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幽霊 ゆうれい Translation: faint spirit, ghost Alternate names: obake, shiryō, bōrei; other names exist for specific variations Habitat: any; commonly found in graveyards, houses, or near the place of death Diet: none Appearance: There are many different types of yūrei. In most cases, how they appear depends on the circumstances on their death. They retain the features and the

text, captions and fotos by Nat S. HATSUMODE: FIRST SHRINE VISIT OF THE NEW YEAR, TSUBAKI GRAND SHRINE OF AMERICA, GRANITE FALLS, WA Senior Priest, Rev. Lawrence Koichi Barrish performed Oharae at midnight on December 31, and multiple times during the following days of January 1 and 2, 2013. In this period, over 1000 people visited the shrine. View of Mt. Pilchuck on the way to Tsubaki Shrine. Several peaks in the Cascade Range are visible during the drive. The main torii, 23’ high and hewn…

A kodama (木霊 or 木魂) is a spirit in Japanese folklore that lives in a tree (similar to the dryads of Greek mythology). Also known as kodama is the tree itself where one of these.

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Kuchisake-onna 口裂け女 woman with her mouth cut off, 입 찢어진 여자 woman with her mouth broken) is a popular urban legend from Japanese and Korean folklore. It is about a woman who was.

Yōkai are a class of supernatural monsters, spirits and demons in Japanese folklore. The word yōkai is made up of the kanji for "bewitching; attractive; calamity;" and "spectre; apparition; mystery; suspicious". Yōkai range diversely from the malevolent to the mischievous, or occasionally bring good fortune to those who encounter them. Often they possess animal features (such as the Kappa, which is similar to a turtle, or the Tengu which has wings), other times they can appear mostly human…