Tengu
Tengu literally means heavenly dog. They are considered as a Kami. There are two types of Tengus: The Daitengu…
Harmless
Zashiki Warashi
Zashiki Warashi are ghostly spirits that are seen only by the children and the house’s owners it haunts. There…
Ippon-Datara
Artwork by Mr. Luis Mendoza IG Account: @leetoonz Ippon-Datara is a shy yokai with one trunk-like leg, single eye,…
Ubume
When a woman dies giving birth to her child she becomes a yokai called the Ubume. The Ubume are…
Kodama
Kodama is a tree spirit. They inhabit trees deep in the forests of Japan. They look like bluish light…
Hitodama
Hitodama appears like colored glowing fire orbs, sometimes blueish, sometimes greenish or sometimes reddish, sometimes yellowish, with long glowing…
Ryuto
The dragon lantern. It is said that this yokai inhabits the sea or bodies of water. Ryuto is a…
Nuppepo
This Yokai can take the form of a human. Sometimes it takes the form of a doctor and other…
Chochin Obake
Chochin Obake is a lantern shaped yokai. They have been known to spy on other Yokai and are often…
Kasa-obake
There are stories about these umbrella-like Yokai that sometimes they appear on rainy nights and if you see one,…
