Nestled in the heart of the picturesque village of Yomitan on the island of Okinawa in Japan, the theme park “Murasaki Mura“‘” invites you on an enchanting journey through time during its famous “Ryukyu Lantern Festival“. This annual event, held from December 1st to March 31st, transforms the park into a magical spectacle of lights […]
Yokai, Mirrors of the Japanese Imagination In Japanese culture, the Yokai (properly written with a macron over the “O” as Yōkai according to academic romanization standards, 妖怪 in Japanese) are beings that defy usual categories.Neither gods nor true ghosts, they embody a sense of strangeness: rarely benevolent, they often provoke unease through their unsettling and
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