I am proud to announce that my book Yūrei: The Japanese Ghost is finally available for preorder! This book is the culmination of more than eight years of research, including work done for my MA...
https://hyakumonogatari.com/2014/03/04/yurei-the-japanese-ghost/
Translated and Sourced from Mizuki Shigeru’s Mujyara, A Diplomat in Japan, Part II: The Diaries of Ernest Satow, 1870-1883, Japanese Wikipedia, and Other Sources To learn much more about Japane...
https://hyakumonogatari.com/2013/10/31/katabira-no-tsuji-the-crossroad-of-corpses/
Translated and Sourced from Mizuki Shigeru’s Mujyara, Ehon Hyaku Monogatari, Japanese Wikipedia, and Other Sources It is said that people who die with some lingering issue—those who didn’t ...
https://hyakumonogatari.com/2013/10/11/yuigon-yurei-the-last-request-yurei/
Translated and Sourced from the Mizuki Shigeru’s Mujyara, Japanese Wikipedia, An Explanation of the Tateyama Mandala and the Tateyama Faith, and Other Sources The great Hida mountain range of s...
https://hyakumonogatari.com/2013/10/04/shoraida-the-rice-paddy-ghosts/
Translated and Sourced from Mizuki Shigeru’s Mujyara, Kaii Yokai Densho Database, Japanese Wikipedia, and Other Sources Legends of a Great White Whale usually bring to mind Moby Dick, but the w...
https://hyakumonogatari.com/2013/05/10/bakekujira-and-japans-whale-cults/
Translated and Sourced from Mizuki Shigeru’s Mujyara, Kaii Yokai Densho Database, Japanese Wikipedia, and Other Sources At the Hour of the Ox (between 1-3 A.M.) a lone figure creeps silently to...
https://hyakumonogatari.com/2013/01/03/ushi-no-koku-mairi-shrine-visit-at-the-hour-of-the-ox/
Translated from Japanese Wikipedia and Other Sources To learn much more about Japanese Ghosts, check out my book Yurei: The Japanese Ghost Black hair. White face. White kimono. Whisper the word J...
https://hyakumonogatari.com/2012/04/04/what-is-the-white-kimono-japanese-ghosts-wear/
Translated and sourced from Japanese wikipedia and other sources Are you brave enough? That is the question that will be answered by playing kimodameshi, the Japanese test of courage. You will ha...
https://hyakumonogatari.com/2012/02/01/kimodameshi-the-test-of-courage/
Translated from Nihon no Yurei There is a memorial custom called nagarekanjyou (流れ灌頂). In a small river that runs next to one of the streets in town, four bamboo poles are stood uprig...
https://hyakumonogatari.com/2010/12/07/nagarekanjyou-%E2%80%93-a-death-custom/