A folklore map of Japan
Every yokai comes from somewhere. Tap a region to see the spirits whose legends are rooted there — snow-country ghosts in the north, demon-slain peaks around the old capitals, kappa rivers in the south.
Hokkaidō
0 yokai
The northern frontier — home to the Ainu and their own spirits.
Tōhoku
4 yokai
Snow country and the deep-north folklore of the Tōno tales.
Kantō
14 yokai
Edo (old Tokyo) — the boom-town that mass-produced yokai.
Chūbu
4 yokai
The central Alps, the Sea-of-Japan snows, and mountain spirits.
Kansai
11 yokai
The old capitals — Kyoto and Nara, where the great demons were slain.
Chūgoku
2 yokai
Western Honshū — Izumo, land of gods, and the San'in coast.
Shikoku
3 yokai
The pilgrim island — and the kingdom of the shapeshifting tanuki.
Kyūshū
4 yokai
The southern island — kappa country and the Nabeshima cat.
Okinawa
0 yokai
The Ryūkyū islands — a separate world of southern spirits.
All of Japan
21 yokai
Spirits told all over the country, not bound to one place.