We have breaking news of the haunted rock variety! The Sessho-Seki or “The Killing Stone” of Nasu, Japan has been split in half! This mythical rock contained the spirit of Tamamo No Mae, one of Japan’s top 3 ranked Yokai demons, or at least it did until March of 2022. Now after 1000 years, the beautiful nine-tailed fox demon girl is free to terrorize your local emperors.
Read MoreKrista and Christian are bringing you the wildly popular fable of the archipelago of Japan, Momotaro! Listen along as one boy/man with some dank kibi dangos makes friends with a wild doggo, a wise pheasant and a very suspicious monkey to take on an island of allegedly hostile oni! It’s an epic so popular you were probably brought here from One Piece but are going to learn about the surprising WW2 history as well.
Read MoreWe are heading to Japan for a tale of murder and revenge served farm to table. On the one side, we have just an awful badger, on the other side a poor old farmer and his naïve wife. We’ll see who comes out on top when the empathetic, clever, and really good at torturing and boat-building rabbit joins the battle.
Read MoreDRAGONS! Want to know more about the best good boy dragons of pop culture and mythology? We got em both here! We share a few of our favorite dragons and learn about a few of the coolest dragons from China, Japan and Korea. Stick around til the end for our new 2021 Eat The Rich Dragon Mascot. Did we miss your favorite? Let us know.
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Read MoreHeads up! This week we have a ghost story from Japan featuring the nosiest Yokai on this side of the Pacific - the Rokurokubi. Prepare to learn about what really happens to people who crane their necks to listen on the hot goss. But don’t worry about those long necks, it’s the Nukekubi you really gotta watch out for. It’s samurai monk up to bat against bouncing head ghosts.
Read More(To the tune of SNL’s Stefon) This episode has everything: Samurai demon crabs, historic battles, floating demon fires, a poor young blind bard, party monks, ghost emperor children, spell tattoos, and did we mention those Samurai demon crabs have human faces on their backs? It’s a Japanese ghost story sure to make you laugh!
Read MoreHello and welcome to the year 2019! For our first episode of the new year, we have got a new year’s Oni demon coming to you from Japan to scare the willies out of all the bad kids out there. Better beware, the Namahage is out there and he knows you didn’t stick to your resolutions!
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