I wanted to make a point of placing the monsters within the daily life of Tokyo,” says the photographer Tess Ayano, who spent ...

She also talked about how this yokai was brought back to memory in 1969 by manga artist Shigeru Mizuki and how that legend applies to the modern world. Lore of the ghostly whale skeleton ...

Legend has it the glowing yokai emerged from the sea in front of a government official in Higo province, or modern-day Kumamoto Prefecture, in 1846 during the Edo Period (1603-1867). According to ...

Yokai.com is a comprehensive encyclopedia with ... As Stair puts it, “Bo is an amalgamation of all these modern and traditional styles mixed a little with my own way of doing things.” ...

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 ...

Long before the supernatural mermaid-like “yokai” shot to fame, however, a U.S.-born illustrator living here started introducing Japanese ghouls and hobgoblins to the world while providing ...