While Japan obviously has its own set of holidays and festivals (some weirder than others), it's adopted a lot of foreign holidays too. Valentine's Day is celebrated in Japan, and Christmas is widely celebrated, even … [Read more...]
Japanese folklore has a rich and terrifying tradition of all sorts of zany ghosts, ghouls, monsters, and goblins. Japanese ghosts collectively known as yūrei (幽霊), and Japanese monsters collectively known as yōkai (妖怪) are … [Read more...]
No Koichi, don't go! The Japanese are known for their manga; comics and animation are arguably a much bigger part of Japanese culture than other countries. Part of that means that there's all types of manga; from manga … [Read more...]
Guess whoooo~? This post is one in a series leading up to Halloween. Check out the scary tag to see all of them! Nothing says Halloween quite like creepy little Japanese girls. Japanese horror films have slowly been … [Read more...]
Photo by Orr Marshall Welcome to Tofugu's first-ever Halloween week! With Halloween only about a week away, we thought we'd treat you guys with seven days of posts about scary, spooky, and creepy Japan-related things. … [Read more...]
Happy Halloween, everybody. To celebrate the occasion, I thought you might enjoy these 5 scary Japanese things that will educate and entertain you, hopefully a little bit. At the very least, it will show you that Japan … [Read more...]