Yokai Night Parade 百鬼夜行

千葉県

Yokai of Chiba

2 yokai with records here · Kantō · View on the map

Records in Chiba

Funayūrei

船幽霊（ふなゆうれい）

A ruined boat draws alongside at night and its crew asks for a scoop. Give them an ordinary one, and they may use it to fill your boat with seawater.

  • Sea · Coast · Ship
  • Harmful

Danger 4/5 Editorial rating Danger rating 4 out of 5. This is an editorial rating, not a folklore measurement.

  • 1932 Kujūkuri coast Folklore record

    Throw rice balls first; a second boat asks for the ladle

Futakuchi-onna

二口女（ふたくちおんな）

The 1841 Ehon Hyaku Monogatari made Futakuchi-onna a stepmother punished with a mouth at the back of her head. Folktales of the wife who eats nothing, recorded in the twentieth century, give the same hidden mouth to brides who turn out to be snakes, spiders, and oni.

  • House
  • Harmful

Danger 2/5 Editorial rating Danger rating 2 out of 5. This is an editorial rating, not a folklore measurement.

  • 1841 Shimōsa Province Legend or tale

    Stepmother punished with a second mouth (Ehon Hyaku Monogatari)

Records Library: Chiba