A-Yokai-A-Day for 2025 is over, but there is still a lot of yokai activity going on here in Fukui! I’ll be giving a yokai talk at Goshōshi Temple in Echizen City this weekend, and the second half of my exhibition … Continue reading → The post This Month: THE KIDAN first appeared on MatthewMeyer.net.
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