Here are five strange creatures from Japanese Folklore

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9 ай бұрын

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@KingShablooshki 8 ай бұрын

Dude that pillow flipping will come in cluch during hot summer nights

@F4wk3s 8 ай бұрын

@catblast2 8 ай бұрын

True tho now I wish I was Japan

@mcvenne8935 8 ай бұрын

I refuse to believe some humans actually flip their pillow over. It's sounds genuinely horrifying to me. Gives me actual chills of discomfort.

@catblast2 8 ай бұрын

@@mcvenne8935 I don't because I sleep on the floor it the coldest part of my room

@mcvenne8935 8 ай бұрын

@@catblast2 Do you have a futon or a mattress or something?

@hilalabiyu8679 7 ай бұрын

"NYEHEHEHE I CUT A BIT OF YA HAIR OFF" -weird ass bird

@wardulens7607 7 ай бұрын

Reads like a Nigel and Marmelade skit

@floweytheflower5261 7 ай бұрын

@@wardulens7607YOU COLOSSAL TWA-

@miaa360 7 ай бұрын

LOL I

@ACandCC 6 ай бұрын

Why does it's laugh sound like Papyrus's from Undertale?

@akisa7865 6 ай бұрын

@@wardulens7607It's missing the use of the B word, cause all birds there say it

@The_Mr_Rook 8 ай бұрын

Most of Japanese myth is just a bunch of minor inconveniences

@FritzLeAngel 7 ай бұрын

So potentially losing your soul over a pillow flip is a minor k convenience? (Which it is)

@Rosetintedwater 7 ай бұрын

@@FritzLeAngel well, I guess they just hated it for sum reason

@dorianserrano8888 7 ай бұрын

@@FritzLeAngelthey did say most

@georgyekimov4577 7 ай бұрын

@@FritzLeAngelwe are dead inside anyways

@kgmc29 7 ай бұрын

Real

@whateveryouwanttocallme5307 8 ай бұрын

These creatures is basically ancient internet troll. 😂

@Mozarella_king 7 ай бұрын

Which one?

@vidiaperwirawati3470 7 ай бұрын

@@Mozarella_kingall of them

@Nuclear_energy_enjoyer 7 ай бұрын

@@Mozarella_kingyes

@cyclopsstarsoulmagician8790 6 ай бұрын

These*

@whateveryouwanttocallme5307 6 ай бұрын

@@cyclopsstarsoulmagician8790 sorry 😞

@bobrbw 8 ай бұрын

I’m starting to think that all yo Kai are just one village troublemaker that no one could ever find-

@The-most-negative-person-alive 7 ай бұрын

If only , I think there are some weird ones like in this video but the majority are scary as hell with some bad stories too

@theinkpictures8755 6 ай бұрын

Yes, this is where you notice the slight line between what we call superstition and the eminent news of knowing that someone saw something really strange out there in the middle or the forest or the city @@The-most-negative-person-alive

@theinkpictures8755 6 ай бұрын

@@The-most-negative-person-alivethe interesting part of this scary stories is that you maybe would never know if they are real or not, but they exist to bring us lessons about being careful and... There are interesting and unknown creatures around us, maybe you don't believe in it because you never see it, but you can't deny it. No matter how much time we live here in this big world, we already know just a little part of it

@The-most-negative-person-alive 6 ай бұрын

@@theinkpictures8755 I couldn't have said it better my friend And I do believe in the unknown like Jinn

@LadyMossdown 8 ай бұрын

They got creative with folklore creatures over there! "Ah, yes, we also have a name for the gremlin that steals only left socks."

@garlicbread1575 7 ай бұрын

Don't forget the Icelandic yule lads! With such classics as "spoon licker" "window peeper" and my favorite, "skyr gobbler"

@EG-hy9mv 7 ай бұрын

@@garlicbread1575"sausage swiper"

@LanceBjornsson8888 6 ай бұрын

“Trolls exist! They steal ya socks! But only the left ones. What’s up with that?”

@kotul4989 3 ай бұрын

So you're saying there are right and left socks? Yeez, that's why I get so many weird looks. I need to check my wardrobe and sort it out.

@schatz_burg Ай бұрын

It actually started from ancient Chinese mythology and beliefs; but then the Japanese became obsessed with it haha.

@Justno_one32 8 ай бұрын

So the second one is the the invisible wall that stops us in all games

@The-most-negative-person-alive 7 ай бұрын

So that's why I should have figured it out sooner that it was a box demon that was stopping me from falling off the map 😂

@AngelA-mk5ty 7 ай бұрын

Essentially snoralax

@TheAmazingWorldOfJack 7 ай бұрын

Noway

@omoriperocondrip9130 7 ай бұрын

They should start using it in games themed around yokai or ancient japan. I mean, a creative roadblock is allways appreciated.

