Legends of Japan
One legend per place. Each episode tells a single regional legend, links it to a real spot you can visit, and ends with a practical visiting guide. Together the series maps Japan’s legends region by region.
Sourced, with fact and legend kept apart.
Every story lists its sources and separates what tradition says from what historical records show. Episodes will appear here as they are published.
Planned episodes
- No. 01 — The Kappa of Tono · Tono, Iwate · Tohoku
- No. 02 — The Head Mound of Taira no Masakado · Otemachi, Tokyo · Kanto
- No. 03 — The Killing Stone and the Nine-Tailed Fox · Nasu, Tochigi · Kanto
- No. 04 — The Feathered Robe of Miho no Matsubara · Shizuoka · Chubu
- No. 05 — Urashima Taro of Ine · Ine, Kyoto Prefecture · Kansai
- No. 06 — Yatagarasu, the Guiding Crow of Kumano · Tanabe, Wakayama · Kansai
- No. 07 — Yamata no Orochi, the Eight-Headed Serpent · Izumo area, Shimane · Chugoku
- No. 08 — The Great Tanuki War of Awa · Komatsushima, Tokushima · Shikoku
- No. 09 — The Heavenly Rock Cave of Takachiho · Takachiho, Miyazaki · Kyushu
- No. 10 — Amamikiyo and the Sacred Grove of Sefa-utaki · Nanjo, Okinawa · Kyushu & Okinawa
Working titles only. Research will be re-verified before each episode is written. See also our Editorial Policy and About.
