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Newest #UncannyJapan episode (#186) is out now ✨🐸✨. I talk about the awesome sorceress, Takiyasha Hime, and her deadly cohort, Gashadokuro <-- He wants to drink your blood.

#spectrevisionradio #yokai #gashadokuro #takiyashahime

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Going Forward: Thoughts and Thoughts? | Uncanny Japan -- Thersa Matsuura Get more from Uncanny Japan -- Thersa Matsuura on Patreon

I put up a free post and a poll about ideas on how to move forward with the podcast. I've got my own thoughts and ideas, but I'd love to hear from you, too 💕🙏. #uncannyjapan

www.patreon.com/posts/going-...

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In the latest Fire Horse episode, I also talk about the legend of Yayoiya Oshishi -- the lovestruck girl who tragically ended up being burned at the stake. 😢💔🔥

Episode here: open.spotify.com/episode/2RBx...

#uncannyjapan #spectrevisionradio

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vr chat screenshot of a gray alien and the uncanny japan logo.

vr chat screenshot of a gray alien and the uncanny japan logo.

VR chat with family is like the best thing ever. Here I am (Gray) with my son's GF (she made #uncannyjapan 's avatar for me💕!--but I haven't been able to clone it yet😅.) We farted around Xmas worlds, played poker, & tried to escape a really, really scary escape room.

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✨ Out Now ✨ The Yōkai Oracle Deck ~ 60 cards, 60 creatures, 60 nuggets of Japanese wisdom 🙌

Today's card of the day 🍀 ...

Gorgeous artwork by @pokgtu.bsky.social <-- Thank you 🙏

#adamsmedia #uncannyjapan #yokai #oracle #japanesefolklore #oraclecards #oraclereading #cardoftheday🔮 #newrelease

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image of old goddess ukemochi, spewing wild game from her mouth, the mouth is a real person's mouth cut and pasted on the old image.

image of old goddess ukemochi, spewing wild game from her mouth, the mouth is a real person's mouth cut and pasted on the old image.

I've been working non stop for the past two days to make images/art for the video for the next #uncannyjapan episode.

I may be going a little loopy.

Damn fun though.

Brownie points for anyone who can guess the topic. Not sure you can from this one, but she's part of the overall story.

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What Empty Spaces Need (Audio Drama) (Ep. 181) Spotify video

Special Halloween episode 😱 -- a skit about Sukima Onna (the Woman in the Gaps).

Listen here 📻:
open.spotify.com/episode/2uPM...

#spectrevisionradio #spectrevision
#uncannyjapan #japan #jhorror #hauntedhouse #sukimaonna #sukimaonnathegapwoman #halloween2025

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A #creepy #shortstory about The Rain Woman / Ame Onna.

#Jhorror #japan #horror #scary

Listen here 🎧 --> tinyurl.com/bddt3mzz

#uncannyjapan #spectrevisionradio

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🏯 The Cursed Severed Head: Taira no Masakado (Ep. 175)
🏯 The Cursed Severed Head: Taira no Masakado (Ep. 175) YouTube video by Thersa Matsuura - Author and Podcaster

First samurai and flying severed head, huh? huh?

The latest episode of #uncannyjapan is up.

#podcast #japan Let's learn about Taira no Masakado and how he's still around today just waiting to throw a curse on someone💀

www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8O4...

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Ukiyoe image of a man with black hair and a beard holding a sword, one foot on a bowl of some liquid (it's sake). A dragon is flying towards him in the distance.

Ukiyoe image of a man with black hair and a beard holding a sword, one foot on a bowl of some liquid (it's sake). A dragon is flying towards him in the distance.

Slap on those headphones & listen to an immersive episode @ the Sun Goddess Amaterasu's wildly unhinged little brother Susanoo. Tantrums, dragons, & royal defection await you.

