Note: This is May's Patreon bonus episode – apologies again for the delay!

Noriko Shizuka’s disappearance seemed impossible. Setting off on a three-minute walk to a crowded shrine, on one of the busiest days of the year, with no sign of commotion or upset, she vanished. Not a shred of evidence was ever found. All of which leaves one intriguing possibility: Noriko wanted to disappear.

This week we check out the curious Japanese phenomenon of Johatsu, (or, ‘evaporated people’): the tens of thousands who choose to leave their lives, families and possessions behind, and disappear in the dead of night…

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