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language - March 31, 2022 02:02 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsThe 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 podc...
The Killing Stone: Sessho Seki (Ep. 96)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language - March 15, 2022 00:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsIt 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 Unca...
The Human-Faced Tumor: Jinmensou (Ep.95)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language - February 28, 2022 00:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsOn 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...
Introducing the Uncanny Robot Podcast
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language - February 18, 2022 00:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsAs 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 ...
Story Time: Tango no Hitobashira / The Human Pillar of Tango (Ep. 94)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language - February 16, 2022 00:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsThe Human Pillar of Tango. This is a retelling of an old folktale that I've never seen translated into English. 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 yo...
The Ferocious Oni (Ep. 93)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language - January 30, 2022 01:41 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsJapanese oni are a very deep and varied subject. Learn about these mountain-dwelling ogres and what they do. 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...
Chindon-ya: Eccentric Street Musicians (Ep. 92)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language - January 15, 2022 00:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsWho are these eccentric street musicians dressed in bright kimono playing drums, bells, clarinet, and saxophone marching down your street? What do they want? Uncanny Japan is author Thersa Matsuura. Her other shows are Uncanny Robot Podcast and The Soothing Stories Podcast. Check out her books...
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