Nekomata
猫又（ねこまた）
A 1931 Kagawa record describes an aging cat whose tail divides in two and that rises to dance on its hind legs.
- 1931
Marugame
Folklore record
Old cat's tail splits and it dances; sent away with red-bean rice and a red towel
香川県
Yokai of Kagawa
4 yokai with records here · Shikoku · View on the map
Records in Kagawa
Yamauba
山姥（やまうば）
A man carries a woven object home from the hills, and that night a woman's voice demands the return of her ashinaka.
- 1984
Mannō
Folklore record
Keep a straight face; smile and she has you
Ao-bōzu
青坊主（あおぼうず）
In a 1984 record from Miai in Kagawa, a girl carrying lunch to her family's mountain field met Ao-bōzu, the blue monk. He asked her one question. She said no, and he was gone.
- 1984
Miai, Mannō (Nakatado District)
Folklore record
Blue monk asks a girl on a mountain path whether she will hang herself
Chabukuro
茶袋（ちゃぶくろ）
A tea-steeping bag that hangs in the air on eerie stretches of road in the Hata district of Kōchi, recorded in 1938, with illness blamed on anyone it strikes; related bags hang from trees in Kagawa and float on rivers in Wakayama.
- 1933
Shōgen-ji temple, Marugame
Folklore record
A chabukuro came down at night from the temple's pagoda tree; blamed on a fox
Records Library: Kagawa
Places to visit in Kagawa
- Yokai Art Museum, Shōdoshima 妖怪美術館（小豆島） Museum