demons

A heavenly trip to Japan’s Demon Island in the Seto Inland Sea【Photos】

We follow in Momotaro’s footsteps with a visit to Onigashima.

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Kyoto becomes City of Yokai, with Night Parade of One Hundred Demons festival this autumn

Japan’s supernatural world springs to life in a special Hyakki Yagyo event you won’t want to miss. 

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Visiting the burial site of the head of Japan’s most evil demon in Kyoto

Don’t worry, our writer brought a Pikachu with him for protection.

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A dark temptation arrives just in time for the summer sunshine.

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Malaysian illustrator creates art based on Asian legends for magnificent results【Art】

These beautiful pieces are both magical and terrifying.

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Japanese “horror kindergarten”, where the kids are literally little monsters, to open in June

You’d better come equipped with lots of decoy candy if you hope to escape this demonic daycare facility.

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Japanese cats channel their inner demon during the chilly month of February

February is a hard month to face, so why not put on a mask and greet it looking like something else?

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Japan has a custom of shouting “Out with the demons!” in early February, but all we can say is “Awwwwwww!”

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Homegrown mushrooms or demonic monstrosities? Maybe both!

Mushrooms are quite popular in Japan, where they have both bizarrely sexual commercials and giant bizarrely (not-quite) sexual plushies. You are also sure to find plump, white fungi in many dishes, and mushroom hunting is enjoyed by many of the country’s citizens every year

For the average person, though, mushrooms come from the store–not a mountain side. But if you’re feeling a tiny bit adventurous, you could always try growing the ‘shrooms in your kitchen, using a cheap “mushroom cultivation kit.” Just be careful not to fertilize your little fungi with the souls of the damned, as these Twitter users apparently did!

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