(This is Part 23 of the "Learning from Japanese picture books" series, which introduces recommended Japanese picture books, ...

and he came up with the idea of drawing Japanese monsters during the Halloween season in October that year. “I learned there were many varieties of yokai, such as ‘hyosube’ and ‘nurarihyon ...

Japan-based illustrator Matthew Meyer has drawn over 500 varieties of yokai―supernatural creatures from Japanese folklore. We ask him about his fascination with the phenomenon of yokai.

Yokai" who gives serious thought to these folklore creatures. He is Masanobu Kagawa, the chief curator at the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of History, and the first Japanese to get his doctorate in ...

Audio-Based Storytelling Makes a Comeback] From podcasts to narrated tours, this episode features companies that are using ...

Set during the chaotic Sengoku period, Nioh 2 plunges players into a dark, fantastical version of feudal Japan teeming with yokai (supernatural creatures) and legendary samurai. Players are in ...

You'll find some truly scary looking creatures on benches ... doorbell The post Strange statues and folklore haunt Japan's Yokai town appeared first on Boing Boing.

Mio Meguro (Fuka Koshiba) continues her dream of becoming a writer, while living with yokai (folklore monsters) in a share house. She struggles in her job in the editorial department of a ...