@Popanimates 7 ай бұрын

@@omoriperocondrip9130yo Kai watch: 😐😐😐😐😐😐

@mocatdow 8 ай бұрын

The invisible 'nuh uh' creature

@TheAmazingWorldOfJack 7 ай бұрын

Noway

@marcosrodriguez607 7 ай бұрын

@@TheAmazingWorldOfJackNOWAY!

@oofingtimrlolz 7 ай бұрын

impass

@TheAmazingWorldOfJack 7 ай бұрын

@@oofingtimrlolz Walldin ( the rare one )

@oofingtimrlolz 7 ай бұрын

@@TheAmazingWorldOfJack theres another?

@crusaderdalek3527 6 ай бұрын

someone:doesnt play their biwa The biwa: *drops the hardest distrack of the edo era*

@user-qw8mn2ug7e 4 ай бұрын

💀

@TheOneWhoAsked4373 2 ай бұрын

This is the best comment for me in this entire comment section ....

@georgyekimov4577 2 ай бұрын

Reasonable considering that you have to practice

@TitanJonkler 2 ай бұрын

Biwa: Say, Drake, I hear you like 'em young You better not ever go to cell block one To any bitch that talk to him and they in love Just make sure you hide your lil' sister from him They tell me Chubbs the only one that get your hand-me-downs.

@crusaderdalek3527 2 ай бұрын

@@TitanJonkler drake was being dissed even in the edo period

@Vasilis_Rant. 8 ай бұрын

Those are borderline pokemon

@fatitankeris6327 8 ай бұрын

Well, they are, just not pocketable. Just bakemono

@usonohoshi6165 8 ай бұрын

They are basically one of the main inspirations for pokemon.

@amogussus2781 8 ай бұрын

these feel more like they would come from yo kai watch tbh

@apersonontheinternet6018 8 ай бұрын

@@amogussus2781yeah, honestly

@greentube25 8 ай бұрын

Pokémon was made in Japan

@Zerpderp0 8 ай бұрын

Biwabokoboko: I'm lonely, I'm Mr Lonely, im so lonely

@Bros_In_Love 6 ай бұрын

I like how other folklore creatures are like "they eat children!" or "they kill people!" And japan is like "they cut your hair!" or "they smell bad!"

@Krakenwerfer 6 ай бұрын

They lick dirty bath tubes. :b

@Poopenfarden 5 ай бұрын

"if you don't clean your bathroom it'll lick it!"

@Tyranid_Hive_Mind 2 ай бұрын

@Poopenfarden "Here's some tofu. Oh, wait, that's moldy tofu"

@MrHippo-wt2tv 2 ай бұрын

There's also one that just shows you it's butthole eye

@just_a_random_sturmtruppen 2 ай бұрын

"oh hey is that your shirikodama? mind if i take it from your ass?"

@weeksauce11 6 ай бұрын

“So what happened today Billy?” “A deranged bird demon stole my weave-“

@BirdmanJo_ 8 ай бұрын

That last one sounds like a crow with scissors.

@wand222 8 ай бұрын

Birds actually do use animal hair and even human hair to build their nests. I wonder if that’s where this myth came from

@eisflamme2438 6 ай бұрын

Hmmm... a crow that IS scissors.

@elizabethbilyeu3031 6 ай бұрын

@@eisflamme2438I remember seeing a short film about that exact thing actually.

@zentevida1201 8 ай бұрын

"I love Japanese folklore" "Name 3 weird creatures from it" "Your wife" "That's on me, I set the bar too low"

@PhantomGato-v- 7 ай бұрын

My wife? Pff, I wish. Have you seen the Touhou girls???

@shirleymaemattthews4862 7 ай бұрын

@@PhantomGato-v-Until they gobble you up...

@PhantomGato-v- 7 ай бұрын

@@shirleymaemattthews4862 depends on which one honestly If it's Rumia for example she needs to eat to survive so it's reasonable

@youdonotcare 6 ай бұрын

@@PhantomGato-v-ermmm actually rumia doesn't directly need to eat to survive her status she just does it because they taste good but also as a man-eating youkai she still does need to eat people so people believe that man-eating youkai exist which keep youkai alive so

@PhantomGato-v- 6 ай бұрын

@@youdonotcare despite indirectly, she *does* need to eat to survive, just not to fill her appetite.

