Japanese Scary Stories

This book collects the most frightening Japanese urban legends, taking the reader on a disturbing journey through Japanese folklore. From the best known to the darkest, these urban legends from Japan will give you the creeps!

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Eleanor Matsuura, known for AMC's The Walking Dead and Spooks. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Paul Murray. In this collection of classic ghost stories from Japan, beautiful princesses turn out to be frogs...

You want to learn Japanese, but with something exciting...and scary! You get 14 stories inside this audiobook. You learn about spooky Japanese superstitions, traditions, and culture while learning the Japanese language at the same time!

Divining the difference between reality and the fantastic may not be as simple as it seems. Because the world you think you know may not actually exist… STORIES is a collection of six short stories loosely based on legends and folklore. Each is set in a modern context, giving the reader an unusual take that yields interesting insight on these traditional tales. The Snow Woman: a spirit in Japanese folklore who traps people in snowstorms, then uses her icy breath to leave them frost-coated corpses. The Slit-Mouthed Woman: a figure from Japanese urban legends who, mutilated by her husband, ...

ハリー・ポッターのJ.K.ローリング書き下ろし童話。　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
コルヌコピア王国は、立派な口髭をもつ王様が治める、世界一幸福な国でした。豊かな黄金があり、職人たちが作り出す食べ物は、うれし泣きするくらいの美味しさでした。

From the bestselling author of Strange Houses and Strange Pictures comes a mesmerizing novel of eleven strange buildings and one terrible secret. A lonely hut in the woods. A murder house. A hidden chamber. A mysterious shrine. A home in flames. A nightmarish prison. . . . Each of the buildings...

小泉八雲「雪女」吹雪の夜に現れた“白い女”との出会いが、若い木こりの運命を変えていく——日本怪談を代表する名作です。武蔵の村で暮らす巳之吉は、吹雪の夜に美しい白装束の女と遭遇します。

小泉八雲「おかめのはなし」夫婦の深い愛情と“未練”が生み出す、静かで恐ろしい日本怪談。NHK連続テレビ小説『ばけばけ』でも注目を集めるラフカディオ・ハーン作品。