What looks like a reptile-amphibian hybrid, has a dish shaped skull, smells like fish, is child-like and out to steal your crops and drown your livestock? The Japanese water yokai, Kappa. Monstrum is ...

Bethesda and Tango Gameworks’ Ghostwire Tokyo has plenty of cultural influences found in the game, and with it being set in the studio’s home country, there are excellent opportunities to learn more ...

Yōkai – traditional ghosts and monsters – have been a fixture of Japanese popular culture since its beginnings in the 17th century. Now, with the global popularity of Japanese comics and animation, ...

ArtCenter presents 2-YOKAI by Andy Fedak and Bruce Yonemoto The exhibition brings together animation, film and installation to explore the Japanese mythological spirits known as Yokai, specifically ...

In the run up to the release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the UK, there's an online exhibit titled The Legend of Yokai. According to the exhibit, before the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles emerged ...

Halloween is a frothy foreign import in Japan, an excuse to have a party and eat sweets. Monsters, though, are a more serious matter. They are indigenous and reputed to be everywhere. One is called ...