Kevin O'Shea

Halloween in Japan: Cosplay, Crowds, and Caution 🎃

- NEW EPISODE - Supernatural Japan 👻

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#Japan #Tokyo #Halloween #SpookySeason #Japanese

I've always wished for a crow 🐦‍⬛ or magpie friend.

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Holiday is done. Back to school. Not a challenge for me this year but for my kids not such an easy task. Teenagers back to waking up early and facing a world filled with lots of homework. Never a great time. I was there too once....a long time ago.

Cigarette vending machines and more outside of an old tobacco shop in Nishiyodogawa #Osaka #Japan - #travel #Kansai

A sea of souvenirs for sale in the Muslim Quater of #Xian #China - #travel #exploring

Halloween in Japan: Cosplay, Crowds, and Caution 🎃

- NEW EPISODE - Supernatural Japan 👻

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#Japan #Tokyo #Halloween #SpookySeason #Japanese

YouTube video by BusanKevin Exploring the Muslim Quarter in #Xian #China --- lots of tourists here! Great #food - #travel

Exploring the Muslim Quarter in Xi'an, China - a (Shorts) Vlog - #Xian #China #travel #food #Chinese #exploring

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Saws lots of these little moths all over a shrub yesterday! Apparently they are Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moths. Wonder what they're doing bff here in Xi'an. #insects #bugs #China

Dumplings.....🥟
So many dumplings.....

#Xian #China #Travel #ChineseFood

Dr. Totoro Diapers???? I have a feeling this company probably doesn't have permission to use this name!! Things you see in China!

Chilis lots of chili 🌶️!!! Spicy food and ingredients in #Xian #China - #food #exploring

Spices....
lots of chili 🌶️ peppers!

#Xian #China -- Old Market area in Xi'an's Inner City #food #exploring #travel

A-Yokai-A-Day: How Telling One Hundred Ghost Stories Lead to Wealth and Honor | Matthew Meyer (The Yokai Guy) Get more from Matthew Meyer (The Yokai Guy) on Patreon

Tonight's A-Yokai-A-Day is story number 100 of Shokoku hyakumonogatari!

It took four years of A-Yokai-A-Days to finish this collection, and I am happy to complete it. I hope you enjoyed this book as much as I did.

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So this just happened!! #burgers 🍔

Snack!!! Bao and #coffee

Off to explore parts of #Xian #China 's Ancient Inner City today! So much to see and enjoy. Photos to come!!

These wasps should removed some of your more problem insects

Little fruit shop at closing time. #Xian #China -- #nightphotography #night

That's a great book! I picked up a copy earlier this year. Such a great purchase for anyone interested in Japan!

Front cover of 'The Book of Japanese Folklore'

Illustration of a white nine-tailed fix and red torii in a forest.

Illustration of a tengu, winged being with long red nose.

Open page of book with text about bakeneko and nekomata and illustration to match.

My next #MythologyMonday book recommendation is 'The Book of Japanese Folklore' by Thersa Matsuura (@uncannyjapan.bsky.social). It introduces a collection of yokai with Thersa's wonderful storytelling and gorgeous illustrations by Michelle Wang. She's also got a #yokai oracle deck on the way.

Went out for a photo walk. Started to rain. I ducked into a shop and got a little "water proof camera bag"!!! Wonder if @alfie.photography and @nirro04.bsky.social would approve ?? 😆

YouTube video by BusanKevin Pikachu car in China!!! #Pikachu #Pokemon #BYD - #Japan #anime

Amazing and cute #Pikachu cat in #China -- someone's a BIG #Pokemon fan!!!!

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YouTube video by BusanKevin Mid-Autumn Festival, Cool Shops and New Mic in China

Mid-Autumn Festival and Busy Malls in #China -- #vlog #travel

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Nope. Mom fills the nest with paralyzed spiders and other critters she's stung. When the larvae hatch from the eggs they'll eat those paralyzed insects. They don't eat plants. 🌱 exclusively meat eaters!

The Setagaya Family Murders

NEW EPISODE - (Supernatural Japan)

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#Japan #Tokyo #TrueCrime #Japanese #supernatural #mystery

Wearing flannel at the beginning of October for the first time in 7 years!!! Have to admit, I'm happy not being in the tropics! Some people live it but it's not for everyone (me).

That's cool. I'd say it's not a worry or threat. Those spider hunting wasps are carnivorous with zero interest in plants. Also, once they fire off their eggs they're done. Off they go and it's up to the "baby" to hatch and take care of itself. Personally I'd leave them alone .

Cool Mid-Autumn Festival Google Doodle today!

Follow my new #carspotting in Asia Instagram I have with my son! #AsiaAutoLens

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Yeah. Lucky the bear just took a swipe!!