Japanese Myths & Monsters - [The more unusual ...]

Source: RadioOkinawa (youtube ch.)

Hands down Japan has some of the weirdest myths in the world, from phantoms who lick your bathroom clean to raccoons with magical scrotum, from haunted umbrellas, to poems that kill anyone who recites them out loud. This video represents some of the more unusual legends and highlights why, in my opinion, Japan leads the world in horror.

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• Music: "The Secret Of Sound" by Psycraft 

Japanese Ghosts, Monsters, Demons

Song credits

Henry Hall - hush hush hush here comes the bogey man

Maximum To Hormone - whats up people

Amano Tsukiko - Chou - Fatal frame 2 OST

Source: wiki/List_of_legendary_creatures_from_Japan

The following is a list of demons, ghosts, yōkai, obake, yūrei and other legendary creatures, which are notable in Japanese folklore and mythology.

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• Abumi-guchi - A furry creature formed from the stirrup of a mounted military commander who worked for Yamata no Orochi.
• Abura-akago - An infant ghost who licks the oil out of andon lamps.
• Abura-sumashi - A spirit who lives on a mountain pass in Kumamoto Prefecture.
• Aka Manto - A malicious spirit who haunts bathrooms and asks the cubicle occupants if they want red or blue paper.
• Akabeko - A red cow involved in the construction of Enzō-ji in Yanaizu, Fukushima.
• Akaname - A spirit who licks off filth in untidy bathrooms.
• Akashita - A creature that looms in a black cloud over a floodgate.
• Akateko - A red hand dangling out of a tree.
• Akkorokamui - An Ainu monster resembling a fish or octopus.
• Akurojin-no-hi - A ghostly fire from Mie Prefecture.
• Amabie - A Japanese mermaid yokai.
• Amaburakosagi - A ritual-disciplinary demon from Shikoku.
• Amamehagi - A ritual-disciplinary demon from Hokuriku.
• Amanojaku - A small demon that instigates people into wickedness.
• Amanozako - A monstrous goddess mentioned in the Kujiki.
• Amazake-babaa - An old woman who asks for sweet sake and brings disease.
• Amefurikozō - A little boy spirit who plays in the rain.
• Amemasu - An Ainu creature resembling a fish or whale.
• Ameonna - A rain making female spirit.
• Amikiri - A net-cutting crustacean-like spirit.
• Amorōnagu - A Tennyo from the island of Amami Ōshima.
• Amaterasu - A sun goddess.
• Anmo - A ritual-disciplinary demon from Iwate Prefecture.
• Aoandon - The demonic spirit which arises from an andon lamp at the end of a Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai.
• Aobōzu - The blue monk who kidnaps children.
• Aonyōbō - A female ghost who lurks in an abandoned imperial palace.
• Aosaginohi - A luminescent heron.
• Arikura-no-baba - An old woman with magical powers.
• Ashimagari - A spirit which entangles the legs of travelers.
• Ashinagatenaga - A pair of characters, one with long legs and the other with long arms.
• Ayakashi (yōkai) - A phenomenon considered to be the funayurei.
• Azukiarai (or Azukitogi) - A spirit that washes azuki beans.