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Uncanny Japan Podcast--Thersa Matsuura👹👋

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Podcasting the more obscure nooks & crannies of Japanese culture - Uncanny Japan. She/her. Crows. Fountain pens. Nature. Horror w/ a wry sense of humor. 🚫Fascism✊ ✨The Book of Japanese Folklore & Yōkai Oracle Deck (Soon!)✨ - https://tinyurl.com/ycxbwd7e

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Uncanny Japan Podcast--Thersa Matsuura👹👋 @uncannyjapan.bsky.social · 1d

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Photo of the Yokai Oracle Deck box with two oni dancing around banging small drums. Says: The Yokai Oracle Deck. Pre Order now. Coming this november. By Thersa Matsuura.

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Uncanny Japan Podcast--Thersa Matsuura👹👋 @uncannyjapan.bsky.social · 11h

I swear we got something, he and I 😍. From the very first day over two years ago when I saw him staring at me from the top of a telephone pole and I waved and said hi! And he dropped the piece of straw he was collecting to make a nest.

Uncanny Japan Podcast--Thersa Matsuura👹👋 @uncannyjapan.bsky.social · 11h

Look at him flirting with me 💕🥰 I'm quite smitten with this dude.

#crows #crowlife #crowsarefreakingawesome

crow in front of two mugs of water looking at camera.

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Uncanny Japan Podcast--Thersa Matsuura👹👋 @uncannyjapan.bsky.social · 16h

I saw a toddler in a stroller the other day at the grocery store and the mom had attached a cell phone holder to the front and the child was leaned forward zombie-ing out to it. My partner had to pull me away. I was going to say something to the mom.

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Uncanny Japan Podcast--Thersa Matsuura👹👋 @uncannyjapan.bsky.social · 21h

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Uncanny Japan Podcast--Thersa Matsuura👹👋 @uncannyjapan.bsky.social · 2d

Me reading "The Yellow Wallpaper" one of the best horror stories ever written. Author: Charlotte Perkins Gilman💕

Listen here🎧: tinyurl.com/5c3xt338

#horror #halloween #scary #shortstory #scarystory

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Uncanny Japan Podcast--Thersa Matsuura👹👋 @uncannyjapan.bsky.social · 2d

...to "tell" me something (my guess). I gushed over New One. She was very shy, stayed on neighbor's roof. Anyway, after some thought, could it be they were introducing me to Niblet's new girlfriend? She just watched as I tossed some kibble. I told New One she was welcome anytime😊.

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Uncanny Japan Podcast--Thersa Matsuura👹👋 @uncannyjapan.bsky.social · 2d

I *know* we're not supposed to anthropomorphize animals BUT!! Buddy (dad) and Niblet (son) showed up this morning early per usual WITH a young friend, a crow I've never met before! It was Niblet that cawcawcaw'd to get me to the window. Buddy flew near me on the laundry pole, staring hard, trying..

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Uncanny Japan Podcast--Thersa Matsuura👹👋 @uncannyjapan.bsky.social · 2d

I have the biggest crush on Oliver Kornetzke😍. I feel like a school girl. Give me all the words he's ever written👐.

Uncanny Japan Podcast--Thersa Matsuura👹👋 @uncannyjapan.bsky.social · 2d

That ones much nicer than mine 😁

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Uncanny Japan Podcast--Thersa Matsuura👹👋 @uncannyjapan.bsky.social · 3d

WE HAVE THE SAME MORTAR AND PESTLE!

...i'm screaming...😅

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Uncanny Japan Podcast--Thersa Matsuura👹👋 @uncannyjapan.bsky.social · 3d

I'm pretty much turning in for REAL at nine. #old

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Uncanny Japan Podcast--Thersa Matsuura👹👋 @uncannyjapan.bsky.social · 3d

It's officially fall when the yougins start pulling the omikoshi (portable shrine) through the streets. This neighborhood has a *very* small aki matsuri (fall festival). Daw~~💕🍂

Such a delightful thing to wake up to!

#japan #fall #autumn

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Uncanny Japan Podcast--Thersa Matsuura👹👋 @uncannyjapan.bsky.social · 3d

Ohmygosh! I wonder if they can be sent in the mail though. Must research! I think I did at one point and there are "ok" things and not "ok" things but I couldn't find the list 😅

a close up of an orange cat with sad eyes .

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Uncanny Japan Podcast--Thersa Matsuura👹👋 @uncannyjapan.bsky.social · 3d

These!! We can't get them here, but when we're back in the States, we make sure to buy some and make this. Can't get Mexican food near me either 😭 I'm going to see if you posted an after photo😍

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Uncanny Japan Podcast--Thersa Matsuura👹👋 @uncannyjapan.bsky.social · 3d

a little girl is laughing in a black and white photo while making a funny face .

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Uncanny Japan Podcast--Thersa Matsuura👹👋 @uncannyjapan.bsky.social · 3d

Love that!

a frosty the snowman animated program from 1989

ALT: a frosty the snowman animated program from 1989

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Uncanny Japan Podcast--Thersa Matsuura👹👋 @uncannyjapan.bsky.social · 3d

They look delicious. Tomato lentil soup 💯🙋

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Uncanny Japan Podcast--Thersa Matsuura👹👋 @uncannyjapan.bsky.social · 4d

So proud of myself 😁 I’m a visual, hands-on person, need to see things & write on paper to really think. I’ve been struggling to figure out how to lay out all 30 stories for my upcoming collection so I could look at them at once. Found an old mirror in the closet that fits my printouts perfectly!

my desk, beside it is a long mirror with six pieces of paper taped to it. Exclamation points pointing to it.

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Uncanny Japan Podcast--Thersa Matsuura👹👋 @uncannyjapan.bsky.social · 4d

Bumped right into this guy. Hey! You're handsome, I say. Wonder what you are. Google lens wasn't working, so I go to some object identifier I found on my phone. That'll do the trick!

Bagpipes.

This is bagpipes. 🙄

~More thorough investigation found: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug -- highly invasive

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Uncanny Japan Podcast--Thersa Matsuura👹👋 @uncannyjapan.bsky.social · 5d

What's hilarious is as we were talking he was slowly shutting the door (from the outside). He knows I'm going to ask and probably doesn't want to hear it. 😂

Uncanny Japan Podcast--Thersa Matsuura👹👋 @uncannyjapan.bsky.social · 5d

I've asked before at weed pulling events and he says he has no idea just sold the land. We got a notice they're going to start doing work on underground water pipes that lead from the land, so my guess is it's still happening. 😢

Uncanny Japan Podcast--Thersa Matsuura👹👋 @uncannyjapan.bsky.social · 5d

Good morning, evening, middle of the night 🌅~

Huge ol' typhoon* off the coast brings some very beautiful sunsets.

*This one isn't going to hit us directly. But there is another one on its tail! That one looks more ambitious.

beautiful orange glowing sunset over black houses.

Uncanny Japan Podcast--Thersa Matsuura👹👋 @uncannyjapan.bsky.social · 5d

The farmer behind us brought us some freshly harvested rice. He gives a bag to all the houses surrounding his fields. 💕🍚

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Uncanny Japan Podcast--Thersa Matsuura👹👋 @uncannyjapan.bsky.social · 6d

Yes! The belief is that a rabbit is on the moon pounding mochi rice. So you'll always see rabbits and full moons together. The Snoopy mooncakes with the lantern is pure genius🙌!