Latest episode of #UncannyJapan is up wherever you listen to podcasts & YT, too.

tinyurl.com/4eej5xfn

#Japan #myth

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The latest episode of #UncannyJapan just went up. It's a delightful dreary mishmash of all things rain & rainy season.

⚠️🌧️Listen past the end credits! R added several minutes of beautifully recorded rain sounds from our veranda. Longer version going up on patreon.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASrA...

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thumbnail art of dragon with some coral in the background. Uncanny Japan Episode 169 written. Harnessing your Own Dragon God. Ryujin.

thumbnail art of dragon with some coral in the background. Uncanny Japan Episode 169 written. Harnessing your Own Dragon God. Ryujin.

"Harnessing your Own Dragon God".

Newest (sponsor free) episode of #UncannyJapan is up. All about the Dragon God (Ryūjin) and dragons in general and how to connect with some dragon energy.

uncannyjapan.com/podcast/drag...

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image of golden pavilion on top of mount fuji in the background, words say Explore small group adventures, episode 166.

image of golden pavilion on top of mount fuji in the background, words say Explore small group adventures, episode 166.

Ad Free version of the next #uncannyjapan is up for patrons. "The Golden Pavilion Has Weird Ghosts"

Two more sponsored shows in the mini series, then we'll be back to the regularly scheduled shows. Next one is going to be yummy!

tinyurl.com/mvxhwpha

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Here's one of the scariest episodes of the show 👹 I think

Episode 52: Putting a Curse on Your Enemies

uncannyjapan.com?s=Koku+

#uncannyjapan

#happyhalloween #horror
#scary #halloween #podcast

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forest with rough sketch of temple, some trees with skulls in them, little blood splatters here and there, Written: Bloodthirsty Yokai Trees Uncanny Japan ep. 156

forest with rough sketch of temple, some trees with skulls in them, little blood splatters here and there, Written: Bloodthirsty Yokai Trees Uncanny Japan ep. 156

If a tree were to snatch you up and suck your blood...how would it do it? Oh, there's a way!

Tree spirits (kodama), bloodthirsty jubokko and tabu no ki, as well as bewitching camellia trees all in the most recent episode of #uncannyjapan

🌳 Here🌲: uncannyjapan.com/podcast/supe...

#Japan #yokai

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drawing of street at dusk, foreground a girl looking at her phone with shiny eyes

drawing of street at dusk, foreground a girl looking at her phone with shiny eyes

A delightfully creepy word for "twilight" and why do we even say "moshi moshi" when answering a phone anyway? Hint: Also, delightfully creepy!

New episode of #uncannyjapan is up:

uncannyjapan.com/podcast/mosh...

#japan #podcast #creepy

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drawing of a dragon wrapped around a bell

drawing of a dragon wrapped around a bell

New episode. Let's talk about the epic and incendiary folktale of Anchin and Kiyohime.

#uncannyjapan #Japan #dragon #podcast

uncannyjapan.com/podcast/anch...

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Three photos of images of the Uncanny Japan mascot (half ojizo statue, have oni face) in different environments (grass, street, rocks)

Three photos of images of the Uncanny Japan mascot (half ojizo statue, have oni face) in different environments (grass, street, rocks)

It's alive! The #UncannyJapan mascot is ~~a~L~i~V~e~~ 🔥

Look what K-chan made for me. These are the summer versions. I got more to share later.

@nmapa0, arigatou~💕🥰 I love them so much and have them hanging above my computer 😘

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drawing of woman in kimono with six spider legs and six threads with baby spider attached

drawing of woman in kimono with six spider legs and six threads with baby spider attached

Wow your friends! Terrify your neighbors!

All the sticky, enticing secrets of the Jorō Spider on today's episode of #uncannyjapan

You can listen here: tinyurl.com/4y33razm

#jorogumo #jorōgumo #japan #folklore #japanesefolklore

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a round bodies blue yokai with two legs and a big mouth beside a female teke teke, top half of a woman crawling toward you

a round bodies blue yokai with two legs and a big mouth beside a female teke teke, top half of a woman crawling toward you

Things that stalk you at night in Japan: The Betobeto-san Vs The Teke Teke.

