A former high school classroom where literary giants Soseki Natsume (1867-1916) and Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) used to teach ...

Visiting Lafcadio Hearns Japan The temples and scenery of Japans San-in coast are as captivating now as they were when Lafcadio Hearn wrote about them in the 19th century (Produced by: Brendan ...

Lafcadio Hearn enjoys great acclaim as a literary genius who brought the folklore of Japan to Westerners. Inspired by the author's book Kwaidan (1904), a collection of stories of the supernatural and ...

The skies over Shimane are always dramatic, almost supernaturally so. It’s befitting an area that’s known as “Land of the ...

A classroom where Soseki Natsume and Lafcadio Hearn, also known as Yakumo Koizumi, used to teach is seen in the Memorial ...

A wooden notice resembling a kosatsu (signboard that announced official edicts in feudal Japan) was recently erected outside ...

St. Charles Avenue route, starting on Napoleon Avenue In 2024, Krewe of ALLA was moved from its customary spot on the first ...

Yuki-onna is based on a kaidan by Lafcadio Hearn. It tells the story of a yokai that feeds on the souls of the humans it kills (freezes) in the mountain blizzards. This yokai decides to spare one ...