@PicassosSister-rj5zp 8 ай бұрын

He doesn't cut a little bit of your hair off, he cuts as much as he can reach. That's why you don't leave your hair down folks. 😊

@Rosetintedwater 8 ай бұрын

Well an excuse for me to go bald ig🤷‍♀️

@Draconlykos 8 ай бұрын

Ohhh so it was made up by a guy that didnt like seeing ladies hair down, got it /hj

@TaLeng2023 8 ай бұрын

He better not snatch the wig from the wrong gal

@The-most-negative-person-alive 7 ай бұрын

Okay now it started to sound more scary ngl

@ToastersToastToast 6 ай бұрын

Bald guy Vs weird hair-stealing bird, who will win

@Thumper17 7 ай бұрын

Pokemon designers - "WRITE THAT DOWN! WRITE THAT DOWN!"

@ghastlyweather1750 6 ай бұрын

More like Yokai Watch

@demongodking6681 3 ай бұрын

I mean they already got a road blocking pokemon named snorlax

@chuni5942 Ай бұрын

Japanese folklore be like: This is gronsen donsen, he rearranges your spice rack at night. He also eats your still beating heart from your chest sometimes.

@jjujji4908 Ай бұрын

Just a lil nibble:>

@CattyCatboi-eg9ho Ай бұрын

Just a tiny nibble As a treat

@nopayoff3552 7 ай бұрын

"Oh man, I can't wait to eat that fi... WHY THE FUCK IS MY MEAT WALKING?!?!?!?"

@Spirit_Rider666 2 ай бұрын

Dont take that last part out of context.

@Dahaka-rd6tw 16 күн бұрын

I read that eating nupeppo's flesh can make you immortal but thing is, they are made of ROTTEN AND SPOILED meat. Sometimes they thought be born from flesh of human corpses, considerinf the fact they are usually found just chilling out in cemeteries. soo.. hope you have strong stomach

@Qwer-teaBinch 8 ай бұрын

That's what ive always appreciated about yokai stories. Western spirits always have to have some revenge scheme but yokais have variety. If i died and became a shoe, i would also just run around being a goofy lil guy 😂

@Rosetintedwater 7 ай бұрын

What if someone decided to wear you? I don't think that would be nice??(unless you have a foot fetish)

@Tyranid_Hive_Mind 2 ай бұрын

@@Rosetintedwater just make them trip every once in a while

@aspholysian Ай бұрын

I honestly love these types of Yokai- not dangerous or deadly, just silly little shits causing mischief and at most slight inconvenience

@HelamanGile 6 ай бұрын

I liked the pillow flipping guy except for the part where he takes your soul 😂

@HittingBandy 7 ай бұрын

That wall creature would work perfectly as a plot roadblock in rpg games.

@Cherry_coke_pop 2 ай бұрын

I mean it’s probably the inspiration for snorlax blocking paths in Pokémon so

@anabolic_red Ай бұрын

Japanese folklore creatures are basically trolls (no pun intended).

@mexa_t6534 6 ай бұрын

I find it really interesting that there’s a lot of mythical creatures that are basically neglected inanimate objects gaining sentience. It’s a really interesting concept and a good way of teaching people to take care of their things and not damage or neglect them, I imagine.

@riibon4701 4 күн бұрын

I believe it comes from the Shinto belief that all things have a soul in them, I think. I remember hearing about a modern Shinto practise where people would have funerals for their obsolete electronics.

@joshsaunders7971 7 ай бұрын

Japan be like: we have a ghost that throws mud at peoples houses. No one knows why he does it, but it’s sure annoying…

@ThatGuy-79 8 ай бұрын

i like how some of this spirits are just things people would do but would cover it up with spirits

@josephswaney6420 Ай бұрын

Monsters in Japanese folklore basically all just gigantic shitposts

@ghostparty2062 2 ай бұрын

"Why are you late"? "Eeeeeerm giant invisible demon loaf" " Oh shit fair enough"

@bruhgoofyahh9191 8 ай бұрын

I remember hearing about a creature that comes into being specifically when a house cat dies of old age. It transforms into a weird shapeshifting cat monster.

@CircusFoxxo 8 ай бұрын

Nekomata and they don't have to die first

@emp.natieli1188 7 ай бұрын

Bakeneko e nekomata

@amiableapparition 7 ай бұрын

I love how so many Japanese yokai are just naughty or mildly inconvenient, only a few actually kill you

@basstomaketheworlddeaf6153 6 ай бұрын

My personal favorite is the Otoroshi. It is said to be a sort of gargoyle that sits on ledges around fences and gates and waits for people to pass through. If it senses evil intent in someone passing through, they will jump on said person, knocking them down, and then grab them by the leg and drag them down to the underworld.

