展示会で販売されていた奇談グッズがオンラインで購入できるようになりました。まだ海外発送は対応されていませんが、国内からは購入できます。👺🦊👻 → yokai-lab.com

Tomorrow is your last day to pre-order my newest book and pick up rare, locally handmade, yokai-themed, traditional Japanese crafts! Don't say I didn't warn you!

Tomorrow is your last day to pre-order my newest book and pick up rare, locally handmade, yokai-themed, traditional Japanese crafts! Don't say I didn't warn you!

Why is this fat little sparrow so happy? Find out in my latest kidan from Fukui Prefecture, posted to my Patreon here: www.patreon.com/posts/154281...

Should be some cool art coming up in this pack. ;)

Don't miscalculate! There are only a few days until the official Debut of #MTGStrixhaven, and you won't want to miss what we reveal... Tune in 3/31 at twitch.tv/magic or youtube.com/@mtg#MTGStrixhaven

５月２日に、大阪歴史博物館で怪談怪議が開催されます！私と妖怪文化研究家河野隼也氏が妖怪や小泉八雲について話します。琵琶と怪談語りユニット尸童さんも出演されます。ぜひご参加ください。 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

On May 2 I'll be talking about yokai at the Osaka Museum of History with Kyoto-based yokai culture researcher Kono Jun'ya. We'll discuss yokai, Lafcadio Hearn, and listen to ghost stories by a biwa player/kaidanshi. Don't miss it! More details and reservations here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The pledge manager and pre-order store for Echizen-Wakasa Kidan: Strange Tales from Fukui is locking down at the end of this month! This is the last chance to pre-order the special edition of the book and get your hands on unique traditional Japanese crafts! www.kickstarter.com/projects/osa...

What kind of yokai fox feeds on gold and clothing, gets used by nobles in biting matches, and was ordered by the shogun to be exterminated year after year (but never successfully eradicated)? Read more about the kinko at my Patreon for free: www.patreon.com/posts/kinko-...

I got another one today. I really cannot emphasize enough how *terrible* it is to use AI to write your emails. Don't do it. I won't reply. Here's a good video by Angela Collier that does a better job than I can of explaining how bad this is: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pqF... Just don't do it.

I've always made it a point to try to reply to every email that people send me, whether it's a question or a comment or whatever. But lately I've been getting more and more AI-written emails, and, just... no. If you can't take the time to write it yourself, then why should I bother with a reply?

Do you ever hear mysterious voices? Maybe from under the floor? ...Do they recite ancient chronicles of civil wars? You may have a yokai in your house. Today's members-only post covers my latest kidan, straight from Fukui Prefecture! -> www.patreon.com/posts/kidan-...

The pre-order still will be closing later this month. If you've been putting off pre-ordering Echizen-Wakasa Kidan, this is your last chance to get premium editions of the book, plus unique traditional Japanese crafts based on the yokai from the book that won't be available in stores!

This week: a new yokai to justify your fear of swimming in the ocean. Meet tsunakiri ika, the rope-cutting squid. Straight out of your nightmares! Read about it for free on my Patreon or on yokai.com -> www.patreon.com/posts/152446...

デジタル時代の妖怪学 is out now! Grab it from Kasama's website, Amazon, yokai.com, or your local bookstore! (I'll sign it if you order it from me.) -> yokai.com/product/%e3%...

Awesome Humble Bundle right here! Witcher Ronin is included, which reimagines The Witcher in a mythical Japanese setting. I consulted on the yokai in the book and wrote the bestiary in the back of the comic.

New free yokai post up on my Patreon and yokai.com! Kaninotoko no igyō, a mysterious crab-thing that looks like something out of Ultraman, haunted the shore of Nagato during the Edo period. Swimmers beware! 🦞 www.patreon.com/posts/kanino...

A remember to all to not buy AI-written yokai books! There are so many great books on yokai written by humans, like Zack's translation of Mizuki below. My own books, of course, and books by other flesh-and-blood authors. We work hard to make sure you get real information, not hallucinated slop.

I make my work available for free on yokai.com my ebooks are relatively cheap specifically because I love yokai and want to share this culture with the world. So it's all the more infuriating when some charlatan not only steals my content but gets the facts wrong. It undoes so much of my hard work.

It happened again. This time it's @dailykos.com who is publishing a plagiarized AI-generated slop version of my work, brazenly right down to the title, "A Field Guide to Japanese Yokai" which is lifted directly from my book "The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons: A Field Guide to Japanese Yokai."

From @kasamashoin.bsky.social's X account: 『デジタル時代の妖怪学』、今月下旬に書店に並びます！！　闇が減っていき、科学技術が発展した現代において、妖怪や怪異はどのように私たちの目の前に現れるのか？　気鋭の研究者と妖怪絵師による論集です。 【編著者】渡部瑞希　【著者】香川雅信・マット マイヤー・廣田龍平・松本健太郎・武村政春 x.com/kasamashoin/...

