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...

My name appeared in this article about the modern yokai boom. If you haven't been to the yokai festival at Uzumasa Film Studio yet, make sure you don't miss it! www.rogerebert.com/festivals/to...

Oh, and one more thing that was a really nice finishing touch: along with my books came a set of bookmarks--again with a common trade dress--for the books. Just lovely. 8/8

The site also has the ability to browse or search the yokai entries online, if you want to see the kinds of information and illustrations that makeup the books. A few more selections from the slipcase art. 7/n

I've spent several hours over the last couple of days just flipping through these, reading the entries, and studying the details in the artwork. If this is at all your kind of thing, these editions as well as two more moderately priced versions, are available at yokai.com. 6/n

While the outside packaging of these books is really lovely, it is, of course, what's inside that matters. Here are a couple of sample page spreads from that first volume, and some artwork details. 5/n

Each of the books is a jacketless hardcover, and again there is matching design across the set. Here's what the first volume looks like coming out of the slipcase. 4/n

Let me say, first of all that they are so pretty before you even open them. Beautiful slipcases with art on both sides, foil stamped titles on the cases, and a specially designed spine on each (matching design across the books of course). 3/n

While I was looking into it, I found out that Matthew Meyer (@yokai.com on here) had done 5 previous "field guide to yokai" books & they were all up on his site. I quite liked the images of the collectors' editions of them, so I ordered all 5, and had them shipped around the world from Japan. 2/n

A while back someone pointed me at the KS and it looked pretty cool, so I signed up to get a copy of the book. 1/n

Did you miss out on my latest Kickstarter? You can now pre-order Echizen-Wakasa Kidan and traditional Japanese craft goods at the BackerKit pre-order store! echizen-wakasa.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...

風の森ホールで展示「THE奇談」をしています！２４日までです。初公開の妖怪グッズも販売されています。古文書と私の絵がセットで見られる貴重なセッティング。福井のユニークな奇談をぜひ見に来てください！

妖怪や幽霊…福井の怪異譚アート展覧会「THE奇談」開幕　マット・マイヤーさん作品展示 www.fukuishimbun.co.jp/articles/-/2...

Nothing like opening up your wall to discover a giant murder hornet nest!

Ever see a stray dog and instead of saying, "Woof woof!" he turns around and says, "What the hell are you looking at?" Check out this week's new yokai for free over on my Patreon, or on yokai.com! www.patreon.com/posts/jinmen...

Starts this week! www.fukuishimbun.co.jp/articles/-/2...

来年出版する予定の本「越前若狭奇談」は今クラファン中です！日本語版も英語版も作りますし、福井の伝統工芸品のコラボもあります。ぜひ見てみてください！ readyfor.jp/projects/kid...

『越前若狭 奇談』(マット・マイヤー画、長野栄俊文)出版のためのクラウドファンディングが始まっています。奇談や妖怪にご関心をお持ちの方、是非ご支援いただきますようお願いします。 readyfor.jp/projects/kid...

Did you miss any stories from "Shokoku hyakumonogatari" during A-Yokai-A-Day between 2022-2025? I've compiled an index featuring all 100 stories here: matthewmeyer.net/blog/2025/11... 👹⛩️👻⛩️👺 Just be careful you don't accidentally summon a real yokai when reading them!

October's A-Yokai-A-Day project is over, but I am still posting yokai! You can read what my yokai plans are for this month on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/novemb...

Just six hours left for Echizen-Wakasa Kidan on #Kickstarter! Happy #Halloween everyone! www.kickstarter.com/projects/osa...

It's #Halloween, yokai lovers! That means the final story of A-Yokai-A-Day 2025! I hope you've all enjoyed this year's batch. (And don't forget, it's the last night to back my Kickstarter! Don't miss out on my latest book!) Read tonight's spooky tale below: www.patreon.com/posts/yokai-...

It's #Halloween, and that means there are just 24 hours left to back Echizen-Wakasa Kidan on #Kickstarter! Don't miss out on this collection of ghosts, yokai, and strange tales from rural Japan. Most of them never before published, let alone translated into English! Today is your last chance! ⛩️👻👹🧜‍♀️

Less than 48 hours left on my #Kickstarter, folks! Don't miss out on this amazing book of never-before-seen folklore from Old Fukui! Become a backer below, and have your name printed and memorialized forever in the book!

Tonight on A-Yokai-A-Day: what has the face of a weasel, the body of a snake, is covered in bark-like fur, and is 9 meters long? I don't know either, but it lives under your house!!! 🫢 Read about it on my Patreon here: www.patreon.com/posts/142395...

We're officially now counting down the HOURS instead of days! Folks, don't miss your chance to back Echizen-Wakasa Kidan on Kickstarter!

Tonight on A-Yokai-A-Day: ever buy something second-hand that just seemed... off? If it was haunted, would you want to know? Would you keep it? 🫱 Read what happened with this particular stove, on my Patreon below: www.patreon.com/posts/yokai-...

近々開催される私の展覧会のニュースです！ www.fukuishimbun.co.jp/articles/-/2...

Tonight's A-Yokai-A-Day is about a mysterious beast that nobody can seem to agree upon what it is. Read more about the mami, one of Japan's more elusive shape-shifting animals: www.patreon.com/posts/yokai-... #halloween #japan #folklore #yokai

There's only 4 days left to back Echizen-Wakasa Kidan on #Kickstarter! Today I shared some mockups of the interior design of the book. Have a look here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/osa...

Tonight's A-Yokai-A-Day is up! Perhaps you've heard the tale of Inō Budayū before? If you've been reading A-Yokai-A-Day for several years, then you may remember it from my 2020 series. If not, here is the version told in Mimibukuro! ⛩️👹⛰️ www.patreon.com/posts/yokai-...

Tonight on A-Yokai-A-Day: Cat Stories! I've got three cat stories to share today on my Patreon, as there are so many yokai-loving cat-lovers! Enjoy! 🐱🙀😼 www.patreon.com/posts/142089...

Tonight on A-Yokai-A-Day: How do you get a loved one to overcome their drinking problem? Especially if you're already dead? One clever ghost found a way to do so by enlisting a fox to help out. 🍶🦊👻 Read tonight's story for free on my Patreon at the link below! www.patreon.com/posts/yokai-...

Tonight on A-Yokai-A-Day: a tale from my town of Fukui! There's something neat about reading a story that took place just minutes from your home, where you can go visit the precise location it took place! I will not, however, be diving naked into the Asuwa River. 🐢 www.patreon.com/posts/yokai-...

Tonight on A-Yokai-A-Day! If pets could speak what would they say? Something wise? Irreverent? How would you react as a pet owner? Would you be happy or horrified to have a talking pet? 😾 Read what happened to a certain family that had long-lasting repercussions: www.patreon.com/posts/yokai-...

In case you've been wondering about the cover design and artisan edition of Echizen-Wakasa Kidan, my latest #Kickstarter update is all about the book designs! Check it out below: www.kickstarter.com/projects/osa...