@Nynodon Ай бұрын

Love these Little Guys

@1hourgaming26 6 ай бұрын

That biwa guy is just like "Laidhibi(doll)" from Manipuri folklore It is basically a doll made from scrap made by small young girls they play them like a friends we call them "ita( friend,{girl} )" and after we play with them we let them sleep we sing lullaby. And if we forget to let them sleep she will wake up in the middle of the night and would cry under banana tree . That is basically scary . Well i myself being a modern child did not play with laidhibi instead i played with plastic Barbie. Well it still gives me chill down my spine and also if you want to make laidhibi you need a teacher who are skilled basically we cant make them with 0 knowledge.

@the_monolith5 Ай бұрын

I literally flip my pillow nightly as one side gets hotter than other 😅

@KlaxontheImpailr Ай бұрын

The 2nd yokai was also the inspiration for the thwomps from Super Mario.

@RAIN8888-1 7 ай бұрын

"Anyway I find them *charming* "

@andrewtime2994 Ай бұрын

Considering that Japanese women sometimes gave locks of hair to their lovers, a married woman may have invented the Kami Keri.

@ultrapjofan 8 ай бұрын

We need a nukapo plush

@DinsRune 8 ай бұрын

He's just a lil guy

@purplemismagius28 Ай бұрын

Why am I a victim of micro aggressive yokai?

@4th3g4y5 Ай бұрын

Yes, Japan is know for their animated flesh. . .

@SnowPea- 7 ай бұрын

Nukapo is just a chill guy

@doginhat13 3 ай бұрын

I would like a herd of them

@abiscuit614 2 ай бұрын

@@doginhat13 only downside is that they smell bad

@copkillcop12 8 ай бұрын

The first one is so wholesome 😭😭✋

@TeLeTubBiEs_1997 8 ай бұрын

“A big bag of animated flesh” 😂

@makkoma6685 3 ай бұрын

For some reason I heard "anime-tit flesh" 😭

@SuperMario-zm2cf Ай бұрын

Sorry for being late mr wall stoped me

@sebreb 7 ай бұрын

Ok if you check the comment's, here's a nutshell word for these folklore creatures: A N N O Y I N G

@Bombayboginka 8 ай бұрын

Kana Keri makes sense because when I was younger my hair had a shorter strand one day and my mom thought I cut it, I can and could swear on my life that I didn’t cut it (my siblings are too tight strung, they wouldn’t of gained anything out of it to)

@Tsbfg 8 ай бұрын

The pillow flipping could be useful

@Tsirkon 7 ай бұрын

Yeah but you could lose your soul

@CattyCatboi-eg9ho Ай бұрын

Worth it

@WilliamismynameO 8 ай бұрын

The last one was just a description of me 💀

@The-watcher-of-eyes 8 ай бұрын

You cut hair?

@WilliamismynameO 7 ай бұрын

@@The-watcher-of-eyesI steal hair

@The-watcher-of-eyes 7 ай бұрын

@@WilliamismynameO i steal eyes

@The-watcher-of-eyes 7 ай бұрын

@@WilliamismynameO on a unrelated note nice eyes

@WilliamismynameO 6 ай бұрын

@@The-watcher-of-eyes thank you

@chinchillaphage6 6 ай бұрын

Gotta love when ancient spirits just straight up troll people

@gost1788 7 ай бұрын

I like how when you think of evil spirots, it's all about curses, death, etc. When most of the time its just about slight inconvenience.

@rarer_Dem0nZ 6 ай бұрын

The first one is literally me

@centeringcube 8 ай бұрын

Finally ones that wont fuck your day up

@stormnus580 2 ай бұрын

"Animated flesh? Tell me, does it GRIP?" -Gojo

@emerald_lord2267 6 ай бұрын

I like how yokai's are either "These can and will kill you!" or "Okay can you stop? That' just...annoying"

@kyrab7914 Ай бұрын

Bring back Mr wall

@spybluexyzgaming 8 ай бұрын

Humpty Dumpty got wrecked

@Lunar994 6 ай бұрын

Don't forget the shirime, a Nopperabou that has an eye where it's "garbage chute" would be

@skylordthe1st 6 ай бұрын

Now little timmy keep practicing your instrument or it will annoy you

@CheeseTrafficCones 6 ай бұрын

Pillow flipping to the cold side is good

@alpacaofthemountain8760 7 ай бұрын

Love how these are either massive dangers or minor inconveniences

@Bad_Hombre_ADK 2 ай бұрын

"A lump of meat that has gained a soul" Same, buddy. Same

@markopolo1271 6 ай бұрын

The fact that most of them are more of just a mild nuisance than anything dangerous

