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August 15th, 2007 | help Need help?

Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Today is our final O-Bon kaidan. This one is a first person account told by a young real estate agent. Although Tokyo is famous for it’s outrageously over-priced real estate, from time to time you can find some really good deals… if you’re willing to overlook certain details! Maybe an unexpected roommate is a good thing. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Voice Actors: Miki, Ushijima
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August 14th, 2007 | help Need help?

Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Today is day 2 of O-Bon, when the dead roam the earth. In today’s story Ushijima-san and Jun-san are driving back to Tōkyō after a long business trip in the country. Ushijima-san’s subordinate gave some strange directions which lead them through a mountain pass in the dead of night. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Voice Actors: Ushijima, Miki, Jun, Yoshikai, Yuki
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August 13th, 2007 | help Need help?

Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! In the spirit of O-Bon we reviving an old Japanese tradition of telling ghost stories. This is our first Premium Offering and we’ll be offering 2 more stories through the 3 days of O-Bon. Today’s tale of horror is about a couple who get their thrills visiting shinrei spotto (haunted places). But today’s trip to an abandoned school house turns out to be a little more frightening than had been expected. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Voice Actors: Jun, Miki, Ushijima
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August 11th, 2007 | help Need help?

Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Chigusa returns for Saturday News, and we’ve got a lot of exciting things to cover. We have an update for you about KoreanClass101.com. They are launching on Monday! Also to celebrate the o-bon tradition of telling kaidan, we will be offering some very special Japanese ghost stories for our premium members! And we’ve got more to cover, so this some news you don’t want to miss! After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Voice Actors: Peter, Chigusa
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August 10th, 2007 | help Need help?

Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Next week, basic and premium members will be able to enjoy a taste of an Edo Era O-Bon tradition of telling kaidan (ghost stories). For the 3 days of O-Bon, 13th-15th, we’ll be offering 3 additional audio file of some very scary stuff! As if that wasn’t enough, we were lucky enough to be given permission to some stories by Inagawa Junji, one of Japan’s most famous horror story writers! This is the real deal, folks! You’re not gonna want to miss out on this! After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Voice Actors: Peter, Naomi
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