（日本語版はこちらです。）

In Japan, summer is the season for scary things (unlike in the US, when horror revolves around late fall and Halloween). Summer is when the new scary movies come out, when ghost stories are told, and when creatures from beyond are said to return to our world. The idea is that being scared chills your body and helps you beat the summer heat, but this also has more ancient roots going back thousands of years — the same roots that lead to the superstitions of the dead returning to our world and the boundaries of the spirit world being weaker during the Obon holiday.

As such, summer is the perfect time to talk about yokai! And in the spirit of keeping everyone cool, I’m having a gallery show featuring illustrations from The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons next month in Fukui City.

The show will feature a broad range of yokai, from the funny and cute, to the weird and creepy, to the downright terrifying. If you can make it to Fukui city this summer, definitely come check it out!

Hyakki Yagyou, 7/26-8/16 @ Space Oichi

The full dates of the show are July 27 until August 16, 11 am to 7:30 pm. The location is Space Oichi, Apple Building 2F, right behind Seibu and above Seatle’s Best Coffee and Theatre Cinque. Hope to see you there! | 日本では、夏といえば何か怖いホラーの季節のイメージがあります。（アメリカではハロウィーンの時期ということで遅めの秋がホラーシーズンですからちょっと違いますね）夏にには毎年新作のホラー映画がでてきて、怪談話もあちこちで聞かれるようになります。死者が蘇る時期でもありますね。夏の暑さ対策にはもってこいです！

と、言うことで・・・夏です！妖怪の季節がやってきました！涼しくなりたい皆さんに朗報です。私の本「The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons」の妖怪たちの展示がスペースおいちさんで開催されます。

Hyakki Yagyou, 7/26-8/16 @ Space Oichi

展示は7月27日から8月16日まで、時間はAM11時～PM7時30分までです。フェニックス祭りをはさんで展示が行われますので、お祭りに来られた際には是非立ち寄って見てください！

場所は福井市中央1-17-1アップルビル2Ｆです。妖怪たちがあなたを待っていますよ！