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Japan Blog Matsuri : March 2010 : Yokai |
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Welcome to the March 2010 Japan Blog Matsuri! The theme for this month was yokai (and also open to Japanese monsters, ghosts, demons, and villains from folk tales, literature, movies, manga, anime, music, and television programs).
Including in this month’s matsuri is a contest for the best story (as determined by the number of Socs, or votes, received via the JapanSoc web site). The prizes include items from my home of Shikoku with a yokai twist (you can view the prizes and rules here).
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The first entry is from Reesan of Lonelee Planet. Here we are introduced to Okiku, a ghost who resides in a well. Read the entire entry here. You can vote for Reesan here.
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| Locohama of Going Loco In Yokohama wrote of a personal experience involving “demon” children. Read the entire entry here. You can vote for Locohama here. |
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Blue Shoe of Just Another Day In Japan shares the intestine sucking kappa in an entry featuring their history and methods for surviving an encounter. You can read the full entry here. Vote for Blue Shoe here.
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| William of Spam From Japan regales us with haiku and tales of the mysterious kitsune (Japanese fox). Find the entire entry here. You can vote for William here. |
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Sen from Nippon Ichigo shares video and images surrounding the complex nature of the kappa, creatures who are portrayed as both evil and cute. You can read the entry here. Vote for Sen here.
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| Crazy Gaijin of Crazy Gaijin gives us the history of Japanese obake (ghosts), oni (demons/ogres), yokai, and yurei. Read more here. You can vote for Crazy Gaijin here. |
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Alex of Victory Manual guides us through the history of the tengu, a complicated bird man with interesting roots. Read the entire entry here. You can vote for Alex here.
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In honour of the matsuri I dedicated various entries in my own blog to yokai:
 OBake In Kyoto |
 Obake In Kyoto |
 Yokai Festival In Shikoku |
 Nio Statue |
 Nio Statue |
 Introduction To Nio |
 Yokai Village In Shikoku |
 Tanuki |
 Tanuki |
The winner will be announced on April 1st, 2010. Good luck to everyone!
I hope that you enjoyed this month’s matsuri. Thank you to everyone who participated!
The next addition of the Japan Blog Matsuri will be hosted at Gakuranman.
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Thanks for hosting this month’s JBM, Maz! I had fun researching tengu for the post.
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Yes, was a particularly good theme this month. Thanks, Maz.
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[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Cortigiana, Baye Mcneil. Baye Mcneil said: RT @cortigiana: Japan Blog Matsuri : March 2010 Edition : Theme Yokai : Now Posted : http://tinyurl.com/ydkkgwl [...]
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[...] You ready? (start scary music) Click here to enter: Yokai [...]
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Hi Maz, thanks for hosting this month’s Matsuri. Great theme, very enlightening!
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[...] The story also forms the basis for a number of books and movies. Most notably the story is also the inspiration for the 1998 Japanese horror mystery film, Ring (リング Ringu) adapted from the novel of the same name. Fast fact: In 1795, old wells in Japan suffered from an infestation of a type of worm that became known as the “Okiku bug” (Okiku mushi). This worm, covered with thin threads making it look as though it had been bound, was widely believed to be a reincarnation of Okiku. This article is a submission for the Japan Blog Matsuri hosted by Mazikeen. [...]
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[...] Japan Blog Matsuri. Mazikeen is hosting it this time! Awesome! Thanks, Mazikeen! Take a look at the other yokai-related entries, too. Raising kappa: is it [...]
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