For locally based yokai, the artist incorporated notable buildings and plants from their home turf for the background art. He also featured the Tojinbo cliffs in Fukui Prefecture, the Kenrokuen ...

Yokai.com is a comprehensive encyclopedia with ... “In the beginning, I was doing all the art myself, but I’m not an animator and it was clear pretty early on that I would need help creating ...

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 ...

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 ...