We did a fun -- dare I say, frightening -- sound immersive episode. I recommend lights out and headphones on.

#UncannyJapan Youtube: youtu.be/gmz9mU7bCs4?...

#podcast #horror #yokai #Japan #urbanlegend

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a ghost-looking talisman hanging in rainy window

a ghost-looking talisman hanging in rainy window

What an adorable little rainy day talisman, the teru teru bōzu😍. But wait! What's this about chopping off heads😱?

It's all here on the newest #uncannyjapan complete with some binaural spring rain sounds from outside my window.

Have you ever made one? Did it work?

Here: tinyurl.com/bdh3tanu

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Statue of boy carrying net over shoulder, beach in background

Who is that odd tiny fellow made of flesh or straw (?) squirming in a fisherman's net begging, "Please don't kill me. I can help you!" ?

It's the Wave Boy, of course!

I tell you all about him and his various tales through the ages on #UncannyJapan #namikozo

Here: tinyurl.com/mr4bbmnk

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me watercoloring a dragon

me watercoloring a dragon

New #uncannyjapan episode is up on wherever app you like to listen to your podcasts.

It's about the 2024 Wood Dragon & what that means as well as some dragon phrases in Japanese & how to use them.

If you go to Youtube, you can watch me paint a dragon while you listen.

youtu.be/YD-pjI876V4?...

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image of a bamboo some plum flowers and some pine design

image of a bamboo some plum flowers and some pine design

The Three Winter Friends are Pine, Bamboo, and Plum--shōchikubai. They are both loaded with New Year's auspiciousness when found together & cleverly linked to the the yūkaku--red light district of old Japan.

I explain it all in the latest #uncannyjapan here:
tinyurl.com/2sxzxkxb

#podcast #japan

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Book Review: “The Carp-Faced Boy and Other Tales” by Thersa Matsuura I don’t usually read horror. My limit is books such as “Sweetmeat” by Mark Edwards, and “The Three” and “Day Four” both by Sarah Lotz. I don’t think …

Book Review: “The Carp-Faced Boy and Other Tales” by Thersa Matsuura

#BookReview #ThersaMatsuura #Japan #Horror #UncannyJapan @UncannyJapan @MusubiRocks

hoodcp.wordpress.com/2022/12/12/boo…

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Ofuda and Tanzaku Following my previous post about omamori, I am going to write about ofuda and tanzaku in this post. Like my previous post, this post is inspired by an episode of the ‘Uncanny Japan’ pod…

A great way to learn about Tanabata if you're not familiar with it. Tanzaku also get a mention - something I discussed in a recent blog post

#Japan @UncannyJapan #UncannyJapan

podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6L… hoodcp.wordpress.com/2022/10/26/ofu…

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Kappa and the J.League Recently I have done a few posts inspired by listening to the the Uncanny Japan podcast – see The ‘Uncanny Japan’ Podcast and Culture Shock, Omamori – ‘Lucky’ Japanese Amulets, and Ofuda and …

Kappa and the J.League

#Kappa #JLeague #Japan #Football #Alcindo #UncannyJapan #アルシンド #かっぱ @UncannyJapan

hoodcp.wordpress.com/2022/11/29/kap…

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The ‘Uncanny Japan’ Podcast and Culture Shock I subscribe to a number of podcasts – and have even appeared on some (for example, Voices in Japanese Studies, the Compounding Curiosity Podcast talking about my research on the shinkansen, t…

The ‘Uncanny Japan’ Podcast and Culture Shock

#UncannyJapan #Podcast #Japan #Culture #CultureShock @UncannyJapan @ThersaMatsuura

hoodcp.wordpress.com/2022/10/18/the…

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