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Yokai Parade
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we're artist @lilichin.bsky.social twitter refugee @wombatarama.bsky.social and monster scholar @zackdavisson.com Get our yokai stuff on Etsy and Threadless! https://YokaiParadeShop.etsy.com
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Yokai Parade @yokaiparade.bsky.social · Jan 23
just your very occasional reminder that we sell some neat pins including these :)
YokaiParadeShop.etsy.com
enamel pins of kasa obake, kitsune, nekomata
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Yokai Parade @yokaiparade.bsky.social · 6h
there's still time!
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Yokai Parade @yokaiparade.bsky.social · 9d
hey! get yourself a Japanese ghost for the spooky season!
www.etsy.com/shop/yokaipa...
a felt pumpkin with yokai pins on it, especially a Japanese ghost, with a bunch of tanuki behind it
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Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 7h
Sagappa Joe, the mascot of Sagami Women’s University, is a kappa who lives in the pond in the school garden, despite not being able to swim. He is renowned for his shapely buttocks.
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さきゅう / Sakyu @sakyu0301.bsky.social · 1d
Hi, #PortfolioDay ! Long time no see!
I'm Sakyu of an illustrator and artist from Japan. I draw mainly original Yokais with the japanese modern tools or phenomenons motif, and sometimes original characters.

My contact: [email protected]
My website: sakyu0301.com

Thank you!
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Dr. Paula R. Curtis @paularcurtis.bsky.social · 2d
While looking up something for class I stumbled upon this figurine representation of Abe no Seimei's shikigami rituals (created for an exhibition on onmyōji at Rekihaku in 2023). It's kind of amazing and I want it badly??
A 3D model using figurines representing an onmyoji shikigami ritual, with two diviners in formal white and black robes respectively sitting in front of a stand with various implements on top, and surrounding them are small supernatural beings, some looking demonic, some with way too many eyes, some with red skin, etc. The original painting (from Fudo-Rieki-Engi) of Abe no Seimei performing a shikigami ritual. It depicts an onmyoji shikigami ritual, with two diviners  in formal white and black robes respectively sitting in front of a stand with various implements on top, and surrounding them are small supernatural beings, some looking demonic, some with way too many eyes, some with red skin, etc.
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Yokai Parade @yokaiparade.bsky.social · 2d
Kagurazaka bakeneko parade! starts about 29 minutes in www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUQC...
Live - Tokyo Bakeneko cat festival
YouTube video by Rambalac Live
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Yokai Parade @yokaiparade.bsky.social · 3d
www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
YOKAI: Exploring Hidden Japanese Folklore - KIJIMUNA - Time and Tide | NHK WORLD-JAPAN
KIJIMUNA of Okinawa, a red-haired child spirit in banyan trees, brings fortune to fishermen but punishes betrayal, embodying nature in local life.
www3.nhk.or.jp
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Yokai Parade @yokaiparade.bsky.social · 5d
oh hey, a newish book of yokai stickers www.tuttlepublishing.com/japan/japane...
Japanese Yokai Sticker Book (9780804858274)
Premier Publisher Of Asian Inspired Books, Gifts, Craft Kits
www.tuttlepublishing.com
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Spoon & Tamago @spoon-tamago.bsky.social · 7d
The Sankei sent a reporter to investigate why Yamata no Orochi playground equipment had been built in a Tokyo suburban park in 1990.

Spoiler: no one knew (seriously)

www.sankei.com/article/2025...
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Yokai Parade @yokaiparade.bsky.social · 8d
the yokai were moon-viewing last night! it's still warm enough that they needed the summer fan though. Did you see the moon?
nighttime scene of the verandah of a miniature Japanese traditional house with yokai of various sorts sitting on it
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Yokai Parade @yokaiparade.bsky.social · 9d
hey! get yourself a Japanese ghost for the spooky season!
www.etsy.com/shop/yokaipa...
a felt pumpkin with yokai pins on it, especially a Japanese ghost, with a bunch of tanuki behind it
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curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social · 9d
My next book recommendation for #MythologyMonday is anything by Zack Davisson (@zackdavisson.com). The Ultimate Guide to Japanese Yokai is a thorough intro to yokai, Yurei is a great book about Japanese ghosts, Kaibyo is possibly my favourite yokai book, and Zack translated Strange Japanese Yokai.
Three books by Zack Davisson as listed in the post above, and one book by Kenji Murakami that Zack translated.
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Zack Davisson @zackdavisson.com · 9d
Hone Onna - Hiroshi Hirakawa
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Yokai Parade @yokaiparade.bsky.social · 9d
hey! get yourself a Japanese ghost for the spooky season!
www.etsy.com/shop/yokaipa...
a felt pumpkin with yokai pins on it, especially a Japanese ghost, with a bunch of tanuki behind it
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Yokai Parade @yokaiparade.bsky.social · 12d
ok but are you sure you don't need to watch it again right now😊
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Yokai Parade @yokaiparade.bsky.social · 12d
Hanako of the Toilet music video! you all need to see this too
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Ronin Goaltender @roningoalie.bsky.social · 12d
Oh you have to see this:

youtu.be/IXfnrInr4xQ?...
ATARASHII GAKKO! - HANAKO (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by 88rising
youtu.be
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Yokai Parade @yokaiparade.bsky.social · 12d
Oh I did need to, thank you 👍
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Yokai Parade @yokaiparade.bsky.social · 12d
A school bathroom! A terrible fate😰
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Yokai Parade @yokaiparade.bsky.social · 13d
aw thanks!
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Yokai Parade @yokaiparade.bsky.social · 13d
aww thank you😊
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Yokai Parade @yokaiparade.bsky.social · 13d
the ghost Hanako of the Toilet haunts the 3rd stall of the 3rd floor girls bathroom of Japanese schools. Knock on the stall door and say “Hanako-san, are you there?” -- or maybe don't do that, because if she's there she'll pull you into the toilet and kill you! #folklorethursday art @yokai.com
looking into a bathroom staff with the door partly open. a traditional Japanese squat toilet (terrifying on its own :D ) is seen, and a young girl with a scary look on her face is peering around the door out of the shadows
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Yokai Parade @yokaiparade.bsky.social · 13d
Ushirogami is a one-eyed ghost that sneaks up behind you and pulls your hair or makes your umbrella blow away or breathes on the back of your neck...then disappears when you turn around. #FolkloreThursday
a surprised-looking woman walking down a Japanese side street with her hair being pulled by a one-eyed ghost art by Maeoka Tetsuya
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Yokai Parade @yokaiparade.bsky.social · 13d
I love this guy😂
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Yokai Parade @yokaiparade.bsky.social · 13d
Dorotabo is the ghost of a farmer who worked hard all his life and is angry that his land is neglected by his heirs after his death. He rises out of the mud and roams the fields calling "Give me back my rice fields!" #FolkloreThursday
art by @cattype.bsky.social
A sticker of a man made of mud, photographed in the mud
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Yokai Parade @yokaiparade.bsky.social · 13d
good to see youall as well!💖
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Yokai Parade @yokaiparade.bsky.social · 13d
Ubume is the ghost of a woman who died in childbirth. She asks passerby to carry her infant and when someone agrees, the child grows heavier with every step till the good samaritan is crushed beneath its weight. #FolkloreThursday
illustration of Ubume by Toriyama Sekien
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