Fukusaki (福崎町) is a town located in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Kunio Yanagita, a scholar and folklorist who has been called the ...

The Yokai Ubume was said to be a ghostly woman appearing at night, asking passersby to hold her child under threat of death. We examine how this terrifying figure came to be seen as a sympathetic one.

Dandadan merges Japanese mythology with urban legends in a fresh way, blurring the lines between spirits, aliens, and yokai. Turbo Granny is inspired by Japan's cryptid lore and possesses ...

Dandadan is a brilliant manga centered on the war between yokai/spirits and space aliens, with humanity trapped right in the middle of their conflict. As creative as series’ author Yukinobu ...

FUKUI--Amabie, a folklore sea monster with the power to fend off plagues, became a worldwide sensation amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Long before the supernatural mermaid-like “yokai” shot to ...

She's the most powerful Yokai of all." Just like most Yokai in Dandadan, the Slit-Mouthed Woman is inspired by a real Japanese folklore called the Kuchisake-onna. It’s unclear when or where this ...

ONE Esports gives you all the details about Noroi Kago the Grudged Domain, including its story, gameplay, and how to secure ...

A Japanese feudal-era folklore sea monster with the power to ... sharing colorful depictions of the supernatural mermaid-like “yokai” called Amabie on social media with hashtags such as ...

Get a peek at various yokai in this latest Shadow of the Road trailer for the upcoming game that blends cRPG and turn-based strategy combat. These enigmatic spirits, inspired by Japanese folklore ...

Mio Meguro (Fuka Koshiba) continues her dream of becoming a writer, while living with yokai (folklore monsters) in a share house. She struggles in her job in the editorial department of a ...

In this episode of YOKAI: Exploring Hidden Japanese Folklore, we follow the cry of the Konakijiji, a Yokai that resembles an old man but with a voice like a weeping infant. It's said to lure ...