Many of the country’s most iconic legends come from the Tohoku region, where history is riddled with natural disasters, famine, and isolation. The spirits known as namahage visit families at their ...

Studio Ghibli’s latest film featuring a mysterious talking heron joins a long line of tales about the enigmatic birds—and their connections to the spirit world. A porcelain dish made in Japan in the ...

Ghostwire: Tokyo unexpectedly reminded me of the old and somewhat deep-cut Xbox 360 game Crackdown. That 2007 release finds an incredibly sticky basic gameplay loop in giving players free run of a ...