How to find and identify your own Yokai (Ep. 118)

02/15/23 • 18 min

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Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language

Explore 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'd like to help support the podcast and have a bedtime story read to you monthly, please visit Patreon.

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Credits

Intro music by Julyan Ray Matsuura

Explore the parallel world or ikai, and how it is inhabited not just by ghosts or spirits but also by yokai.

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

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

Credits

Intro music by Julyan Ray Matsuura

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