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Everyone Has a Throat Buddha / What is it and Why? -- Nodohotoke & Story Time: "The Buddha Bone" (Ep. 189) artwork
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Everyone Has a Throat Buddha / What is it and Why? -- Nodohotoke & Story Time: "The Buddha Bone" (Ep. 189)

Uncanny Japan - Folklore and Culture by SpectreVision Radio

May 4, 202632:51Society & Culture

Have you ever heard of the nodo-hotoke, or “throat Buddha”? In everyday Japanese, it usually refers to the Adam’s apple. But after death, especially in the context of cremation, the nodo-hotoke becomes something else ent...

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Everyone Has a Throat Buddha / What is it and Why? -- Nodohotoke & Story Time: "The Buddha Bone" (Ep. 189) is an episode from Uncanny Japan - Folklore and Culture by SpectreVision Radio. Have you ever heard of the nodo-hotoke, or “throat Bu...

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Published May 4, 2026, 32:51 long, audio available.