YOKAI MAP
Yokai Map
Travel Japan on a pixel map and meet the yokai of each region.
Tap a glowing spot to see the yokai from that place.
Tokyo
Iwate
Yokai by region
Tohoku
IwateZashiki-warashiAppears in Kunio Yanagita's The Legends of Tono (Tono City)
IwateKappaThe Legends of Tono includes kappa tales, and Tono is known for its Kappa-buchi pool
AkitaNamahageA New Year's Eve tradition of the Oga Peninsula
FukushimaOnibabaAdachigahara, where the demon-hag legend lives on (Nihonmatsu City)
Kanto
IbarakiDaidarabotchiOgushi Shell Mound in Mito, tied to a shell-eating giant in the Hitachi Fudoki
TokyoTofu-kozoBecame a star of Edo-period picture books
TokyoYuki-onnaLafcadio Hearn's Yuki-onna is said to come from a tale told in western Tama (today's Ome, Tokyo)
TokyoNopperaboKii-no-kuni-zaka slope in Akasaka, setting of Hearn's "Mujina"
Chubu
Kinki (Kansai)
Yokai told of all over Japan
Yokai not tied to one place, told of in many corners of Japan.
Map data: adapted from Global Map Japan (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan)