Here are just a few more tales from Japanese folklore of demons, ghosts, and other spirits you don’t want to mess with. Kiyohime was a young woman scorned by her lover, a monk named Anchin ...

The Yōkai drawings inspired the Impressionist artists as well as the cartoons and video games that we interact with today. Read more here.

The global hit anime “Demon Slayer” (known in Japan as “Kimetsu no Yaiba”) is approaching its conclusion. The final story arc ...

Dandadan merges Japanese mythology with urban legends in a fresh way, blurring the lines between spirits, aliens, and yokai. Turbo Granny is inspired by Japan's cryptid lore and possesses ...

In Japanese folklore, the child-sized Kappa, or ‘river child’ occasionally jumps out of its watery lair to pull pranks, as well as attacking women. Some tales even claim the Kappa pulls people ...

In this episode of YOKAI: Exploring Japanese Folklore, we track down the legend ... this imposing Yokai has come to be regarded as a guardian spirit watching over the local people.

Producer Yamamoto Teruhisa, known for the Oscar-winning "Drive My Car," is backing 'White Flowers and Fruits,' the debut ...

The installation was inspired by kodama, woodland spirits in Japanese folklore. The artist Ed Elliott says it is a way of "celebrating nature". Video journalist: Maddie Simpson Follow BBC ...