4 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 the village of Akakawa, nestled between two great mountains, there lived a young apprentice blacksmith named Kaito. H...
Jul 8, 2026
In the depths of summer, when the air hung heavy with the scent of blooming yamabuki and the sun beat down upon the eart...
Jul 8, 2026
In the misty hills of Akakawa village, where the cherry blossoms bloomed in silence, there lived a young woman named Emi...
Jul 8, 2026
In the misty dawn, when dew-kissed rice fields sparkled like a thousand tiny mirrors, the villagers of Akakawa whispered...
Jul 8, 2026
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