Japanese Occult– category –

English Version Have you ever gone hiking in the mountains? Some mountains feel almost like a school field trip, some can be reached by car or cable car, a

English Version What Did the Mysterious Hata Clan Leave Behind? The Hata clan, a mysterious immigrant clan said to have crossed to Japan as early as the 2n

English Version The spread of Inari worship has more than one possible origin. Shrine records still say that Kyoto’s Fushimi Inari was founded by Hata no I

English Version Among the many figures connected to the Hata clan, Hata no Irogu is one of the names said to have left an influence that reached far beyond

English Version This is the second installment in our series on the Hata clan, the mysterious immigrant lineage often connected to the origins of Inari wor

English Version Have you ever looked closely into how Japan, as a country and culture, came to be? Most people in Japan learn about the Jomon and Yayoi per

English Version Published October 21, 2019; updated February 21, 2020. This article continues from the first half of our report on Nurikabe, the mysterious

English Version Good news: on April 27, 2000, the legendary yokai known as Kabenuri or Nurikabe was reportedly rediscovered through the joint efforts of oc

English Version In Chuo Ward, Niigata City, near the foot of Ryuto Ohashi Bridge, stands Daienji, a Shingon Buzan sect temple often named among Niigata Pre

English Version When you hear the word occult, what comes to mind? Urban legends, unidentified creatures, conspiracy theories, maybe even UFOs. The world i