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 ...

Japanese folklore has been a mainstay in anime for ages. Inuyasha, Natsume's Book of Friends, and Mushishi are some of the ...

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 ...

FUKUI--Amabie, a folklore sea monster with the power ... in which he is set to introduce 100 types of sea-themed yokai. “Because Japan is an island nation, it has an abundance of sea-related ...

Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe was screened at the Glasgow Film Theatre as part of the Scotland Loves Anime 2024 film ...

Yokai are depicted on a ‘Night Parade of ... of many in Pakistan as well and made them familiar with popular Japanese legends. Hamza Khan, one such visitor at the exhibition, told Dawn.com ...

At twilight, a kitsune (fox) and akaname (filth-licking toilet demon) lead a group of excited Tokyoites and visitors around ...

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 ...