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Hachishakusama: Japan’s Eight-Shaku Woman and Her Folklore Origins
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The Story in Brief Hachishakusama is an impossibly tall woman whose strange ‘po… po… po…’ announces that she is nearby. In the story that…
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Tengu: The Real Creature Behind the Emoji
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Meet the tengu behind Japan’s long-nosed goblin emoji, from bird-like spirits and Buddhist cautionary tales to warriors’ teachers and mountain guardians.