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Matthew Meyer (The Yokai Guy)
@matthewmeyer.mstdn.jp.ap.brid.gy
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illustrator, author, folklorist | creator of https://yokai.com | support my work at https://patreon.com/theyokaiguy

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#writerscoffeeclub 9/27: How do you support your fellow writers?

Just pledged to Matthew Meyer's Kickstarter. (I'm all in on people who write about youkai.)

First day with bonus merch.

Echizen-Wakasa Kidan: Strange Tales from Fukui
September 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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It's official! We're one week away from the launch of my next Kickstarter. I can't wait!

Pledge on Oct 1st for a free early bird reward!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/osarusan/echizen-wakasa-kidan-strange-tales-from-fukui
September 24, 2025 at 2:56 AM
matthewmeyer.mstdn.jp.ap.brid.gy
Giving Skymoth a try... so this should appear on both Bluesky and Mastodon... hopefully?
September 22, 2025 at 8:52 AM
matthewmeyer.mstdn.jp.ap.brid.gy
So I know we can bridge Mastodon-Bluesky using Bridgy and all that, but is there any way to bridge *this* account with *my* Bluesky account, rather than to just have an unmanned mirror? Cross-posting I guess is what I'm looking for.
September 22, 2025 at 5:49 AM
matthewmeyer.mstdn.jp.ap.brid.gy
Folks! The Palace of the Dragon King is now available in ebook format from Amazon!

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0DMCJGXVK

#yokai #folklore #japan #books #monsters #mythology
November 11, 2024 at 3:03 AM
matthewmeyer.mstdn.jp.ap.brid.gy
Did you miss any of this year's #ayokaiaday posts? I made an index on my blog so you can see all of them: https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/11/01/a-yokai-a-day-2024-index-shokoku-hyakumonogatari/
November 1, 2024 at 2:11 AM
matthewmeyer.mstdn.jp.ap.brid.gy
Happy Halloween! Tonight's post is the final #ayokaiaday for 2024! Thanks for reading!
🌳🚣‍♂️👹

Check out tonight's A-Yokai-A-Day at […]

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October 31, 2024 at 9:07 AM
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Tonight's #ayokaiaday is a terrifying, horrific, powerful... mushroom?
🍄🍄🍄

Don't worry though, our hero manages to defeat it! Read how at https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/10/30/a-yokai-a-day-how-mankichi-tayu-became-a-bakemonos-master/ or for free on my […]

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October 30, 2024 at 10:26 AM
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There's only 3 A-Yokai-A-Day left!

What would you do if you come back from a trip to find a new well dug in your yard, and also your maid was suspiciously missing?
🩸👻🩸

Read tonight's #ayokaiaday at […]

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October 29, 2024 at 12:54 PM
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What would you do if you saw a pasty-white woman in burial robes in a graveyard at 2 am?
Would you be brave enough to help her?
🪦👻🪦

Read tonight's #ayokaiaday at […]

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October 28, 2024 at 8:28 AM
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Ribbit ribbit!
Do you know the magic words to un-summon frogs?
🔥🐸🔥

Check out tonight's #ayokaiaday to find out! Read it at https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/10/27/a-yokai-a-day-the-apparitions-in-yoshida-soteis-house-or-the-power-of-poetry/ or for free on my […]

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October 27, 2024 at 10:55 AM
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Let tonight's #ayokaiaday be your reminder to never, ever kick a sacred tree!
🫨🦵🌲

Read what happened at https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/10/25/a-yokai-a-day-retribution-for-kicking-a-three-trunk-cedar/ or for free on my Patreon […]

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October 25, 2024 at 10:52 AM
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There's no love like the love that binds family together!
🫀🫀🫀

Read today's #ayokaiaday at https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/10/24/a-yokai-a-day-the-wife-of-matsumotoya-kyubei-of-wakayama-kishu/ or for free on my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/114613532 […]

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October 24, 2024 at 10:37 AM
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How well would you deal against a 6-meter long dragon?
🐲💦

