7 Scariest Japanese Ghosts and Ghouls to Haunt Your Dreams blog.gaijinpot.com

I’m talking, of course about yurei (ghosts of the deceased) and yokai (mythical spirits) that have been part of Japanese folklore for centuries.
From the 1866 movie The Snow Woman (怪談雪女郎) by Tokuzo Tanaka.
Jorogumo: The carnivorous spiderThis seductive spider ghost is based on the real golden-orb weaver spider, which is found all around Japan.
Kappa: Quirky river demonsNo list of Japanese yurei and yokai is complete without the kappa, a yokai deeply imbedded in Japanese religion, history, and culture.
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