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🎃 Zack o' Lantern 🎃 @zackdavisson.com · 03/10/2026

I have heard people say that Bluesky has no reach. That authors cannot market books here with any measurable impact. That Bluesky is a social media deadzone. Those people are 100% wrong. Thank you Bluesky. I'm a little teary. #Booksky #Catsky #yokai #Japan #folklore #Catsofbluesky

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紀伊國屋電子書籍Kinoppy全新刊情報 @kinokuniyanew.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

むじな (小泉八雲/田辺青蛙/高畠那生/東雅夫) が、紀伊國屋電子書籍ストアで予約開始されました。明日配信。

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むじな

著者：小泉八雲/田辺青蛙/高畠那生/東雅夫　出版：岩崎書店　2026/9/30(水)配信

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紀伊國屋電子書籍Kinoppy全新刊情報 @kinokuniyanew.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

ゆうれいだきのでんせつ (小泉八雲/田辺青蛙/朱華/東雅夫) が、紀伊國屋電子書籍ストアで予約開始されました。明日配信。

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ゆうれいだきのでんせつ

著者：小泉八雲/田辺青蛙/朱華/東雅夫　出版：岩崎書店　2026/9/30(水)配信

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紀伊國屋電子書籍Kinoppy全新刊情報 @kinokuniyanew.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

御堂筋線怪談 (竹書房怪談文庫) (田辺青蛙/宇津呂鹿太郎/最東対地/渡辺裕薫) が、紀伊國屋電子書籍ストアで予約開始されました。月曜配信。

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御堂筋線怪談竹書房怪談文庫

著者：田辺青蛙(著)/宇津呂鹿太郎(著)/最東対地(著)/渡辺裕薫(著)　出版：竹書房　2026/9/28(月)配信

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御堂筋線怪談 (竹書房怪談文庫) (田辺青蛙,宇津呂鹿太郎,最東対地,渡辺裕薫) が、Kindleストアで予約開始されました。月曜配信。

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御堂筋線怪談 (竹書房怪談文庫)

著者：田辺青蛙(著), 宇津呂鹿太郎(著), 最東対地(著), 渡辺裕薫(著)　出版：竹書房　2026/9/28(月)配信

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MarionetteCreep @marionettecreep.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Onto the second Obake Techou book! When I finish this one, I intend do a write up recommending the series (4 books to date) for intermediate learners, as they're the right mix of being accessible, while featuring worthwhile, vocabulary-rich, entertaining reading.

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Seia Tanabe @seiatanabe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

If you've never visited: Would you want to visit? Why or why not? Did you know the area is also associated with lava caves, geology, wildlife, hiking, and Mount Fuji? If you're comfortable, please also tell me what country you're from. Anonymous responses are welcome.

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Seia Tanabe @seiatanabe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

If you've visited Aokigahara: What surprised you most? Was the real place different from what you expected? And, especially: what do you think media portrayals get wrong?

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Seia Tanabe @seiatanabe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

What was your first impression of Aokigahara? What images or ideas immediately come to mind when you hear the name? I'm especially interested in impressions formed before actually visiting.

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Seia Tanabe @seiatanabe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I'm currently researching Aokigahara for a nonfiction book, and I'd love to hear from people outside Japan. Where did you first hear about Aokigahara — YouTube, a film, TikTok, Wikipedia, a book, news coverage, a podcast, or somewhere else? Replies are very welcome.

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丸善ジュンク堂書店 @maruzenjunkudo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

【気になる本】『鉱物怪談』田辺青蛙/吉田悠軌/若本衣織 www.maruzenjunkudo.co.jp/products/978... キラリ、怪石。その美しさは、地の底からの誘い―― 拾ってはいけない魅入られてはいけない地球《ほし》が紡いだ呪い、石たちの怖い話。 ◇収録された鉱物たち玄武岩、花崗岩、瑪瑙、隕石、蛍石、桜石、金、水晶、煙水晶、モリオン（黒水晶）、アメジスト（紫水晶）、トパーズ、ペリドット（かんらん石）、ポウナム（翡翠）、ガーネット（柘榴石）、プレナイト（葡萄石）ほか