Read what happened to one samurai in today's #ayokaiaday here: https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/10/23/a-yokai-a-day-how-baba-kurozu-defeated-a-daija/ or for free on my Patreon […]

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October 23, 2024 at 8:15 AM
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In tonight's #ayokaiaday, we find out who is the *real* lord of Himeji Castle.
🦇🏯👹

Check it out at https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/10/22/a-yokai-a-day-the-bakemono-of-himeji-castle-banshu/ or for free on my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/114477571 […]

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October 22, 2024 at 8:43 AM
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Would you be brave enough to dive into the water and take on a sea monster all by yourself?
🌊🐖🦈

Read what happens to this samurai in today's #ayokaiaday at https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/10/21/a-yokai-a-day-how-matsumura-sukenojo-was-taken-by-a-fuka/ or for […]

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October 21, 2024 at 9:10 AM
matthewmeyer.mstdn.jp.ap.brid.gy
What crime could be so terrible that it causes you to descend into hell while still living?
🔥🛞👹

Find out in tonight's #ayokaiaday. Read it at https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/10/20/a-yokai-a-day-how-a-woman-was-taken-by-a-kasha-for-using-two-measuring-cups/ […]

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October 20, 2024 at 10:15 AM
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A lot of names have strange or unique origins, but I have NEVER heard of one with an etymology as unique as this one!
👻🪦☸️

Find out why 'Nikurube' is so unique in today's #ayokaiaday at […]

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October 19, 2024 at 9:42 AM
matthewmeyer.mstdn.jp.ap.brid.gy
Did you know that if mushrooms hear you talking about them sprouting upside-down, they will sprout upside-down?
🍄 This is totally normal. 🍄

Read today's #ayokaiaday at https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/10/18/a-yokai-a-day-how-ono-dokan-was-unfazed-by-ayashimi/ […]

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October 18, 2024 at 8:11 AM
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It's a tale as old as time.
Girl meets boy.
Girl falls in love with boy.
Girl drags boy into the sea.
Girl is a dragon.
🐉💘🤷‍♂️

Read tonight's #ayokaiaday at […]

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October 17, 2024 at 8:15 AM
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Beware of strange women reciting poetry by a waterfall. They might just be giant snakes!
🐍💬🐍💬🐍💬

Read tonight's A-Yokai-A-Day at https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/10/16/a-yokai-a-day-the-incident-at-nunobiki-falls-settsu-province-or-the-pilgrims-poems/ or […]

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October 16, 2024 at 1:25 PM
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"Kumamoto Shuri was an exceedingly wicked and cruel man."
The understatement of the millennium.
🩸🩸👻🩸🩸

Read why in tonight's #ayokaiaday at https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/10/15/a-yokai-a-day-the-ghost-of-kiku-maidservant-of-kumamoto-shuri/ or for free on […]

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October 15, 2024 at 10:16 AM
matthewmeyer.mstdn.jp.ap.brid.gy
How far would you go to marry someone?
I bet you would not go as far as one tanuki in particular did!
🦝💕👰

Read what happens in tonight's #ayokaiaday on https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/10/14/a-yokai-a-day-the-tanukis-wedding-or-the-miraculous-walking-stick/ […]

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October 14, 2024 at 10:59 AM
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Tonight's #ayokaiaday is for all the cat lovers out there. Watch out for your furry friends --- they may be out to get you!
😻🐈
Read it at https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/10/13/a-yokai-a-day-the-nekomata-that-changed-into-ito-genrokus-wife/ or for free on my […]

[Original post on mstdn.jp]
October 13, 2024 at 11:16 AM
matthewmeyer.mstdn.jp.ap.brid.gy
A-Yokai-A-Day for October 12!

Tonight's #ayokaiaday features some pretty strange tumors!
💪🐍

Read the story at https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/10/12/a-yokai-a-day-the-tumors-of-heirokuzaemon-of-shimosa-provinces-father/ or for free on my Patreon […]

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October 12, 2024 at 8:02 AM