Translated from Konjaku Hyakki Shui, Mizuki Shigeru’s Mujara, and Japanese Wikipedia If you are wandering through the woods at night and stumble upon something that looks like a carved stone st...
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Translated and Adapted from Konjaku Monogatari – Tales of Times Now Past How Tosuke Ki’s Meeting with a Ghost-Woman in Mino Province Ended in His Death Tosuke Ki was traveling to his estate i...
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To learn much more about Japanese Ghosts, check out my book Yurei: The Japanese Ghost In the frozen north of the Japan, the snow piles deep and high and brings monsters. Whether riding on the ava...
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Translated and Sourced from Mizuki Shigeru’s Mujyara, Kaii Yokai Densho Database, Japanese Wikipedia, and Other Sources In the village of Hishiyama in Nigata prefecture, there is at least one a...
https://hyakumonogatari.com/2013/12/20/yuki-jiji-the-old-man-of-the-snow/
Translated and Sourced from Mizuki Shigeru’s Mujyara, Kaii Yokai Densho Database, Kwaidan, Japanese Wikipedia, and Other Sources The Yuki Onna is one of Japan’s most well-known and yet unknow...
https://hyakumonogatari.com/2013/12/18/yuki-onna-the-snow-woman/
Translated and Sourced from Mizuki Shigeru’s Mujyara, Miyagi-ken no Kowai Hanashi, Japanese Wikipedia, and Other Sources Walking along a forest path at night in the dead of winter, you come upo...
https://hyakumonogatari.com/2013/12/17/yuki-onba-and-yukinko-the-snow-mother-and-the-snow-child/
Translated and Sourced from Mizuki Shigeru’s Mujyara, Japanese Wikipedia, and Other Sources Snow and ice have a certain magic to them. You can craft them into whatever shape you want, from snow...
https://hyakumonogatari.com/2013/12/13/yuki-warashi-yukinbo-the-snow-babies/
Translated and Sourced from Bakemono Emaki, Japanese Wikipedia, and Other Sources Hopping on one foot and eternally hunting for children to eat, the Yukinba is one of Japan’s most horrible snow...
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Translated and Sourced from Mizuki Shigeru’s Mujyara, Kaii Yokai Densho Database, Japanese Wikipedia, and Other Sources Is Japan’s Icicle Woman naughty or nice? Loving or lethal? If the stori...
https://hyakumonogatari.com/2013/12/09/tsurara-onna-the-icicle-woman/
Translated and Sourced from Mizuki Shigeru’s Mujyara, Konjyaku Hyakki Shui, and Japanese Wikipedia Weather-beaten, sake-bearing snow lady or servant to the Goddess of Cosmetics? It all depends ...
https://hyakumonogatari.com/2013/12/05/oshiroi-baba-the-face-powder-hag/