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The Man With Many Faces: Japanese Urban Legends

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Tara A. Devlin 🌸⛩ Kowabana @taraadevlin.bsky.social · 1d

The Man With Many Faces: Japanese Urban Legends youtube.com/shorts/OVnp8...

Japanese urban legends in under 60 seconds!

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a woman in a black dress is flying through a dark hallway with red leaves on the floor

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Tara A. Devlin 🌸⛩ Kowabana @taraadevlin.bsky.social · 2d

Got a poll up for what you guys might like me to play after Silent Hill f!

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Tara A. Devlin 🌸⛩ Kowabana @taraadevlin.bsky.social · 2d

Weird, Bizarre, and Scary News From Japan September 2025 youtu.be/W3g20qYe1XE

Each month we take a look at the weird, bizarre, whacky, and scary news to come out of Japan!

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Weird, Bizarre, and Scary News From Japan September 2025

30 Facts about Fatal Frame 1 (Fatal Frame Lore)

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Tara A. Devlin 🌸⛩ Kowabana @taraadevlin.bsky.social · 3d

30 Facts about Fatal Frame 1 (Fatal Frame Lore) youtu.be/hVpohl5gF_o

We take a look at 30 different facts you may or may not know about the very first Fatal Frame game!

#japanesehorror #fatalframe

30 Facts about Fatal Frame 1 (Fatal Frame Lore)

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Tara A. Devlin 🌸⛩ Kowabana @taraadevlin.bsky.social · 3d

30 Facts about Fatal Frame 1 (Fatal Frame Lore) youtu.be/hVpohl5gF_o

We take a look at 30 different facts you may or may not know about the very first Fatal Frame game!

#japanesehorror #fatalframe

Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories - Behind the Bizarre

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Tara A. Devlin 🌸⛩ Kowabana @taraadevlin.bsky.social · 20d

Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories - Behind the Bizarre youtu.be/gBxM5YTot04

Ten terrifying tales of the bizarre from Japan that will have you questioning what lurks in the dark, what hides around the next corner, and whether this is even real or not…

#japanesehorror

a cartoon character with a bandage on his face looks out from behind a drawer

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Tara A. Devlin 🌸⛩ Kowabana @taraadevlin.bsky.social · 21d

Put up a quick update post on Patreon if you wanna know what's currently happening: www.patreon.com/posts/139245...

TLDR: holidays, tooth pain, podcast scheduled as normal!

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Tara A. Devlin 🌸⛩ Kowabana @taraadevlin.bsky.social · 21d

Chilling Storytime with 7'scarlet (Episode Nineteen) FINALE youtu.be/7Hvft27i-qU

It all ends here...

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Chilling Storytime with 7'scarlet (Episode Nineteen) FINALE

Who is Mikomori Inori?: Fatal Frame Ghost Shorts

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Tara A. Devlin 🌸⛩ Kowabana @taraadevlin.bsky.social · 22d

Who is Mikomori Inori?: Fatal Frame Ghost Shorts youtube.com/shorts/S3fIr...

Fatal Frame lore in under 60 seconds!

#japanesehorror #fatalframe

Stories From Meiji: Hijinks on the Sanyo Railway

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Tara A. Devlin 🌸⛩ Kowabana @taraadevlin.bsky.social · 23d

Stories From Meiji: Hijinks on the Sanyo Railway youtu.be/gQ5t_vbFulk

An incident in the late 1800s led to Japanese trains being changed forever, but what was it, and did incompetency truly lead to the culprits downfall?

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20 Facts about Kurosawa Hisoka (Fatal Frame Lore)

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Tara A. Devlin 🌸⛩ Kowabana @taraadevlin.bsky.social · 24d

20 Facts about Kurosawa Hisoka (Fatal Frame Lore) youtu.be/SkKAq_sYv54

We take a look at 20 different facts you may or may not know about this powerful Kurosawa!

#japanesehorror #fatalframe

Toshiden: Exploring Japanese Urban Legends - Sacchan

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Tara A. Devlin 🌸⛩ Kowabana @taraadevlin.bsky.social · 27d

Toshiden: Exploring Japanese Urban Legends - Sacchan youtu.be/0ZcfYeKlMA8

What is the true meaning behind this beloved nursery rhyme? Is there really a secret verse? And will she really come for you once you hear it?

#japanesehorror

Toshiden: Exploring Japanese Urban Legends - Sacchan

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Tara A. Devlin 🌸⛩ Kowabana @taraadevlin.bsky.social · 27d

Toshiden: Exploring Japanese Urban Legends - Sacchan youtu.be/0ZcfYeKlMA8

What is the true meaning behind this beloved nursery rhyme? Is there really a secret verse? And will she really come for you once you hear it?

#japanesehorror

Chilling Storytime with 7'scarlet (Episode Eighteen)

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Tara A. Devlin 🌸⛩ Kowabana @taraadevlin.bsky.social · 28d

Chilling Storytime with 7'scarlet (Episode Eighteen) youtu.be/D-ovx6OuU08

Next week it finally ends, so come and see what on earth is going on!

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Scary Japanese Commercials: I Am A Champion

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Tara A. Devlin 🌸⛩ Kowabana @taraadevlin.bsky.social · Sep 10

Toshiden: Exploring Japanese Urban Legends Vol. 4 is now out with over 40 brand new urban legends to dive into! ⛩️👀

Ebook: amzn.to/4gh82QE
Paperback: amzn.to/45VqMls
Hardcover: amzn.to/3VNB9Sd

#japanesehorror

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Tara A. Devlin 🌸⛩ Kowabana @taraadevlin.bsky.social · 29d

Scary Japanese Commercials: I Am A Champion youtube.com/shorts/J3PwP...

Scary commercials from Japan in under 60 seconds.

#japanesehorror

Scary Japanese Commercials: I Am A Champion

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Tara A. Devlin 🌸⛩ Kowabana @taraadevlin.bsky.social · 29d

Scary Japanese Commercials: I Am A Champion youtube.com/shorts/J3PwP...

Scary commercials from Japan in under 60 seconds.

#japanesehorror

Haunted Japan: Genji Waterfall

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Tara A. Devlin 🌸⛩ Kowabana @taraadevlin.bsky.social · Sep 9

Haunted Japan: Genji Waterfall youtu.be/5zW4mii-MZ8

This waterfall has a tragic history behind it according to folklore, but why is it haunted today?

#japanesehorror

Haunted Japan: Genji Waterfall

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Tara A. Devlin 🌸⛩ Kowabana @taraadevlin.bsky.social · Sep 10

Toshiden: Exploring Japanese Urban Legends Vol. 4 is now out with over 40 brand new urban legends to dive into! ⛩️👀

Ebook: amzn.to/4gh82QE
Paperback: amzn.to/45VqMls
Hardcover: amzn.to/3VNB9Sd

#japanesehorror

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Tara A. Devlin 🌸⛩ Kowabana @taraadevlin.bsky.social · Sep 9

Haunted Japan: Genji Waterfall youtu.be/5zW4mii-MZ8

This waterfall has a tragic history behind it according to folklore, but why is it haunted today?

#japanesehorror

21 Facts about Hinasaki Miu (Fatal Frame Lore)

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Tara A. Devlin 🌸⛩ Kowabana @taraadevlin.bsky.social · Sep 9

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Tara A. Devlin 🌸⛩ Kowabana @taraadevlin.bsky.social · Sep 8

21 Facts about Hinasaki Miu (Fatal Frame Lore) youtu.be/Ilsg8oDVQ38

We take a look at 21 different facts you may or may not know about this tragic Shadowborn!

#japanesehorror #fatalframe