Greetings yokai fans!
Today I present to you April’s last yokai (though it will be May by the time most of you read this…) — the Daidarabotchi!
This is a giant like the onyudo or umibozu from The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, only its much bigger! You could call it a giant giant!
This one is pretty fun because of all of the local lore about it. Just about everywhere in Japan has a local name for this guy, as well as local legends about this mountain or that lake being formed thousands of years ago by a giant. I noted a few of them in the entry, but the list is just far to long to include every single one.
I actually went hiking in Yatsugatake a few years back, but at that time I didn’t realize that it had been created when a daidarabotchi lay down to rest his aching back. If only I had known!!
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