Tag Archives: yokai

Splitting the Murder Stone

Posted on Tuesday, March 8, 2022 by wildinjapan

Taking leave of my friend in Kurobane, I started for the Murder Stone, so called because it killed birds and insects that approached it. Matsuo Basho, The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Penguin Classics translation by Nobuyuki Yuasa) Hi … Continue reading →

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Amabie Back

Posted on Saturday, March 28, 2020 by wildinjapan

Hi blog. Well, the school term has finished.  This year ended in an anticlimax, with no classes for the last three weeks and the usual festivities cancelled. We also had the governor of Tokyo warning people that a lockdown may … Continue reading →

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Don’t Count Your Dishes (Before They’re Smashed)

Posted on Sunday, February 9, 2020 by wildinjapan

A shudder went through both at the sight. Wan, frail, the beautiful anguished evil face of a girl could be seen through the long tangled hair framing it. Slender to the emaciation of great suffering she knelt before the pile … Continue reading →

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Hihi – No Laughing Matter

Posted on Thursday, October 16, 2014 by wildinjapan

Hi blog. Nature in Japan hasn’t been terribly friendly as of late.  It seems that if the climate isn’t trying to kill you, the geology is. So, let’s take a break from nature per se and look at some folklore … Continue reading →

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