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Hone onna
骨女 ほねおんな TRANSLATION: bone woman HABITAT: dark streets, alleys, graveyards DIET: none; though has a large sexual appetite APPEARANCE: Not all who die turn into vengeful beings of grudge and jealousy....
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Aka shita
赤舌 あかした TRANSLATION: red tongue ALTERNATE NAMES: aka kuchi (red mouth) HABITAT: rice fields and farming villages; commonly found in Tsugaru DIET: unknown APPEARANCE: Aka shita is a mysterious spirit...
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Uwan
うわん TRANSLATION: onomatopoeic; named for the sound it makes HABITAT: empty temples, abandoned houses DIET: lives off of the fear it causes APPEARANCE: Very little is known about this monster, which is...
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Kawauso
獺 かわうそ TRANSLATION: river otter HABITAT: rivers, wetlands, freshwater bodies DIET: carnivorous; feeds on fish and small animals, with a fondness for sake APPEARANCE: River otters can be found in the...
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Amazake babā
甘酒婆 あまざけばばあ TRANSLATION: amazake (a sweet, low-alcohol content form of sake) hag ALTERNATE NAMES: amazake banbā HABITAT: dark streets at night, particularly in urban areas DIET: amazake and sake...
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Akateko
赤手児 あかてこ TRANSLATION: red child’s hand HABITAT: Japanese honey locust (Gleditsia japonica) trees DIET: unknown APPEARANCE: The akateko appears—just as the name implies—as a red, disembodied hand...
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Tatarimokke
祟り蛙 たたりもっけ ALTERNATE NAMES: tatarimoke TRANSLATION: curse child HABITAT: lives inside of owls DIET: none APPEARANCE: A tatarimokke is the spirit of a dead baby which inhabits the body of an owl....
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Kosamebō
小雨坊 こさめぼう TRANSLATION: light rain monk HABITAT: mountain roads DIET: as a human (likely follows a monk’s diet) APPEARANCE: Kosamebō are yōkai which look like Buddhist monks. They loiter about on empty...
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Umi nyōbō
海女房 うみにょうぼう TRANSLATION: sea wife HABITAT: oceans and coastal areas DIET: carnivorous; fish, and occasionally humans APPEARANCE: Umi nyōbō are dangerous yōkai who live in the ocean. They resemble human...
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Kitsune no yomeiri
狐の嫁入り きつねのよめいり Translation: a fox’s wedding; sun shower Alternate names: kitsune no yomeiri gyōretsu, kitsune no yometori, kitsune no kon, kitsune no shūgen Habitat: throughout the Japanese islands of...
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