402: Japanese folklore: Misconceptions

🐸Love means never having to say I'm sorry (I poisoned you)"🐸
...or something like that. This Valentine's Day there are three love stories from Japan. On the first, a man moves on after becoming a widower (kind of), on the second, two frogs fall out of love...with a place, and on the third, the whole world is in love with a geisha.

😈 The Creature: Maikubi (舞首)

Three heads that don't so much as dance as they do bite each other and sink ships.

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🎵 Music Credits

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"Then Disappeared to the Ground" by Blue Dot Sessions

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"Bogs Reverie" by Blue Dot Sessions

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"Jat Poure" by Blue Dot Sessions