The Kowabana YouTube channel, hosted by author Tara A. Devlin, is dedicated to bringing you all sorts of dark and terrifying content from Japan that you might not otherwise get to experience. From Famicom-era sound novels to indie visual novels, ancient DOS games to little-known modern horrors, you'll find a little bit of everything as we strive to bring you unique content straight out of Japan each and every week!

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Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water

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Kaidan Restaurant: Ghost Haunting the Phone (Japanese Horror Stories on the DS)

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Kowasugi? Missing Child Videotape, an exercise in tension building (Japanese Horror Movie Reviews)

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20 Facts about Amakura Kei (Fatal Frame Lore)

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Fatal Frame III: The Tormented (2005)

Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories - Hair-raising Mountain Tales

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Chilling Storytime with 7'scarlet (Episode Eleven)

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7'scarlet (2016)

Kaidan Restaurant: Fear Attraction (Japanese Horror Stories on the DS)

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Honkowa? Banned Publication (Japanese Horror Book Reviews)

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15 Facts about Tachibana Itsuki (Fatal Frame Lore)

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Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly (2003)

Events of Showa: Shirokiya Bloomers Incident

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Chilling Storytime with 7'scarlet (Episode Ten)

2025-07-17 3:01:21 PM ● 258 views ● 0:00

7'scarlet (2016)

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