The Yokai Ubume was said to be a ghostly woman appearing at night, asking passersby to hold her child under threat of death.

Many anime pay homage to Japanese folklore and Naruto is filled with characters inspired by these legends, such as the Sannin ...

Simon & Schuster UK has acquired The Rainshadow Orphans plus two untitled novels in a Japanese folklore inspired fantasy ...

It's been quite a week for Pokemon fans, and especially those with a soft-spot for the beloved Johto region starter, ...

CHamoru author M.K. Aleja has released his debut novel, “Guardians of the Latte Stones,” a fiction that takes readers through ...

Pokemon fans have re-translated a bizarre story of Typhlosion having a child with a human, and it appears aspects were ...

Japan has the kappa. You’ll be able to spot this elusive, water-dwelling creature by its turtle-like shell and webbed hands and feet, according to Japanese folklore. A distinctive indentation ...

The Typhlosion meme spawned from a tale that was allegedly part of a massive Game Freak leak containing unpublished Pokémon ...

Hsieh Shih-yuan, Director General of Tainan City Government's Cultural Affairs Bureau, highlighted that the Nan Ying International Folklore Festival is Taiwan's oldest folk performing arts ...

Publisher Kwalee and developer Digital Mind announced the Metroidvania game, The Spirit of the Samurai, will launch for [...] ...

In this episode of YOKAI: Exploring Hidden Japanese Folklore, we follow the cry of the Konakijiji, a Yokai that resembles an old man but with a voice like a weeping infant. It's said to lure ...