In ancient Japan, that uncanny "something" was thought to be "yokai," ghouls and hobgoblins lurking in dark and hidden places. In this bright age of digital technology, we now have a "Dr.

In this episode of YOKAI: Exploring Hidden Japanese Folklore, we journey to the Shima Peninsula of Mie Prefecture, where legend tells of the Tomokazuki. When shell divers descended into the ocean ...

In this episode of YOKAI: Exploring Hidden Japanese Folklore, we follow the cry of the Konakijiji, a Yokai that resembles an old man but with a voice like a weeping infant. It's said to lure ...

Kappa is an amphibian “yokai” mythical creature in Japanese folklore that carries water in the depression--or “dish”--on the ...

A fantasy film directed by Takashi Miike follows Tadashi who encounters Japanese mythological beings known as Yokai at a ...

Dandadan merges Japanese mythology with urban legends in a fresh way, blurring the lines between spirits, aliens, and yokai.

Dandadan's opening theme "Otonoke" isn't just a bop, it's also filled with references to supernatural Japanese beings and ...

Last week, developer Soliloquy Games announced that their Japanese-inspired 2D action-platformer ‘Wren’s Resurgence’ is bound ...

In a surprising nod to the 1980s, Mr. Mantis Shrimp, aka Peeny-Weeny, sings the latest earworm to crawl out of Dandadan.