#yokai — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #yokai, aggregated by home.social.
-
The "Yokai Immersive Experience Exhibition" in Shinagawa Ward combines digital spectacle with a deeper look at Japan's long lineage of supernatural creatures. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/04/18/art/yokai-immersive-exhibition-tokyo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #art #exhibitions #shodoshima #supernatural #yokai #yokaiartmuseum #warehouseterrada #shinagawaward #folklore #japanesefolklore
-
They appear in one of my stories. But I hadn't heard that story about them.
As we started up the hill, the tsukumogami revelers resumed singing and dancing. Joined by prancing, ever-flowing jugs of sake chased by minute, shabby monks with sake cups for hats. It reminded me of a scene from a movie Ume had made me watch, “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” when the hero is in Toontown. An image that was only strengthened when the kodama resumed singing.
Image above by @samkalensky.com
-
They appear in one of my stories. But I hadn't heard that story about them.
As we started up the hill, the tsukumogami revelers resumed singing and dancing. Joined by prancing, ever-flowing jugs of sake chased by minute, shabby monks with sake cups for hats. It reminded me of a scene from a movie Ume had made me watch, “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” when the hero is in Toontown. An image that was only strengthened when the kodama resumed singing.
Image above by @samkalensky.com
-
They appear in one of my stories. But I hadn't heard that story about them.
As we started up the hill, the tsukumogami revelers resumed singing and dancing. Joined by prancing, ever-flowing jugs of sake chased by minute, shabby monks with sake cups for hats. It reminded me of a scene from a movie Ume had made me watch, “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” when the hero is in Toontown. An image that was only strengthened when the kodama resumed singing.
Image above by @samkalensky.com
-
Thinking more about #Nintendo's #PalWorld #lawsuit, which claims that many of the mechanics, such as the #PalBall, are too similar to #Pokemon's mechanics, like the #PokeBall.
Wondering if it would be a good idea for #PocketPair to take a cue from #BugSnax, and replace the "ball" with a cyllindrical "trap". Perhaps they can take inspiration from #GhostBusters, and have some sort of energy based trap which opens at the top and sucks the magic monsters in. They should definitely be leaning hard into the #MonsterCollecting genre's roots of #Yokai, #Spirit entities, and #mythological #cryptids.
They might be able to avoid some damages if they lose this or have to settle in a few years by just changing up a few aesthetics, and I think the game itself would benefit from this: I personally think the Pal Ball looks odd and out of place as a mechanic, like it's just there to copy Pokemon.
Then again, changing things might be an admission of guilt? I'm not a lawyer.
-
"Japanese people feel relieved once you put a name to something. If you are pulling grass and you get a cut and you wonder what happened, if you think, ‘Oh, it is just a yōkai,’ you feel calmer.” | via The New York Times https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2023/04/22/lifestyle/shodoshima-modern-yokai-contest/?utm_content=bufferc0603&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bufferapp.com&utm_campaign=buffer #life #lifestyle #yokai #naoshima #folklore #shodoshima #monster #setosea
-
Nurikabe - ぬりかべ - [yokai]
A Mysterious invisible yokai that blocks your path like an ever extending invisible barrier at night: Sometimes its hip to be square... If you're a friend to yokai he might be protecting you.
🚥Full post: https://samkalensky.com/products/nurikabe
🧱Etsy: https://etsy.me/3lMs2O5
#folklore #japanesefolklore #Nurikabe #yokai