The Yōkai That Drops from the Trees *squish*: Tsurube Otoshi

Uncanny Japan - Folklore and Culture by SpectreVision Radio

The cicadas are fading, the bell crickets are singing, and autumn is beginning to creep into Japan. There’s an old saying: aki no hi wa tsurube otoshi—“an autumn day falls like a well bucket”—describing how suddenly dark...View more