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Seia Tanabe @seiatanabe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

この本が海外で翻訳されたら嬉しいなって思ってるよ。読んでくれてありがとう！

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みかん猫 @mikanneko.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

『鉱物怪談』（田辺青蛙、吉田悠軌、若本衣織著）＃読了石にまつわる実話怪談集。宝石から庭石、隕石までバリエーション豊かで面白かった。印象的だったのは『引力』。もらった隕石を身につけていたら周囲で機器の故障が頻発し、挙句に山道でバイク事故を起こして隕石を紛失。その場所は事故頻発スポットになってしまったという話。事故が多い場所、もしかして隕石が埋まっているのかも……と考えてしまった。

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Seia Tanabe @seiatanabe.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

＃ミッドナイトジュンクラブ　大阪のジュンク堂書店で、大勢の人たちに囲まれて深夜２時～３時まで怪談会を行いました。もちろん初めての体験で、しかも止まっている筈のエレベーターが無人でドアが開いた時は驚かされました。もしかしたら見えない幽霊のような客がこのイベントに参加したのかも知れませんね。　またこういう機会があればいいなと思っています。

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蓬莱（Holai🕊🍉 @lostdate404.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

#ミッドナイトジュンクラブここぞとばかりに深夜のアバンザを使わせてもらいました。楽しかったけど6時間じゃ…足りないです！！24時間タイムアタックさせて欲しい！（それは店員さんに迷惑よ）欲しかった民俗学本と面白かった怪談のをつい…

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Minovsky @minovskyarticle.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Sci-Fi novelist Toh EnJoe scripting a Ghost in the Shell that looks like Masamune Shirow's manga art is a BIG DEAL.

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Kevin O'Shea @madformaple.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Hibagon: The Search Continues NEW EPISODE - Searching for Japan’s Bigfoot 🫈 Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h... #Japan #Bigfoot #supernatural #cryptid #Japanese

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Seia Tanabe @seiatanabe.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

It looks like I’m going to be pretty busy this week and next. I’ll be traveling to some uninhabited areas for research, so I may not have internet access while I’m there.

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Seia Tanabe @seiatanabe.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Hello, I am Seia Tanabe, the author of "The Unluckiest Man in Ohio." Thank you so much for taking the time to write such a thoughtful and detailed review of my story!

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Seia Tanabe @seiatanabe.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

お盆でいろいろと立て込んでいて返信が遅くなっています。すみません。

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Seia Tanabe @seiatanabe.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

沖縄については詳しくないんですよ。面白い話題をありがとう。そういえば、沖縄の仏教は補陀落渡海で、辿り着いた僧が開祖だそうですね。彼は琉球（沖縄）を本当の浄土だと思っていたそうですよ。

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Seia Tanabe @seiatanabe.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

補陀落海渡はどれくらい知られていることなのだろう。ふと、気になりました。 www.mlit.go.jp/tagengo-db/e...

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Fudaraku-tokai: Crossing the Sea to the Southern Pure Land | Search Details | Japan Tourism Agency,Japan Tourism Agency

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Seia Tanabe @seiatanabe.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

私は和歌山に住んでいたときによく祖父母から聞かされました。和歌山には補陀落渡海の話もあるので、よけい怖かったです。生きたまま船に閉じ込められて海に流された僧が、水底から足を引っ張りに来るイメージを夢に見たことさえありますよ。実際、ビーチのすぐそばに渡海僧の墓があります。

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Seia Tanabe @seiatanabe.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

My husband, Toh EnJoe, is back from Otakon. It sounds like he had a wonderful and very rewarding time there! ＃otakon

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Seia Tanabe @seiatanabe.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

円城塔さんがオタコンから帰宅。なかなか楽しいひとときを過ごしてきたみたいで、正直羨ましい。

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Seia Tanabe @seiatanabe.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

In Japan, summer is the season for ghost stories. One reason is Obon, when the dead are believed to return to the world of the living. There’s also an old belief that swimming in the sea around this time is dangerous—the dead may grab your ankles and drag you underwater.

