Comments on: Happy 4th of July! (and a Yokai) https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2011/07/05/happy-4th-of-july-and-a-yokai/ illustrations, folklore, and blog Tue, 22 Oct 2013 23:14:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: "New questions" https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2011/07/05/happy-4th-of-july-and-a-yokai/comment-page-1/#comment-9698 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 11:35:43 +0000 http://matthewmeyer.net/?p=6746#comment-9698 I’m happy to say that I’ve now translated the Japanese Wikipedia article for Nekomata and it is now on the English Wikipedia. Do check it out; it’s probably at least slightly different than what you might have previously found there.

]]> By: Matt https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2011/07/05/happy-4th-of-july-and-a-yokai/comment-page-1/#comment-8665 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 22:25:17 +0000 http://matthewmeyer.net/?p=6746#comment-8665 Nekomata was once a normal cat, but it transforms into a very powerful yokai after a long age and when its tail grows to a certain length. In fact, most animals in Japan can transform into yokai this way after living for a certain number of years. Nekomata were actually quite feared for a long time in old Japan, and the custom of bobbing cats’ tails short is said to have grown popular in order to prevent house cats from becoming Nekomata.

102 degrees! Yikes! Though there are places in Japan that get that hot. Where I live it’s not much better — it gets up into the 90’s with 100% humidity… Yuck!

]]> By: purple_phoenix https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2011/07/05/happy-4th-of-july-and-a-yokai/comment-page-1/#comment-8664 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:49:23 +0000 http://matthewmeyer.net/?p=6746#comment-8664 So the Nekomata is just a normal cat? It sounds like Japan during the summer is a wonderful place to be! It beats the 102 degrees here.

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