Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet
Tara A. DevlinEach week on “Kowabana: ‘True’ Japanese scary stories from around the internet,” horror author and translator Tara A. Devlin presents a selection of Japanese horror, creepypastas and urban legends translated from the deepest, darkest parts of the web. Creepy ghosts and vengeful onryo, cursed technology and haunted shrines. Discover horror like only Japan knows how to deliver. Brand new and exclusive stories translated each week. Find out more at http://www.kowabana.net/
Hair-raising Mountain Tales
Jul 25 • 50m
Tales from Okinawa
Jul 11 • 46m
Lesser-Known Favourites Compilation
Jun 27 • 1h 26m
Destination: Another World
Jun 13 • 45m
Tales from Hokkaido
May 30 • 46m
Bizarre Objects That Fight Back
May 16 • 51m
Adventures with Grandpa Kiichi
May 2 • 46m
Chilling Yurei Encounters
Apr 18 • 51m
Soncho
Apr 4 • 1h 1m
Scary School Stories
Mar 21 • 48m
Tales from Kanto
Mar 7 • 50m
A Crescendo of Curses
Feb 21 • 45m
Tales from Chubu
Feb 7 • 49m
The Haunts in Our Buildings
Jan 24 • 47m
Tales from Kyushu
Jan 10 • 44m
Warnings from the Inaka
Dec 27, 2024 • 45m
Tales from Shikoku
Dec 13, 2024 • 46m
More Terrifying Than Ghosts…
Nov 29, 2024 • 48m
Tales from Kansai
Nov 15, 2024 • 47m
The Bewildering Mysteries of Shrines
Nov 1, 2024 • 47m
The Cruel Fate of Curses
Oct 18, 2024 • 49m
Tales from Tohoku
Oct 4, 2024 • 46m
A Dance With Dolls
Sep 20, 2024 • 48m
Tales from Chugoku
Sep 6, 2024 • 50m
Mountain Madness
Aug 23, 2024 • 48m
Beware the Haunted Residences
Aug 9, 2024 • 47m
Terrors of the Deep
Jul 26, 2024 • 50m
Creepy & Crafty Creatures
Jul 12, 2024 • 47m
A Trip To Isekai
Jun 28, 2024 • 54m
The Terrifying Approach of the Sacred
Jun 14, 2024 • 48m
Terrifying Net Legends
May 31, 2024 • 46m
Hauntings from the Past
May 17, 2024 • 47m
When The Unknown Appears
May 3, 2024 • 44m
The Danger of Lingering Spirits
Apr 19, 2024 • 43m
Terrifying Trips And Tales
Apr 5, 2024 • 47m
Curious But Deadly Encounters
Mar 22, 2024 • 47m
Terrifying Encounters with the Bizarre
Mar 8, 2024 • 46m
Deadly Encounters With The Otherworldly
Feb 23, 2024 • 45m
Revenge of the Other Side
Feb 9, 2024 • 46m
Heart-stopping Confrontations
Jan 26, 2024 • 47m
Life Threatening Encounters
Jan 12, 2024 • 44m
Exploring the Unknown
Dec 29, 2023 • 46m
Spine-chilling Mysteries
Dec 15, 2023 • 45m
Dark Encounters
Dec 1, 2023 • 46m
Dreadful Mysteries
Nov 17, 2023 • 43m
Mysterious Visitations
Nov 4, 2023 • 44m
Deadly Yurei Encounters
Oct 20, 2023 • 46m
Horrifying Encounters with Both Sides
Oct 6, 2023 • 46m
Cursed Hauntings to Make Your Skin Crawl
Sep 22, 2023 • 48m
Horrendous Curses
Sep 8, 2023 • 46m
The True Horror of Man
Aug 25, 2023 • 43m
Bewildering Curses
Aug 11, 2023 • 45m
Disturbing Secrets
Jul 28, 2023 • 45m
Mind-bending Hauntings
Jul 14, 2023 • 45m
Unfathomable Encounters
Jun 30, 2023 • 44m
Beyond the Veil
Jun 16, 2023 • 48m
Darkness & Shadows
Jun 2, 2023 • 44m
Dangerous Curiosity Part 2
May 19, 2023 • 1h 3m
Dangerous Curiosity Part 1
May 5, 2023 • 57m
Creepy Hauntings
Apr 21, 2023 • 44m
Shinto Scares
Apr 7, 2023 • 44m
Blurring the Lines of Reality
Mar 24, 2023 • 44m
Blood-curdling Oddities
Mar 10, 2023 • 45m
Untold Human Horrors
Feb 24, 2023 • 45m
What Lurks Around That Corner…?
