The legend of Aka Manto is one of the most popular story in Japan. The legend is about a woman hunting the last toilet stall of public schools. Aka Manto literally means “red cloak”. The legends says that if you use the women’s toilet’s last stall Aka manto will appear. She will ask for the… Continue reading Aka Manto
The human-faced tree. Jinmeju or the Ninmenju is a peculiar tree that bear fruits that has face. These fruits are called the Jinmenshi, although having faces, they are incapable of speaking but they can smile and laugh. They even continuously smile or laugh when the fall off the tree. These human-faced fruits are either sweet… Continue reading Jinmenju
Hitodama appears like colored glowing fire orbs, sometimes blueish, sometimes greenish or sometimes reddish, sometimes yellowish, with long glowing tails and is believed to be the souls of persons recently deceased. They can be seen on houses where people recently died, funeral homes and graveyards. They are visible to the human eyes and they are harmless.… Continue reading Hitodama
The dragon lantern. It is said that this yokai inhabits the sea or bodies of water. Ryuto is a divine light phenomenon that appears on serene nights. Although they appears to be glowing light sorbs forming into a dragon, they are not hot or does not burn.
The Japanese racoon dog. The Tanuki has a prominent massive magical testicles. The Tanuki’s flexible testicles represents luck and wealth for the Japanese. They can shape their giant scrotums into anything and any size they want. Tanukis can shapeshift. They love human food and alcohol. They transform into a human by putting a leaf on… Continue reading Tanuki
According to the legends, Okiku was a maid of a japanese samurai named Tessan Aoyama. Okiku was very beautiful. The japanese samurai always made advances towards Okiku but she always declined his offers. For Aoyama’s last attempt, he tricked Okiku, he hid one of their ten expensive plates. Okiku soon realized one was missing. She… Continue reading Okiku
Onryo’s are vengeful spirits (Yurei). These spirits seeks vengeance for the horrible deaths they’ve suffered caused by another person. They hold grudges for a long time. They are so powerful and inflict harm or kill anyone. Onryo haunts and curses the people that caused their deaths. The curse can be passed or transmitted to another… Continue reading Onryō
Otoroshis are known to guard temples or holy places and widely known to stay on high places such as roofs and Torii gates. They appear to have long wild manes, large tusks and deadly claws, hunched and can have either orange or blue skin. They eat wild animals they spot in places they guard. They… Continue reading Otoroshi
Nukekubi is a type of Rokurokubi. They are the same in all aspects except that the Nukekubi detaches their head completely from their body. It’s flying head can travel further than the Rokurokubi. They look entirely like a normal human being during the day but they thirst for blood of humans or animals at night.… Continue reading Nukekubi
Two stories surround this yokia. One states that it’s the remains/spirt/ghost an older women who died and comes back to visit her lovers. She would appear to them as a beautiful women but to others she would appear as a skeleton. In the other story, while the women was alive, people said she was ugly…… Continue reading Hone-Onna
