When you visit Negoro-ji, the 82th Temple of the Shikoku Pilgrimage, you will be welcomed by a very unfriendly looking creature: the Ushi-Oni! This “cow-demon” is one of the mythical creatures of Japan. If you want to know more about this particular Ushi-Oni, may I advise you […]
Ushi Oni
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The Ushi-Oni (literaly “Cow Demon”), sometimes called Gyūki is a mythical creature that can be found in various parts of Japan. Despite its name, it doesn’t really have a definite shape. Sometimes it will have the body of a crab or a spider, some other times it will actually […]
Unfortunately, I don’t have that much to tell you about Negoro-ji apart from the fact that it’s the 82th Temple of the Shikoku Pilgrimage, that it is located in a forest on top of a small mountain from which the view of Sakaide, Takamatsu and parts of the Seto […]