In ancient Japan, that uncanny "something" was thought to be "yokai," ghouls and hobgoblins ... During the Heian Period (794-1185), "oni" demons (with horns and fangs) represented what we now ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

The first installment in his encyclopedia series, titled “The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons,” was ... Meyer feels the yokai craze continues to grow outside Japan. He organized autograph ...