Meet Kappa, a Japanese water yokai that's obsessed with butts. What looks like a reptile-amphibian hybrid, has a dish shaped skull, smells like fish, is child-like and out to steal your crops and ...

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, a Japanese manga series first published in 2016, has quickly become one of the most successful media franchises to date. The story follows teenage Tanjiro Kamado ...

In Japan, there exists a folklore that is every bit its own. Ancient history and modern calamities have cultivated a national obsession with menacing creatures. The photographer Tess Ayano, spent a ...

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 ...

The roster of folk horror creatures from ancient times is a grotesque - yet intriguing - one at Yokai Parade: Supernatural Monsters From Japan, an art exhibition on Japanese folk culture.