Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet

Horrifying Encounters That Can’t Be Explained

01 May 2026

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Bewildering & Bizarre Experiences

17 Apr 2026

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Bizarre & Ghastly Ghosts

03 Apr 2026

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Spine-tingling Accounts of the Sea

20 Mar 2026

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Deadly Spiritual Encounters

06 Mar 2026

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Spectral Frights and Bites

20 Feb 2026

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Maddening Mountain Frights

06 Feb 2026

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Hair-raising School Adventures

23 Jan 2026

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Best of 2025

09 Jan 2026

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Deadly Dreadful Dolls

26 Dec 2025

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Devilish Dreams

12 Dec 2025

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Encounters of the Twisted

28 Nov 2025

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Spooky Spectral Terrors

14 Nov 2025

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Human Horrors for Halloween

31 Oct 2025

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2ch Classics Revisited

17 Oct 2025

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Tales of Cursed Buildings

03 Oct 2025

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Behind the Bizarre

19 Sep 2025

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Bewildering Countryside Encounters

05 Sep 2025

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Spooky Spectres

22 Aug 2025

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Seaside Terrors

08 Aug 2025

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Hair-raising Mountain Tales

25 Jul 2025

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Tales from Okinawa

11 Jul 2025

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Lesser-Known Favourites Compilation

27 Jun 2025

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Destination: Another World

13 Jun 2025

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Tales from Hokkaido

30 May 2025

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Bizarre Objects That Fight Back

16 May 2025

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Adventures with Grandpa Kiichi

02 May 2025

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Chilling Yurei Encounters

18 Apr 2025

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Soncho

04 Apr 2025

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Scary School Stories

21 Mar 2025

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Tales from Kanto

07 Mar 2025

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A Crescendo of Curses

21 Feb 2025

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Tales from Chubu

07 Feb 2025

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The Haunts in Our Buildings

24 Jan 2025

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Tales from Kyushu

10 Jan 2025

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Warnings from the Inaka

27 Dec 2024

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Tales from Shikoku

13 Dec 2024

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More Terrifying Than Ghosts…

29 Nov 2024

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Tales from Kansai

15 Nov 2024

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The Bewildering Mysteries of Shrines

01 Nov 2024

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The Cruel Fate of Curses

18 Oct 2024

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Tales from Tohoku

04 Oct 2024

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A Dance With Dolls

20 Sep 2024

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Tales from Chugoku

06 Sep 2024

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Mountain Madness

23 Aug 2024

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Beware the Haunted Residences

09 Aug 2024

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Terrors of the Deep

26 Jul 2024

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Creepy & Crafty Creatures

12 Jul 2024

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A Trip To Isekai

28 Jun 2024

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The Terrifying Approach of the Sacred

14 Jun 2024

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Terrifying Net Legends

31 May 2024

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Hauntings from the Past

17 May 2024

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When The Unknown Appears

03 May 2024

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The Danger of Lingering Spirits

19 Apr 2024

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Terrifying Trips And Tales

05 Apr 2024

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Curious But Deadly Encounters

22 Mar 2024

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Terrifying Encounters with the Bizarre

08 Mar 2024

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Deadly Encounters With The Otherworldly

23 Feb 2024

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Revenge of the Other Side

09 Feb 2024

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Heart-stopping Confrontations

26 Jan 2024

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Life Threatening Encounters

12 Jan 2024

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Exploring the Unknown

29 Dec 2023

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Spine-chilling Mysteries

15 Dec 2023

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Dark Encounters

01 Dec 2023

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Dreadful Mysteries

17 Nov 2023

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Mysterious Visitations

04 Nov 2023

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Deadly Yurei Encounters

20 Oct 2023

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Horrifying Encounters with Both Sides

06 Oct 2023

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Cursed Hauntings to Make Your Skin Crawl

22 Sep 2023

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Horrendous Curses

08 Sep 2023

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The True Horror of Man

25 Aug 2023

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Bewildering Curses

11 Aug 2023

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Disturbing Secrets

28 Jul 2023

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Mind-bending Hauntings

14 Jul 2023

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Unfathomable Encounters

30 Jun 2023

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Beyond the Veil

16 Jun 2023

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Darkness & Shadows

02 Jun 2023

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Dangerous Curiosity Part 2

19 May 2023

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Dangerous Curiosity Part 1

05 May 2023

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Creepy Hauntings

21 Apr 2023

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Shinto Scares

07 Apr 2023

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Blurring the Lines of Reality

24 Mar 2023

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Blood-curdling Oddities

10 Mar 2023

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Untold Human Horrors

24 Feb 2023

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What Lurks Around That Corner…?

10 Feb 2023

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Terrifying & Bizarre Encounters

27 Jan 2023

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Weird, Wild, and Wonderful

13 Jan 2023

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The Strange, The Weird, and the Horrifying

30 Dec 2022

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A Very Kowabana Christmas

16 Dec 2022

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Things That Shouldn’t Be

02 Dec 2022

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The Story Continues…

18 Nov 2022

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Mountain Mysteries

04 Nov 2022

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Beware the Unseen

21 Oct 2022

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Bizarre Hauntings

07 Oct 2022

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Dangers of the Unknown

23 Sep 2022

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Flirtations With The Other Side

09 Sep 2022

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Horrifying Ghostly Sightings

26 Aug 2022

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A Haunting Past

12 Aug 2022

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Revenge of the Supernatural

29 Jul 2022

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Bizarre Creature Tales

15 Jul 2022

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