By TORU AMEMIYA/ Staff Writer
June 23, 2024 at 07:00 JST
The 21st “yokai” ghost bench featuring “Kuwazu Nyobo” (the wife who didn’t eat) is set up in front of the Tsujikawa tourism and exchange center in August 2023. (Toru Amemiya)
FUKUSAKI, Hyogo Prefecture—An eerie initiative to transform the hometown of famed folklorist Kunio Yanagita into a haven for “yokai” ghouls is working wonders for local tourism, drawing more than 700,000 sightseers here in fiscal 2023. [Read More]
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