In ancient Japan, that uncanny "something" was thought to be "yokai," ghouls and hobgoblins ... goblins in the Edo Period (1603-1867). Q: "Kappa" river imps are also famous. A: You may think ...

where Gajiro and other yokai can be found. Details have yet to be released, but the attraction is said to cost 9 million yen and be modeled after a kappa’s body part. In the past, Fukusaki used ...

Kunio Yanagita, a scholar and folklorist who has been called the father of Japanese folklore studies, was born in this town of 20,000 people. The town has striking statues of Yokai ( supernatural ...