Japanese Supernatural Tales: Encounters with Yokai, Ghosts, Demons, and Other Strange Phenomena, from the Kojiki and The Tale of Genji to Dazai and Murakami: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Japanese Supernatural Tales: Encounters with Yokai, Ghosts, Demons, and Other Strange Phenomena, from the Kojiki and The Tale of Genji to Dazai and Murakami audiobook runs 14 hours unabridged, narrated by Akie Kotabe and Traci Kato-Kiriyama and others (about 9.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
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What our data says
- At 14 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 8,772 Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Akie Kotabe
Akie Kotabe narrates 16 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 76 hours in all.
About as long, on the Paranormal shelf
710 Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Japanese Supernatural Tales: Encounters with Yokai, Ghosts, Demons, and Other Strange Phenomena, from the Kojiki and The Tale of Genji to Dazai and Murakami is an audiobook by Michael Dylan Foster: a 14-hour unabridged recording, read by Akie Kotabe, Traci Kato-Kiriyama and Greg Watanabe and others, released October 13, 2026, on the Paranormal and Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14 hrs
- Narrated by
- Akie Kotabe, Traci Kato-Kiriyama, Greg Watanabe, Brian Nishii
- Released
- October 13, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Paranormal, Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature), Essays & Anthologies
- ISBN
- 9798217354153
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Japanese Supernatural Tales: Encounters with Yokai, Ghosts, Demons, and Other Strange Phenomena, from the Kojiki and The Tale of Genji to Dazai and Murakami audiobook?
Japanese Supernatural Tales: Encounters with Yokai, Ghosts, Demons, and Other Strange Phenomena, from the Kojiki and The Tale of Genji to Dazai and Murakami runs 14 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.3 hours.
Is the Japanese Supernatural Tales: Encounters with Yokai, Ghosts, Demons, and Other Strange Phenomena, from the Kojiki and The Tale of Genji to Dazai and Murakami audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Japanese Supernatural Tales: Encounters with Yokai, Ghosts, Demons, and Other Strange Phenomena, from the Kojiki and The Tale of Genji to Dazai and Murakami?
Japanese Supernatural Tales: Encounters with Yokai, Ghosts, Demons, and Other Strange Phenomena, from the Kojiki and The Tale of Genji to Dazai and Murakami is narrated by Akie Kotabe, Traci Kato-Kiriyama, Greg Watanabe and Brian Nishii.
Is Japanese Supernatural Tales: Encounters with Yokai, Ghosts, Demons, and Other Strange Phenomena, from the Kojiki and The Tale of Genji to Dazai and Murakami worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.3 hours, saving 4.7 hours.