Feb 10, 2023 • 45m
Terrifying & Bizarre Encounters
Jan 27, 2023 • 45m
Weird, Wild, and Wonderful
Jan 13, 2023 • 42m
The Strange, The Weird, and the Horrifying
Dec 30, 2022 • 45m
A Very Kowabana Christmas
Dec 16, 2022 • 45m
Things That Shouldn’t Be
Dec 2, 2022 • 48m
The Story Continues…
Nov 18, 2022 • 56m
Mountain Mysteries
Nov 4, 2022 • 48m
Beware the Unseen
Oct 21, 2022 • 45m
Bizarre Hauntings
Oct 7, 2022 • 43m
Dangers of the Unknown
Sep 23, 2022 • 45m
Flirtations With The Other Side
Sep 9, 2022 • 46m
Horrifying Ghostly Sightings
Aug 26, 2022 • 45m
A Haunting Past
Aug 12, 2022 • 48m
Revenge of the Supernatural
Jul 29, 2022 • 45m
Bizarre Creature Tales
Jul 15, 2022 • 47m
The Danger of Cursed Objects
Jul 1, 2022 • 45m
Curiosity Killed the Cat
Jun 17, 2022 • 46m
Cursed & Haunted Locations
Jun 3, 2022 • 49m
Perplexing Oddities
May 20, 2022 • 46m
Step into the Strange World
May 6, 2022 • 46m
Mystifying Customs & Rituals
Apr 22, 2022 • 46m
Countryside Locations to Avoid
Apr 8, 2022 • 42m
Adventures with Alternate Dimensions
Mar 25, 2022 • 45m
Seal
Mar 11, 2022 • 56m
Terrifying and Dangerous Countryside Rituals
Feb 25, 2022 • 47m
Unfortunate Encounters with the Other Side
Feb 11, 2022 • 50m
Unsettling Human Horrors
Jan 28, 2022 • 44m
Mystifying Mountain Spirits
Jan 14, 2022 • 45m
Ominous Encounters With the Other Side
Dec 31, 2021 • 46m
Supernatural Encounters of the Terrifying Kind
Dec 17, 2021 • 46m
Don’t Mess With the Sacred
Dec 3, 2021 • 45m
Hauntings of Unknown Origin
Nov 19, 2021 • 44m
Unexplainable Mysteries of the Night
Nov 5, 2021 • 45m
Monstrous Encounters You Should Avoid
Oct 22, 2021 • 50m
Horrifying Family Secrets
Oct 8, 2021 • 49m
Bizarre Tales from Unique Characters
Sep 24, 2021 • 46m
Bizarre & Dangerous Encounters
Sep 10, 2021 • 44m
Terrifying Mountain Encounters
Aug 27, 2021 • 47m
Strange Encounters from the Other Side
Aug 13, 2021 • 46m
Terrifying Tales of Ancient Folklore
Jul 30, 2021 • 46m
Seaside Tales for Summer
Jul 16, 2021 • 44m
Unusual Ghostly Hauntings
Jul 2, 2021 • 45m
Terrifying Old Traditions
Jun 18, 2021 • 43m
Resort Job
Jun 4, 2021 • 1h 56m
The True Dangers of the Other Side
May 21, 2021 • 42m
Tales from the Otherside
May 7, 2021 • 43m
The Evil Within & Without
Apr 23, 2021 • 48m
Narrow Escapes from Deadly Curses
Apr 9, 2021 • 45m
Real
Mar 26, 2021 • 1h 12m
Places You Shouldn’t Enter
Mar 12, 2021 • 47m
The Terrors in our Temples and Shrines
Feb 26, 2021 • 49m
Terrifying Otherworldly Encounters
Feb 12, 2021 • 45m
Bizarre and Twisted Locations
Jan 29, 2021 • 47m
Visitations That Defy Belief
Jan 15, 2021 • 43m
Mysterious Encounters of the Dangerous Kind
Jan 1, 2021 • 46m
Dangerous Old Customs
Dec 18, 2020 • 42m
Popular in 2020
Dec 4, 2020 • 47m
Cursed Items, Cursed Lives
Nov 20, 2020 • 47m
Unsolved Yurei Hauntings
Nov 6, 2020 • 45m
The Village That Disappeared
Oct 23, 2020 • 1h 11m
Jinkan and Other Terrifying Crow Tales
Oct 9, 2020 • 46m
Summer Creepypasta Classics
Sep 25, 2020 • 46m
Mark of the Other Side
Sep 11, 2020 • 43m
Evil Spirit Den
Aug 28, 2020 • 45m
Terrifying Rural Jaunts & Monsters
Aug 14, 2020 • 45m
Cursed Countryside
Jul 31, 2020 • 44m
At Your Own Risk
Jul 17, 2020 • 43m
The Supernatural, The Unexplainable
Jul 3, 2020 • 47m
The Annoying Wayside Grass
Jun 19, 2020 • 57m
Brushes with the Other Side
Jun 5, 2020 • 43m
The Kunekune Collection
May 22, 2020 • 47m
Mysterious Mountain Monsters
May 8, 2020 • 43m
Tales of Real Haunted Places
Apr 24, 2020 • 44m
Unexplainable, Unfathomable, Unbelievable
Apr 10, 2020 • 48m
Encounters With Spirits Gone Wrong
Mar 27, 2020 • 45m
Terrifying Spirits You Should Fear
Mar 13, 2020 • 45m
Hospital Horrors
Feb 28, 2020 • 46m
Forbidden Japanese Games That Shouldn’t Be Played
Feb 14, 2020 • 48m
Brushes With the Afterlife
Jan 31, 2020 • 47m
What Happened in the Countryside in the Past
Jan 17, 2020 • 45m
New Year’s Horror in Japan
Jan 3, 2020 • 44m
Christmas Horror in Japan
Dec 20, 2019 • 51m
The True Horrors of Japanese Winter
Dec 6, 2019 • 46m
True Hauntings of Japanese Ghosts
Nov 22, 2019 • 47m
Uzu Doll
Nov 8, 2019 • 43m
Human Horrors
Oct 25, 2019 • 45m
Mysterious & Otherworldly Experiences
Oct 11, 2019 • 46m
Hitchhike
Sep 27, 2019 • 51m
The Evil in Our Safe Spaces
Sep 13, 2019 • 46m
What Lurks in Abandoned Buildings?
