Yokai– category –

English Version For centuries, yokai have represented strange and uncanny phenomena beyond ordinary human understanding. Some are said to bring good luck,

English Version Among Japan’s many yokai, three names stand out with a special kind of fame: oni, kappa, and tengu. Even people who have never heard the ph

English Version Thanks to GeGeGe no Kitaro, Yo-kai Watch, and other pop culture hits, Japanese yokai are familiar not only to older generations but even to

English Version Hyakki Yagyo, often translated as the “Night Parade of One Hundred Demons,” has appeared as a motif in countless manga, anime, and works of

English Version Kappa are often counted among Japan’s three great yokai, alongside oni and tengu. Compared with many other spirits and monsters, kappa lege

English Version Yokai, especially the yokai of Japan, were not always enemies of humankind. Sometimes they helped people, and sometimes they played tricks

English Version Air raids, epidemics, bumper harvests, typhoons, blessed rain, the Great Kanto Earthquake, peaceful reigns, the Russo-Japanese War, World W

Discover how the EDO//RE:PLAY exhibition transforms a historic Edo monster sugoroku board game into an immersive, interactive city of yokai fear.

The Yokai Parade exhibition at Washington’s JICC reveals how Japan’s supernatural creatures evolved from oral folklore to global cultural icons.

Crayon Shin-chan’s 2026 film whisks the Nohara family into a playful yokai world, blending real folklore with original inventions like the oshiridama.