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. Each region also lists its local gods: the kami that people there worshipped.
Hokkaidō
2 yokai
The northern frontier — home to the Ainu and their own spirits.
Tōhoku
24 yokai · 2 gods
Snow country and the deep-north folklore of the Tōno tales.
Kantō
54 yokai · 2 gods
Edo (old Tokyo) — the boom-town that mass-produced yokai.
Chūbu
25 yokai
The central Alps, the Sea-of-Japan snows, and mountain spirits.
Kansai
45 yokai · 5 gods
The old capitals — Kyoto and Nara, where the great demons were slain.
Chūgoku
36 yokai · 4 gods
Western Honshū — Izumo, land of gods, and the San'in coast.
Shikoku
40 yokai · 2 gods
The pilgrim island — and the kingdom of the shapeshifting tanuki.
Kyūshū
16 yokai · 2 gods
The southern island — kappa country and the Nabeshima cat.
Okinawa
9 yokai
The Ryūkyū islands — a separate world of southern spirits.
All of Japan
52 yokai · 5 gods
Spirits told all over the country, not bound to one place.