Meyer visited Kanazawa, the Ishikawa prefectural capital flourishing with art ... 800 years old after eating the flesh of a mermaid.” He continued: “When I look into one yokai, I find three ...

a Yokai that resembles an old man but with a voice like a weeping infant. It's said to lure passersby into lifting it up, then suddenly become so heavy that it crushes them to death. By traveling ...