Japanese Yokai can be cute. On the flipside, they can be utterly evil and scary too! Here are 15 deadly Yokai you’d never want to meet, within or outside of Japan.
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Unlucky and lucky numbers Superstition ain’t the way. But some of them are rooted deeply in the culture. Lucky and unlucky numbers are one of them, and here are some examples. Unlucky numbers Four and nine are seen as ominous numbers in Japanese culture for a similar reason. Guess which...
Peter: Yes Friday, the 13th. So for Americans and western people, this is a very unlucky day. Sakura: Yes. Peter: Now for Japanese, is this an unlucky day? Sakura: Not really. Peter: Yeah. So the point of today’s lesson is we are going to find out what kind of superstition the...
Reportly made during Minamoto Yoritomo’s time (Kamakura Period)It is worshipped to ward off calamities that occur in the “unlucky ages”(yakudoshi 厄年 in Japanese); according to the Japanese, the years especially prone to misfortune for men are 25 and 42, and for women 19 and 33....
4. Visit a Shrine to Make a Curse 5. Visit a Shrine to Make a Wish 6. Unlucky Dates and Numbers 7. Don’t Step on the Border of a Tatami Mat 8. Hide Your Bellybutton 9. Don’t Sleep Facing North 10. Never Write A Person’s Name in Red Ink And One More Thing... ...
Better known by his stage name Yoshiki, he is best known as the leader and a co-founder of the heavy metal band X Japan, for which he is the drummer, pianist and main songwriter. The band achieved breakthrough success... read more I did have second thoughts, despite being an X Japan...
Kitsune is an evil spirit with the head of a fox. It disguises itself as a beautiful woman and tries to trick human beings into marrying it. If you are unlucky enough to marry Kitsune, it will feed on your life essense while you are asleep. ...
For example, the number four is unlucky because it sounds like “shi” in Japanese, meaning “death.” A simple translation won’t take a nuance like this into account – and getting it wrong could harm your brand image. Quality localization will also account for Japanese layouts. For ...
Tsugaru is the old name of the northernmost peninsula of Honshu, which today makes up part of Aomori prefecture. The people in Tsugaru have always been poor and, as the part of Japan from which to set sail for Hokkaido, has had a reputation of a certain backwardness in cities like Tokyo...