October 4, 2022: Your Handy Guide to Weird Yokai!

Beware the Teke Teke, the ghost of a woman whose lower torso was severed by a train and now haunts the tracks, dragging herself around by her arms. She is shockingly quick and can even outpace speeding cars. So look out! If she catches you, she will claim your legs!

The offspring of a human and a carp, the beautiful Uondo sought to make a living as a courtesan but proved unpopular due to her lack of limbs and fishy smell. Exploiting a legend that claimed mermaid flesh would bestow immortality, she sold off expensive licks and made a fortune.

Like most household items, when your paper lantern reaches the ripe old age of 100, it will come to life. The Chochin Obake, typified by its bug eye(s) and lolling tongue, delights in startling people. They are harmless – but don’t mistake one for a disguised onryo!

You’re enjoying a cook-out after a day of fishing when you are approached by a disheveled young woman who asks you for some fish. Beware, for she is a Daki, a deadly monster who will suck your blood if you refuse. Or if you comply. So might as well perish on a full stomach.

No, that creaking and groaning in the dead of night isn’t just the sounds of “the house settling”. It’s a Sakabashira, the spirit of a tree angered by the fact its trunk has been installed, upside-down, as a support pillar in your home.

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