Explore the spiritual and historical legacies of yokai with experts in Japanese folklore, art history, and pop culture on ...

For the overwhelming majority of people in Japan, the tsuchinoko, a creature resembling a fat snake that has never been conclusively confirmed as real, does not exist. But a new documentary film that ...

Harry Nugraha is a contributor from Indonesia. He is an anime addict first and a freelance writer second. He's been writing about anime and manga since 2020, and he loves to watch an unhealthy amount ...

It's only a few days before the official release of Ghostwire: Tokyo, the video game that tells a paranormal adventure inspired by Japanese yokais. Kenji Kimura (game director) and Yoshifumi Hattori ...

In remote locations, far from the eyes of foreign tourists, Shinto temples across Japan claim to house the ancient, mummified remains of everything from ogres to mermaids. These artifacts are commonly ...

World of Demons takes more than a few cues from the legendary Okami, with a gorgeous fusion of traditional sumi-e (black ink brush painting) and ukiyo-e (woodblock print) art styles, a bestiary pulled ...