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 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 ...

Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus blends new yokai creatures with traditional Japanese folklore for a unique and immersive gaming experience. Every character in the game is based on real yokai stories ...

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 Japanese Folklore, we track down the legend of the ferocious Ushioni, a Yokai with the hulking body of a bull and an ogre-like face. In certain regions of Ehime ...