While walking a mountain trail at dusk or stepping into a dimly lit old house, people often feel something in the air, in the lengthening shadows, on the back of their necks--something absent in a ...

FUKUSAKI, Hyogo Prefecture—An eerie initiative to transform the hometown of famed folklorist Kunio Yanagita into a haven for “yokai” ghouls is working wonders for local tourism, drawing more than ...

One Japanese yokai (goblin) character has a long history of helping the nation deal with plagues, and the outbreak of COVID-19 has made it into something of a social media star. Amabie (アマビエ), a ...

In the pantheon of yokai, spooky beings of Japanese folklore embody anxieties ancient and modern. On Shodoshima, an art contest helps bring new ones to life. By Motoko Rich and Hikari Hida Reporting ...

Except of course that they are precisely all these things. Yokai are Japanese spirits based on tales from the Shinto religion, the titular watch of the series allowing characters to visibly see them.

Japan could be said to be a country of yokai (ghosts). Often called goblins in English, yokai are much more varied than that poor translation suggests. These folklore beasties, like European fairies, ...

Japanese supernatural creatures known as yōkai come to life through the power of digital technology in the "Yokai Immersive Experience Exhibition," which has opened in the city of Nagoya. The ...

Publisher FINE and developer Shadow Glove will release a Switch version of Werewolf game-style social deduction adventure game Yokai Landlord: Monster Mystery!, the companies announced. A release date ...

YOKAI: Exploring Hidden Japanese Folklore - KIJIMUNA Time and Tide KIJIMUNA of Okinawa, a red-haired child spirit in banyan trees, brings fortune to fishermen but punishes betrayal, embodying nature ...