The Five Elders — also known as the Gorosei — were first introduced during the Jaya Arc early in Luffy's journey; however, they do not interject themselves into the story until St. Jargarcia Saturn ...

The figure exceeded 400,000 in fiscal 2016, when the first yokai benches were installed. Although tourism was predicted to stall during the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 600,000 sightseers visited ...

The Yokai Ubume was said to be a ghostly woman appearing at night, asking passersby to hold her child under threat of death. We examine how this terrifying figure came to be seen as a sympathetic one.

Long before the supernatural mermaid-like “yokai” shot to fame, however, a U.S.-born illustrator living here started introducing Japanese ghouls and hobgoblins to the world while providing ...