The tengu, identifiable by its bright red face and long nose ... from her neck down. Variations on mermaids, fairies and elves crop up throughout the world. In Japan, yokai are characterized ...

"To the Japanese ... show's highlights. A long-necked woman ("rokurokubi") installation at the gallery adds to the yokai Instagram fun, especially if you can imagine her neck threading her ...

In this article, we’ll be talking about the Japanese yokai of spring. Spring yokai tends towards natural phenomena, like plants and animals. After all, spring is when the natural world comes alive ...

In Japanese folklore ... After she dies, she becomes a ghost appearing with plates as her neck. The final section, Yokai Passed Down To Present Day, shows that during the Meiji period, yokai ...

Another was a lizard with a long tongue that licked off the faces of subway riders in thrall to their cellphones. In Japan, yokai are characterized by the spirit of invention. “Anything can be ...