For the Japanese, summer is when the border between the real world and the spirit world becomes weak, and the legendary yōkai ...

You probably know Godzilla — the "king of monsters." But did you know that he is one of many fictional Japanese monsters? This special monster group is called kaiju. In kaiju movies, the giant ...

From Mononoke to Saint Seiya, these are the best anime series that borrow heavily from mythology from Japan and around the ...

FUKUI--Amabie, a folklore sea monster with the power to fend off plagues, became a worldwide sensation amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Long before the supernatural mermaid-like “yokai” shot to ...