Aug 30, 2019 • 47m
Encounters with the Supernatural
Aug 16, 2019 • 45m
When Yurei Attack: Ghost Stories From Japan
Aug 2, 2019 • 31m
Neighbourhood Hauntings
Jul 19, 2019 • 29m
Kinkisaki -Pandora-
Jul 5, 2019 • 52m
Haunted Places
Jun 21, 2019 • 30m
Supernatural stalkers and soul snatchers
Jun 7, 2019 • 32m
Round Hole in the Basement
May 24, 2019 • 32m
SPECIAL: Toshiden: Exploring Japanese Urban Legends - Sukima-onna
May 17, 2019 • 12m
Best of Japanese Horror 2018 (Part 2)
May 10, 2019 • 28m
Best of Japanese Horror 2018 (Part 1)
Apr 26, 2019 • 28m
Monsters in the shadows
Apr 12, 2019 • 30m
Visitations of the supernatural
Mar 29, 2019 • 25m
Mysterious and deadly encounters
Mar 15, 2019 • 32m
A grandparent’s love
Mar 1, 2019 • 28m
Redemption and revenge from beyond the grave
Feb 15, 2019 • 34m
Horrors in the Japanese skies
Feb 1, 2019 • 35m
The mysterious and unexplainable horrors of Japan
Jan 18, 2019 • 32m
Cursed boxes
Jan 4, 2019 • 30m
'True' ghost stories from real haunted locations
Dec 21, 2018 • 33m
Well in the Basement
Dec 7, 2018 • 27m
Nightmare on Yume Street: Dreams that kill
Nov 23, 2018 • 27m
Our entire class fought an evil spirit
Nov 9, 2018 • 1h 15m
Classic Japanese creepypasta champloo
Oct 26, 2018 • 33m
Mysterious and deadly objects
Oct 12, 2018 • 35m
Origins: the best of early Japanese horror
Sep 28, 2018 • 31m
Horror Baito: Supernatural on the job
Sep 14, 2018 • 29m
Obake Yashiki: Home sweet haunted home
Aug 31, 2018 • 31m
Obon special: horror from the afterlife
Aug 17, 2018 • 34m
Oden Special: A hodgepodge of horror
Aug 3, 2018 • 31m
Haunted Japanese houses of horror
Jul 20, 2018 • 32m
Unbelievable and unexplainable sightings
Jul 6, 2018 • 27m
The truth is out there... experiences in the supernatural
Jun 22, 2018 • 32m
Gakkou Kaidan, ghost stories from Japanese schools
Jun 8, 2018 • 27m
SPECIAL: Toshiden: Exploring Japanese Urban Legends - Kuchisake-onna
Jun 1, 2018 • 28m
Kankandara: The secret behind what lurks in the forest
May 25, 2018 • 57m
Noroi, the inescapable Japanese curse
May 11, 2018 • 33m
Attack of the yurei
Apr 27, 2018 • 29m
The legend of the Kotoribako
Apr 14, 2018 • 59m
The true terror behind cursed dolls
Mar 30, 2018 • 27m
A curse upon your family and all within it!
Mar 16, 2018 • 36m
Life-changing childhood experiences
Mar 2, 2018 • 31m
Kisaragi Station and other trains of horror
Feb 23, 2018 • 34m
The monsters in our villages
Feb 16, 2018 • 30m
What's haunting Japanese schools?
Feb 9, 2018 • 28m
Sugisawa and other cursed villages
Feb 2, 2018 • 34m
Cursed video tapes & the horrors they hide!
Jan 26, 2018 • 35m
The inaka spectacular & countryside creepies
Jan 19, 2018 • 32m
Kokkuri-san, kakurenbo and other creepy childhood games
Jan 12, 2018 • 33m
Kunekune, exorcists and creepy little ghost boys
Jan 5, 2018 • 33m
New Year's ghosts and goblins
Dec 29, 2017 • 28m
If you're going to kill yourself, why don't you sleep with me first?
Dec 22, 2017 • 1h 10m
True but mostly fictional horror in the Japanese workplace
Dec 15, 2017 • 29m
Terrifying gods, scary demons and horrific yokai
Dec 8, 2017 • 26m
Magagami-sama, haunted tunnels and bridges, oh my!
Dec 1, 2017 • 30m
Hasshaku-sama, dark country roads and abandoned buildings
Nov 24, 2017 • 28m
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