Japanify Ghost Tours · Stories
Read the history behind the haunting, meet the yōkai, or watch a ghost tale unfold. Choose how you explore.
Illustrated articles with readable context, sources, and a clear line between history and legend.
Tokyo · History & legend · Illustrated story
A ruined mountain castle and a waterfall legend. Read the history, explore six illustrations, and see where the historical record ends and the ghost story begins.
Read the story →Japanese folklore and fictional ghost tales, made for a short escape into the strange.
Ghost tales · Instagram player
A returning spirit, a remarriage and a Japanese ghost tale. Watch through Instagram.
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Ghost tales · 24 seconds
A short horror retelling inspired by Shinkei Kasane-ga-Fuchi. A man believes someone he killed has returned—and his next act brings another tragedy.
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Yōkai & folklore · 16 seconds
Meet the strange toilet-associated yōkai in our short folklore video, and the contradictory traditions surrounding its New Year’s Eve invocation.
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Yōkai & folklore · 22 seconds
An umbrella, a lantern, an old household tool: our short video explores the idea of objects becoming supernatural beings in Japanese folklore.
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Events · September 2026 · 33 seconds
Watch our September 2026 preview of Kyoto’s Yōkai Parade at Toei Uzumasa Kyoto Village.
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