Kunio Yanagita, a scholar and folklorist who has been called the father of Japanese folklore studies, was born in this town of 20,000 people. The town has striking statues of Yokai ( supernatural ...

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 ...

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 ...

A: Well, Dracula is a literary character created by author Bram Stoker, but vampires are closer in essence to Japanese yokai because they are from East European folklore. Yokai change their forms ...

Q: Are yokai legends associated with plagues unique to Japanese culture? A: There are some examples also in the West to portray the black plague and other epidemics as something similar to yokai.

She figures out these Yokai are undefeatable until the power holder is struck down. While Japanese folklore has several Yokai with floating heads, the ones shown in this chapter are similar to ...

These US beaches rank among the best in the world, according to Tripadvisor According to Yokai, an online database of Japanese folklore, the ryūgū no tsukai is described as a large fish with a human ...

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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 ...