Another Tohoku yokai made famous by the Tono Monogatari are the zashiki-warashi, spirits who haunt the tatami rooms of households, counterintuitively bringing fortune to the families they visit ...

Somehow, this lends credibility. Yet as I explore in my book THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO JAPANESE YOKAI many of Japan's most famous yokai come from an artist's pen. Let's take a look at some of the most ...

In Japan, there exists a folklore that is every bit its own. Ancient history and modern calamities have cultivated a national obsession with menacing creatures. The photographer Tess Ayano, spent a ...

Kenji Kimura refers to Ghostwire’s depictions of yokai and yurei as an extension of this new way of seeing the city—of “thinking about the un-ordinary things that are lurking amongst the ...

At the center of them all is Muzan Kibutsuji, the enigmatic demon king who mirrors the power, influence, deception, and shapeshifting abilities of Nurarihyon, a legendary yokai (supernatural ...

The secret story of the birth of the famous yokai "Slit-Mouthed Woman" that shook Japan; "Rubber Man" and "Teketeke" - Hikita's frightening experiences with yokai; What is the historical darkness ...

Image Kappa, one of Japan’s most famous yokai (supernatural beings), is an amphibious creature said to lurk in rivers, lakes and the sea.Credit...Tess Ayano Two years after the treaty that ended ...