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Seia Tanabe @seiatanabe.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Yes, it’s a serious science-fiction story. Yes, it features dragons fucking cars. Yes, it’s on StarShipSofa Ep. 784 right now. Japanese weird fiction has entered the chat. 🐉🚗 starshipsofa.com/starshipsofa... #StarShipSofa #BizarroFiction #WeirdFiction #DragonsFuckingCars

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StarShipSofa 784 Seia Tanabe — StarShipSofa

Seia Tanabe is a horror and weird fiction writer based in Osaka. She won the 15th Japanese Horror Novel Award in the Short Story category for her debut work, "I…

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Seia Tanabe @seiatanabe.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

starshipsofa.com Dragoncars...? 🐉🚗🔥 Check out StarShipSofa Ep. 784 featuring Japanese author Seia Tanabe! Yes, it involves dragon car sex—and yes, you absolutely need to listen to this wild story.

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StarShipSofa — The Audio Science Fiction Magazine

Short science fiction from the finest writers in the galaxy, beamed out weekly since 2006. 814 episodes and counting. Winner of the first podcast Hugo Award.

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Seia Tanabe @seiatanabe.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

龍と車の物語はずっと出したいと色んな小説家が言っているのだが、日本国内の出版社はあまり関心がないようなのが残念だ。ドラゴンと車が嫌いな人類なんている筈がないのに、おかしなことだ。

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Seia Tanabe @seiatanabe.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

StarShipSofa（District of Wonders）で短編が朗読として公開される予定です。（時期不明）内容は、ドラゴンカーセックスだよ.

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curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

During Japan's Obon Festival each summer, the spirits of the dead visit their living relatives. Music, dancing and food are offered to entertain the spirits. #WyrdWednesday #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt 🎨'Obon Festival Moon' from the series 'One Hundred Aspects of the Moon' - Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1887.

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Seia Tanabe @seiatanabe.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

ドラゴンカーセックスの愛好者は海外にどれくらい存在するのだろうか。

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Seia Tanabe @seiatanabe.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Next week is Obon. In Japan, there is a legend that during Obon the dead return from hell. This heat might even be the heat rising from hell itself. And this is the busiest time of the year for temple monks and ghost-story writers. In Japan, people look for tales of the dead in summer.

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Seia Tanabe @seiatanabe.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

沢山ありますよ。今度来ることがあれば教えてください。大阪の人は地元の文化に無関心過ぎるんです。

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Seia Tanabe @seiatanabe.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I’m looking for information on New Zealand cryptids. Moehau, Kabagon, Waitoreke,etc.... Many Japanese people—no, I misspoke. At least everyone around me loves these kinds of stories!

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Seia Tanabe @seiatanabe.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

買ってくれてありがとう。とても嬉しいよ。大阪は古くからある土地で怪談がとても沢山多くあるんだけど、何故かほとんどの大阪に住む人がそのことを知らないでいます。

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Seia Tanabe @seiatanabe.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I wasn't aware of that, as such news didn't reach Japan. In fact, Japanese newspapers were full of articles praising her day after day as an outstanding leader.

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Seia Tanabe @seiatanabe.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

When I heard the news that former Prime Minister Ardern was moving to Australia, I couldn’t believe my ears.

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Seia Tanabe @seiatanabe.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Oh, really? I ended up posting that. Because I saw this news and found it hard to believe. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVl-...

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New Zealand sees brain drain to Australia amid stagnating economy • FRANCE 24 English

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Seia Tanabe @seiatanabe.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

If someone asks me what my favorite place in New Zealand is, I’d say Waitakere. I believe it’s one of the most beautiful places in the world. That’s probably why it has captured my soul.

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Seia Tanabe @seiatanabe.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I've lost count of how many times I've thought about getting permanent residency in New Zealand. As a novelist, I often find myself daydreaming about how wonderful it would be to live there.

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Seia Tanabe @seiatanabe.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I genuinely don't understand why so many Kiwis move to Australia. I know New Zealand has healthcare issues, but I still think it's an easier place to live. What am I missing?

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Seia Tanabe @seiatanabe.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

How’s the cold in New Zealand this year? And how’s the heat in Japan? I’m currently collecting and writing true ghost stories from New Zealand, but topics about struggling with the temperature have started appearing a lot from the ghost-story providers on both sides.

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