Legends in Japan

According to local legend, anyone who falls on these temple steps will turn into a cat.

According to local legend, elderly villagers were once brought to this hill and left to die.

A mountain demon once helped a local villager construct a canal, after which he sat on this oak tree to rest.

A mystical shrine dedicated to a forest that once covered the area and the legendary fox spirit who lived there.

Electricians pray for luck at this place where, according to legend, the god of thunder was once trapped.

Visitors are encouraged to fish for water goblins at this haunted pool.

A long-forgotten homage to an eldritch, sassy spider yōkai that was once worshipped here as a god.

This 400-year-old noodle joint was once frequented by a fox-turned-monk, according to local folklore.

Local legend claims that this is the final resting place of an infamous cannibal hag.

Legend says that a swarm of centipedes and snakes once crawled out of the tomb of this cursed princess.

This subway station is named after a local legend about supernatural dancing cats.

This one-of-a-kind shrine is dedicated to a girl who was too beautiful for her own good.

The burial site of 16 men’s hair buns, which were lopped off in place of their heads.

A single block in this stone staircase to the temple is mysteriously always wet.

Here lies Hattori Hanzō, a samurai who is remembered as a legendary ninja in today’s popular culture.

The strange “kaiju” of Lake Imba that allegedly killed over a dozen men with a single strike of lightning.