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Childhood Incantations: Engacho, Pain Magic, & Severed Pinkies! (Ep. 194)

July 06, 2026 8:08pm 29 min

Two little boys find a dead bird on a mountain path. One accidentally touches it with his shoe, and suddenly the invisible contagion begins. Fingers cross. A circle is made. A hand chops through it. “Engacho!” In this ep...

Utsuro-Bune: The Hollow Ship Revisited (Ep. 193)

June 16, 2026 11:51pm 15 min

In 1803, fishermen on Japan’s Hitachi coast spotted something round and unfamiliar drifting offshore. They hauled the hollow vessel onto the beach—and discovered a mysterious young woman inside. Step into the story as on...

The Big Three UFO/UAP Incidents in Japan + One! (Ep. 192)

June 14, 2026 5:14pm 29 min

Japan’s 1970s UFO boom gave us some wonderfully strange cases: children capturing a tiny hat-shaped UFO in Kōchi, two boys encountering wrinkled aliens in a Yamanashi vineyard, and a Hokkaidō farmer who claimed repeated ...

The Ghost-Playing Actor Who Became a REAL Vengeful Ghost: Kohada Koheiji (Ep. 191)

June 01, 2026 6:31pm 30 min

Not all Japanese revenge ghosts are wronged women. Meet Kohada Koheiji: a failed Edo-period actor who became famous for playing ghosts, only to be murdered, drowned, and returned as the very thing he once performed. In t...

All That Flows: Benzaiten, White Snakes, and Human-Headed Serpents

May 18, 2026 6:48pm 22 min

In this episode of Uncanny Japan, we follow Benzaiten — also known as Benten — from her origins as Saraswati to her place among Japan’s Seven Lucky Gods. Along the way: Enoshima’s five-headed dragon, white snakes as divi...

Everyone Has a Throat Buddha / What is it and Why? -- Nodohotoke & Story Time: "The Buddha Bone" (Ep. 189)

May 04, 2026 5:20pm 32 min

Have you ever heard of the nodo-hotoke, or “throat Buddha”? In everyday Japanese, it usually refers to the Adam’s apple. But after death, especially in the context of cremation, the nodo-hotoke becomes something else ent...

Ofuda & Omamori: Lucky Talismans & Charms

April 20, 2026 7:41pm 29 min

After exploring animal spirit possession last episode, Thersa turns to the Japanese ways of staying safe, getting a little lucky, and maybe even finding love through ofuda and omamori, talismans and charms filled with di...

Tsukimono: Possessed by an Animal (Ep. 187)

April 07, 2026 2:15am 31 min

What is tsukimono? In Japanese culture, it’s the unsettling idea of possession—when a human or animal spirit attaches itself to you and usually does harm. In this episode of Uncanny Japan, I explore animal possession: fo...

Takiyasha Hime & the Gashadokuro: Japan's Frog-Riding Witch & Giant Skeleton

March 17, 2026 7:28am 21 min

A vengeful princess rides a giant toad into battle while a monstrous skeleton tears through castle walls — and these two legends are connected in ways you might not expect. In this episode, I dig into the story of Takiya...

Why the Year of the Fire Horse is Dreaded in Japan and Cursed Kimonos

February 16, 2026 7:00am 16 min

2026 is the year of the fire horse—a year that happens only once every 60 years. Across East Asia, it symbolizes transformation, intensity, and bold action. But in Japan? It's feared. Birth rates actually plummet during ...

Osechi: Japanese New Year Food Traditions

December 09, 2025 7:00am 26 min

What if the meal sitting in those beautiful lacquered boxes held messages from the gods? In Japan, osechi-ryōri isn't just New Year's food—it's a sacred offering. Each dish carries specific wishes: black beans for health...

Japanese Moon Lore: Selfless Rabbits, Murdered Goddesses, and Tsukimi

November 20, 2025 7:16am 30 min

Don't point at the moon—you might wake up without your ears. In Japan, the moon rabbit isn't just making mochi. Its image was placed there by the gods to honor an act of pure sacrifice, a Buddhist tale that traveled from...

Hōichi the Earless: A Lafcadio Hearn Reading

November 04, 2025 7:00am 30 min

A blind musician is summoned to perform in the darkness. But who is listening? And what terrible price awaits a moment's oversight? Today I read to you one of Lafcadio Hearn's most famous Japanese ghost stories: "Mimi-na...

What Empty Spaces Need (An Audio Drama)

October 30, 2025 7:00pm 26 min

🎃 HALLOWEEN SPECIAL 🎃 This year's Halloween episode is a full-length audio drama based on the urban legend of Sukima-onna—the woman who watches from the gaps. An American English teacher in Japan loses everything: his jo...

Ame-onna - Rain Woman's Original Ghost Story

October 21, 2025 8:12am 27 min

We're getting closer to Halloween. How about another ghost story? Ame-onna, the rain woman - a haggard looking thing, soaked to the bone, wandering rainy nights. There's lore about her, rumors, theories... but she doesn'...

Japan's Most Famous Ghost: My Retelling of Oiwa and the Yotsuya Kaidan

October 07, 2025 8:00am 34 min

It's October. Time to pull a blanket around your shoulders, light a candle against the dark, and listen to a good old-fashioned ghost story. There are many versions of the tragic tale of Japan's most famous ghost, Oiwa-s...

Sanshi: The Three Body-Parasite Problem

September 16, 2025 8:00am 26 min

I finally got to go on a walk again after all the oppressive August heat. I live around rice fields, mostly. There are some houses, of course, along the main road, and then every so often, a knee-high stone tower or stel...

A Handful of Deadly Beach Beauties

September 02, 2025 8:00am 25 min

Japan's summer heat is inescapable, driving people to seek relief at the beach. But what if I told you there are supernatural dangers lurking along Japan's 14,125 islands that make rip currents seem harmless? In this epi...

Introducing Uncanny Japan

August 13, 2025 7:39am 2 min

Uncanny Japan is a podcast about all the more obscure corners of old Japan, from strange superstitions, cultural curiosities, to creepy creatures. Here you can discover all the lesser known gems that author Thersa Matsuu...

Japanese Afterlife Guide: Navigate Buddhist Hell & Death

August 13, 2025 7:31am 45 min

So, you've died in Japan. Let me help you navigate the underworld and if we can, avoid the nastiest hells. What does Japanese Buddhism suggest happens after death? I found these traditional afterlife concepts fascinating...

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