I wonder if this is how love happens for people like Sagiotoko Sōsuke... www.patreon.com/posts/150208744/

Heron man, heron man Catches things like a heron can See his neck? Very long Eating fish makes him strong

Next time you see someone fishing by the river without a rod, take a closer look. It might just be Sōsuke the Heron Man! My latest yokai, from Chikuzen bakomono emaki, is up for free on my Patreon and yokai.com! Check it out here: www.patreon.com/posts/150208...

Lovers of Japanese ghost stories will want to check out my latest Patreon post, where I share a spooky tale from Ono, Fukui: www.patreon.com/posts/kidan-...

Next time you go swimming in the ocean, watch out for these man-eating micro octopuses called chokosai. The good news is they taste great when grilled on skewers and sprinkled with salt! In the yokai world, sometimes it's eat or be eaten... www.patreon.com/posts/chokos...

I don't usually share non-yokai stuff, but Cory Doctorow wrote an excellent article on why AI is a scam, and since it's a subject that a lot of people don't know enough about, it's worth sharing: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

What's special about finding a severed head in your garden on New Year's Day? Find out in this week's creepy kidan, only on my Patreon! www.patreon.com/posts/kidan-...

My latest book (or rather, book that I contributed to) is now available for pre-order from @kasamashoin.bsky.social and Amazon! It is an honor to have contributed and to see my name listed alongside such yokai scholars as these.

２０２４年に帝京大学で行われたシンポジウムの内容が書籍になりました。この素晴らしい先生方と同じ書籍に掲載されることはとても光栄です。 事前注文はこちらからできます： shop.kasamashoin.jp/bd/isbn/9784...

Many people on BSKY already know this, but it's worth mentioning. Nobody should be on that site anymore. There's no more excuse. As an artist who relies on a small fanbase, it wasn't easy to rip the Twitter band-aid off last year... but it was the right thing to do. gregpak.net/2026/01/10/s...

My first Japanese folktale of 2026 is up on my Patreon! This is the first time this story has ever been translated into English. www.patreon.com/posts/147775...

There's still time to late-pledge to Echizen-Wakasa Kidan on BackerKit! But time is running out... Don't miss your chance to grab the limited "kiwami" edition of my latest book! echizen-wakasa.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...

2026 is not just the Year of the Horse... it is the Year of the Fire Horse! This is an especially unlucky combination of element + zodiac animal, originating in the story of Yaoya Oshichi (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaoya_O...). The yokai hinoenma (yokai.com/hinoenma) is based on this superstition. ❤️‍🔥🐎

Please let this be the only time I have to say this, but this is absolutely, 100%, NOT the way to support an artist whose work you like.

明けましておめでとうございます Happy New Year to all from yokai.com!

I hope you all have a very Yokai Christmas this year!

I need someone to knit me a pair of these sweaters so my wife and I can wear matching pigeon sweaters.

I submitted my claim for the Anthropic Copyright Settlement case today. www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com If AI tech bros violated your coprights work to feed their slop-vomiting machines, sign up for the settlement here. Burn these fuckers and their empire of AI slop to the ground. 🔥👿🔥

Just a reminder that if you missed my last Kickstarter, you can still pre-order books and traditional Fukui crafts from our Backerkit store. Traditional yokai craft stocks are extremely limited and won't be available afterwards! echizen-wakasa.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...

What has two legs, zero arms, and breathes fire from its nostrils and souls from its mouth? Today's yokai, that's what! Read more for free on my Patreon below: www.patreon.com/posts/igyo-n...

Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's a giant piece of dyed paper that wants to crush you and eat you! Today's yokai comes from Chikuzen bakemono emaki, and you'd better eat it before it eats you! Read about it for free on my Patreon below: www.patreon.com/posts/thing-...

If you're going to be in or near Osaka this weekend, be sure to check out the Sakai Yokai Art Festival! sakai-yokai.com/sakaiartfest... I sadly can't attend this time around, but it's a great yokai event that you don't want to miss!

Hey all, did you know yokai.com has a web shop? 📘📙📗📕📚 🎅🎄 There's still time to order and have it shipped anywhere in the world by Christmas! 🎄🎁 This holiday, why not give the gift of yokai to that special someone? ⛩️👹👺🦊🐉👻 -> yokai.com/shop/

Did you miss my November exhibit at Kaze no Mori Hall in Fukui? I did a writeup and video walkthrough for Patreon members, so you can experience the exhibit as if you were there! www.patreon.com/posts/kidan-...

日本版のクラファンがもうすぐ終了します。本の中に名前が入る機会はこれを逃すともうありませんので、まだの人は是非チェックしてみてください。 readyfor.jp/projects/kid...

Beautiful. A perfect reminder that even the masters had days like this.

It's happened again... An e-commerce site called Tokyo Tiger has stolen my art and is selling t-shirts and putting ads on IG/X with my artwork. Do not buy from them. These are not licensed products. They are stolen.

A new challenger for cutest yokai ever has arrived. Have you ever heard of the yōfuku before? It's a relatively new discovery. What do you guys think about this one? www.patreon.com/posts/yofuku...