North America has the Sasquatch. Scotland has the Loch Ness Monster. Japan has the kappa. You’ll be able to spot this elusive, water-dwelling creature by its turtle-like shell and webbed hands and ...
Researchers have discovered three new species of luminescent Polycirrus worms that emit blue-purple light. They named two of them after glowing creatures in Japanese folklore, and the other after the ...
Level-5 is gearing up to release Yo-kai Watch 2 in Japan and this commercial shows some of the Pokémon Japanese folklore creatures you can summon with the Yokai Watch. The Nintendo 3DS sequel includes ...
"Revised and expanded, this second edition of The Book of Yōkai features an all new yōkai picture gallery-with dozens of stunning color images-tracing the visual history of yōkai across centuries.
HILO, Hawaii (Island News) -- A traveling exhibition exploring supernatural creatures from Japanese folklore will open at the Hawaii Japanese Center from Aug. 2 to Aug. 30, 2025. “Yokai Parade: ...
The second-generation Japanese American artist known as IPaintCreatures (IPC) is a professional award-winning performance poet, painter, filmmaker, Twitch streamer, and 21st-century folklorist who ...
A research group from Nagoya University in central Japan has discovered three new species of bioluminescent polycirrus worms from different parts of Japan. Usually found in shallow water, polycirrus ...