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Obon Story Time: "At Yaidzu" by Lafcadio Hearn (Ep. 82)
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Obon Story Time: "At Yaidzu" by Lafcadio Hearn (Ep. 82)
FromUncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language
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31 minutes
Released:
Aug 15, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
It's Obon and today I want to read to you an essay by Lafcadio Hearn. He wrote it about the town he would stay at during summers, the town I've lived in for 25 plus years. Here he talks not just about the lantern floating ceremony, but also the ocean and ghost and gods and how we humans fit into it all. Visit the Uncanny Japan website to read the show notes and transcript. 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. Buy Me a Coffee (one-time contribution): https://buymeacoffee.com/uncannyjapan Join our Discord server: https://discord.gg/XdMZTzmyUb Twitter: https://twitter.com/UncannyJapan Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uncannyjapan/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thersamatsuura Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uncannyjapan/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmbTSrQe1cxBy522vxAI8Bg Website: https://www.uncannyjapan.com/ Credits Intro and outro music by Julyan Ray Matsuura Sweet Dreams by Agnese Valmaggia Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8100-sweet-dreams License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Released:
Aug 15, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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