9 Japanese Ghost Stories

Nine Japanese ghost stories and quiet supernatural folktales, told slowly for sleep with wind, waves, crickets, and lantern-lit night ambience. Best with the screen off. Made for background listening, winding down, and sleep. What to expect: • 9 original folklore-inspired stories • Calm, steady narration with restrained sound effects • More space and slower pacing as the night goes on • A final 10 minutes of ambience with no narration Chapters: 0:00:00 Settling In 0:01:11 The Marks on the Doorpost 0:19:59 The Things That Came Home 0:37:46 The Lanterns on the Ridge 0:55:03 The Lamp on the Point 1:13:04 The Voice That Came Early 1:34:49 Past the Last Lantern 1:56:42 The Night Tally 2:18:37 The Promise Kept Too Long 2:39:01 Mikuni Pass, Told Again 2:50:00 Wind, waves, and crickets only These are original fictional stories inspired by Japanese folklore. They do not retell or claim to document specific historical events. Sound credits: • "campfire_01.wav" by matucha — CC BY 4.0; edited and mixed — https://freesound.org/people/matucha/... — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... • "Crickets in the night" by caquet — CC BY 4.0; edited and mixed — https://freesound.org/people/caquet/s... — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... • "BirdSongEaster2002NL.wav" by HerbertBoland — CC BY 4.0; edited and mixed — https://freesound.org/people/HerbertB... — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... • "Strong wind in trees" by alanmckinney — CC BY 3.0; edited and mixed — https://freesound.org/people/alanmcki... — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Additional ambience and effects are original, CC0, or public-domain sources documented in the project archive. #SleepStories #GhostStories #DarkFolklore