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

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 t...

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 an...

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 . Soun...

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 . Soun...

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 eff...

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 . Soun...

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 than...

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 Ma...

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 Fre...

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.A...

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...

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...

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...

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 , Ke...

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 ! There are some places you shouldn’t enter, and for good reason. Rumours of hauntings, of evil spirits lurking in the darkness, aren’t always just rumours… BGM thanks to Myuuji , Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG . Sound effects thanks to Free Sound an...

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 ! There are hundreds and thousands of temples and shrines all over Japan, some tiny, some large, some abandoned, some forgotten. These tales remind us that no matter what, they’re not something to be messed around with. BGM thanks to Myuuji ,...

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 ! What lurks in the far flung corners of the Japanese countryside? Nothing good, if these stories are anything to go by. Three terrifying tales of kami and yurei that will leave you shivering long after they end… BGM thanks to Myuuji , Kevin M...

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 ! You can find abandoned and seemingly uninhabited areas all over Japan, both in cities and the countryside. What stories lie behind them, and do you really want to get involved in the first place? BGM thanks to Myuuji , Kevin MacLeod and CO.A...

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 your might find your home or workplace visited by something not of this world. Do they mean harm, or perhaps bring good tidings? Only one way to find out… BGM thanks to Myuuji , Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG . Sound effects thanks to Fre...

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 we encounter something that shouldn’t be. Something that doesn’t make any sense, and yet there it is, right in front of us. These tales will make you question what’s real and what isn’t. BGM thanks to Myuuji , Kevin MacLeod and CO....

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, and many out of the way villages have old customs that have carried down through the centuries… not all of them good. Beware what lurks in the forgotten pockets of the countryside… BGM thanks to Myuuji , Kevin MacLe...

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 ! This week we’re looking at a selection of stories that Japanese readers enjoyed throughout 2020. Kick back, relax, and let this wide variety of thrills and chills wash over you. BGM thanks to Myuuji , Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG . Sound effects...

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 apparently full of cursed items, from something as innocuous as a doll or a box, to items far, far more terrifying. What happens when you touch them? Sometimes it’s best not to find out… BGM thanks to Myuuji , Kevin MacLeod and CO.A...

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 ! Ghosts can be found all over Japan, and while we hear stories of what happens to them after death, how did they get there in the first place? Often it’s a mystery, and perhaps it’s better left that way… BGM thanks to Myuuji , Kevin MacLeod a...

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 ! Long ago, something happened that caused an entire village to disappear off the face of the earth. What happened to it, and why? This is a tale you won’t soon forget… BGM thanks to Myuuji , Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG . Sound effects thanks to F...