The Hyakki yagyō is the dreaded night parade of one hundred demons—an event when all of the Yōkai, Oni, ghosts, Tsukumogami, and other supernatural creatures leave their homes and parade through the streets of Japan. The parade is said to be led by Nurarihyon, Nozuchi, and Otoroshi
The Hyakki yagyō is the dreaded night parade of one hundred demons—an event when all of the Yōkai, Oni, ghosts, Tsukumogami, and other supernatural creatures leave their homes and parade through the streets of Japan. The parade is said to be led by Nurarihyon, Nozuchi, and Otoroshi
The Wa Nyūdō appear as giant, fearsome men’s heads trapped within flaming ox-cart wheels. Their heads are shaved like monks’ in penance for sins during life.
The Wa Nyūdō appear as giant, fearsome men’s heads trapped within flaming ox-cart wheels. Their heads are shaved like monks’ in penance for sins during life.
The Jorogumo is a famous spider type yōkai in Japan. It can shapeshift between a three forms: a giant spider, a human woman, half woman/half spider.
The Jorogumo is a famous spider type yōkai in Japan. It can shapeshift between a three forms: a giant spider, a human woman, half woman/half spider.
The Gashadokuro is a spirit that takes the form of a giant skeleton made of the skulls of people who died in the battlefield or of starvation/famine (while the corpse becomes a Gashadokuro, the spirit becomes a separate yōkai, known as hidarugami.), and is 10 or more meters tall.
The Gashadokuro is a spirit that takes the form of a giant skeleton made of the skulls of people who died in the battlefield or of starvation/famine (while the corpse becomes a Gashadokuro, the spirit becomes a separate yōkai, known as hidarugami.), and is 10 or more meters tall.