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Another Chilling Children’s Song – Tōryanse (Ep. 104)

Another Chilling Children’s Song – Tōryanse (Ep. 104)

FromUncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language


Another Chilling Children’s Song – Tōryanse (Ep. 104)

FromUncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language

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Length:
18 minutes
Released:
Jul 17, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Do you remember when I talked about Kagome Kagome back in episode 53? A Japanese children's song that had curiously unnerving lyrics about a bird in a cage ("Oh when will it be let out?") And then the lines: "Tsuru to Kame ga subetta -- the crane and the turtle slipped"; and "Ushiro no shoumen dare? -- Who's behind me?") Guess what? That's not the only goosebump-raising children's song in Japan. There's another. Well, at least one more. 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 Music by Julyan Ray Matsuura
Released:
Jul 17, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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Looking for a podcast on Japan's mysterious culture? Try listening to Bram Stoker Award Finalist and Clarion West 2015 Graduate Thersa Matsuura's Uncanny Japan Podcast and experience all that is weird about Japan—strange superstitions, folktales, cultural oddities, and interesting language quirks—and not found anywhere else!