Yokai Night Parade 百鬼夜行

山形県

Yokai of Yamagata

3 yokai with records here · Tōhoku · View on the map

Records in Yamagata

Mikoshi-nyūdō

見越入道（みこしにゅうどう）

A 1938 Nagasaki record warns of bamboo rustling over a night road and a looming figure that must be recognized aloud.

  • Road · Mountain
  • Harmful

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

  • 1990 Kaminoyama Folklore record

    'I've looked over you' makes the giant shrink and vanish

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.

  • Mountain · Forest · House
  • Mixed

Danger 3/5 Editorial rating Danger rating 3 out of 5. This is an editorial rating, not a folklore measurement.

  • 1943 Tsuruoka Folklore record

    Voice at the back door: 'give back my ashinaka'

Jinmenken

人面犬（じんめんけん）

Jinmenken, the dog with a human face, swept through Japanese children's rumour around 1989–90. A first-grader in Yamagata had his own version: the dog had left Tokyo because people would not stop talking about it.

  • Street · Road
  • Unknown

Danger 1/5 Editorial rating Danger rating 1 out of 5. This is an editorial rating, not a folklore measurement.

  • 1992 Nanokamachi, Yamagata city Modern rumour

    First-grader: the dog fled Tokyo because of the fuss

Records Library: Yamagata