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Soraki-gaeshi is an eerie auditory yokai event where the sound of trees being felled echoes through the forest, but no e...
677
Suppon-no-yūrei is a ghost with the eerie face of a soft-shelled turtle, haunting areas with a grotesque and unsettling...
672
Shōkera is a mysterious yokai that peers into houses through skylights, believed to watch human behavior and quietly pas...
666
Shibaten is a type of mischievous kappa from the Shikoku region. Known for pranks and shapeshifting, it lives in rivers...
650
Sorobanbōzu is a ghostly monk who appears at night with an abacus, making eerie counting sounds in darkened buildings.
647
An Edo-period alternate name for the kappa — the river child of Japanese mythology, used in classical texts and folklore...
187
Hairy kappa variants in Japanese folklore — from the Hyōsube of Kyushu to the Garappa of Kagoshima. Shaggy water spirits...
148
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