@firedragonv2408 4 ай бұрын

I love how yokai can go from "this creature will rip out your favorite bones if you dont eat your rice" to "this guy smells your shoes so wash them often"

@user-uc5mp8to2n 2 ай бұрын

Fun fact pillows during this era could be solid (and not soft) and quite small, you'd put your head on em to keep it up but them being small, easy to make fall and solid could result in neck breakinf

@JST_SLAK 2 ай бұрын

Judge:Why are you late for court? Me:Mr wall

@samuelball70 6 ай бұрын

“Lonely I’m mister lonely. All on my own!” - funky ass guitar

@TopAndBottomText 8 ай бұрын

Forbidden Fleshlight

@Flooph_YT 3 ай бұрын

The nurakabe (how ever you spell it) is probably the inspiration for snorlax

@gabeshaw6053 6 ай бұрын

The pillow thing is the best ones not even annoying. The other side of the pillow is the best side because it’s so cold.

@lucasvega4216 Ай бұрын

Makuragaeshi sounds like a pretty nice guy to be around during summer.

@danithedoll 3 ай бұрын

I'm gonna be watching my unplayed guitar like a hawk now

@joannamysluk8623 2 ай бұрын

Jun'ya Ota: *_*fiercely taking notes_**

@DiamondSpider01 2 ай бұрын

Dude I LIVE for and LOVE yōkai. They're just freaky little guys most the time, causing you to sometimes, quite literally, lose your sock in the dryer. Ofc there's also the more popular and dangerous ones, but all-in-all yōkai are my favorite pieces of folklore.

@kadeemmentor7496 Ай бұрын

The pillow flipper is the one I'd like to be haunted by the most. He seems chill

@user-unknown_291 6 ай бұрын

My pillow always gets hot and him flipping it is a *chad* move

@Derpy_Crow 8 ай бұрын

I want to have the last one as a pet

@tyrataylor862 Ай бұрын

Biwabokoboko: BUT YOU DIDN’T HAVE TO CUT ME OFF!

@bagandbroad 6 ай бұрын

This story is absolutely incredible. If there’s a type of movie that absolutely devastates me, like ugly sobbing, it’s movies about innocent people being coerced by police and falsely convicted for crimes they didn’t commit. The thought of a killer feeling the same way watching a movie, to the point of turning himself in… WOW. And as always, you did an amazing job, and I love the look around the area.

@googleaccount2755 2 ай бұрын

Sanji: oi mosshead! Where were you lost all this time Zoro: I was stopped by Nurikabe

@Nagi_O 23 күн бұрын

My favorite part of the video is the narrator he sounds unhinged 😂😂

@Lucifer_333 6 ай бұрын

All i can think of at the last one is; "They call me the midnight Baber" -Bird thingy

@Theperfectpepper321go 7 ай бұрын

The second one is one of the inspiration of gigantamax copperajah

@WilliamRBl00m 6 ай бұрын

"MY HAIR NOW" - window creature's ancient relative

@tonymcgrath1613 4 ай бұрын

A peice of my hair fell out when i heard the snip-

@PiXie232 6 ай бұрын

But always having the cool side of the pillow flipped.. that’s the best!!

@dragoniankid8549 6 ай бұрын

Maybe that's why my pillow was on the floor this morning 😂😂😂

@nicholasfrost8551 14 күн бұрын

I love how they're all just little critters.

@namelessdork2256 7 ай бұрын

There are a lot of weird yokai. One I remember is whats known as a "bathroom licker", which licks dirty bathrooms.

@jennifern1453 2 ай бұрын

me after the pillow guy does his job, "Thanks, now its nice n cool for sleepytime"

@thebafoon556 3 ай бұрын

You know you got that one friend that looks like the first creature

@danielpearson5852 2 ай бұрын

A homie to flip your pillow to the cold side for you? Brotha dont even gotta pay rent, its the reverse of on sight.

@ok.1951 8 ай бұрын

The mr wall is funny because it is a irl barrier from any game

@ebonyblack7272 2 ай бұрын

A lot of yokai are just sentiment items you neglected to put away or maintain.

@me_name_jeff 6 ай бұрын

"I got you bro" *flips pillow to the cold side* me:"thank you"

@dokletjupolli9555 4 ай бұрын

"Why am i late? Funny you would ask"

@NNiemann1 2 ай бұрын

“SHE HIT ME WITH THE BIWAAAAAAA!!!” - ItsFunneh

@DepthStrider222 3 ай бұрын

That big mf at the end is nightmare fuel

@ketchuplover6969 6 ай бұрын

Cant even get the cold part of the pillow bruh

@user-lv2gh7wt5s 6 ай бұрын

bro pillow flipper ghosts are overpowered