9 illustrated stories matching your filters — each with panel art and a full retelling on the creature’s page. New tales are added as we publish them. Browse the A–Z directory or take the yokai quiz.
In a valley nestled between the mountains, where the wind whispers secrets to the trees, there lived an elderly woman kn...
Jul 8, 2026
In the twilight hours, when the fireflies danced around the lanterns of the humble inn, a traveler named Kaito settled i...
Jul 8, 2026
In the depths of autumn's haze, when sunlight filtered through cherry blossoms like bloodstained fingers, a hospital on...
Jul 8, 2026
In the depths of rural mountains, where mist-shrouded villages whispered secrets to the wind, there lived a young monk n...
Jul 8, 2026
In the heart of a mist-shrouded valley, where the morning sun struggled to penetrate the grey veil, there stood an ancie...
Jul 8, 2026
In the depths of winter, when snowflakes danced in the city's alleys, a lone figure wandered the streets under the pale...
Jul 8, 2026
In the depths of the Inland Sea, where the sunlight barely reaches, the Jishin-namazu stirred its massive body. The eart...
Jul 8, 2026
In the mist-shrouded mountains of Izu, where the roar of the Jōren Falls echoed through the valleys, there lived a beaut...
Jul 8, 2026
In the twilight hours, when shadows stretched long and dark across the mountainside, I chanced upon a village shrouded i...
Jul 8, 2026
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