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Possibly the most comprehensive guide to all the Japanese cultural references in Pom Poko #ghibli #tanuki #notraccoons
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![[Top Section] Otoroshi; Alternate Names: Odoro odoro, Keippai; Region: Japan
[Middle Section] The creature leans over, its upper body partially hanging off the top section into the middle section. Its entire dorsal area is covered with thick, long hair, its two-fingered hands and parts of its face are all that is visible underneath. Its skin is blue, and a pair of tusks stick out from its large open mouth. Accompanied by descriptive text.
A hairy, four-legged yokai with long tusks. Typically depicted as blue, it may also be yellow.
Typically spends its time hidden atop roofs or torii gates, unseen.
Known primarily as shrine guardians.
Upon someone wicked or similarly disrespectful attempting to enter shrine grounds where one is present, an otoroshi will quickly descend upon the offender.
[Bottom Section] Some depictions in popular culture: Nioh 3 (2026); Hamayumishi ~ Night Parade of a Hundred Yokai ~ (206); Adventure Quest Worlds [Part of a Update w/ Shinrin Grove] (2018)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tsfvgiiehbannefovmdxxk5s/bafkreiexcxdhb27ms2olp4ukgsyjxq2gfkmphnrgpqo4nv57rw33juc3my)
![A sample of an ODD TOKYO GROOVE tweet featuring a link to a YouTube video of an album’s worth of music titled "[Playlist] Stylish Japanese HipHop Mix ⚔️🏯 | Three Great Unifiers: One Realm, Three Ways | Jazzy Rap” The thumbnail for the video features an AI image of three Japanese historic figures (Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, Ieyasu) smoking cigarettes and playing a DJ’s turntable table.
The text is in Japanese and reads thus: 【戦国Playlist】⚠️中毒注意🤪 オシャレすぎる和風JAZZHOP & 天下取りGroove🎧🏯｜信長・秀吉・家康、三者三様の天下取りBG... https://youtu.be/fZ5Q1jksaLQ?si=lS9sGPgS-Ot2R2DG
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Google translates it as thus: [Sengoku Playlist] ⚠️Warning: Addictive!🤪 Super stylish Japanese-style Jazz Hop & World Domination Groove🎧🏯｜Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, Ieyasu, three different ways of conquering the world... https://youtu.be/fZ5Q1jksaLQ?si=lS9sGPgS-Ot2R2DG
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![[Top Section] Mimikajiri onna; Region: Japan
[Middle Section] A young woman with blood around her mouth and long brown hair. Her eyes are covered in darkness. She wears a brown sweater vest with a light blue shirt underneath, a dark blue skirt that goes down to just above her ankles, and grey sneakers. Accompanied by descriptive text.
An urban legend born from another urban legend, specifically she is a victim of the urban legend of the White String.
Before becoming a resentful yokai, she was a young woman named Kaoru.
The White String refers to a story where after piercing her own ears, a young woman found a white string sticking out from the piercing. She pulls at it, but then her vision goes completely black after accidentally breaking it, leaving her blinded. The urban legend says the string was the optic nerve.
Mimikajiri onna appears behind her victim asking if their ears are pierced, seeking those who pierced their ears but did not become like her. If they say yes she bites at their ear and consumes it.
[Bottom Section] Some depictions in popular culture: N/A](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tsfvgiiehbannefovmdxxk5s/bafkreibhwz76jvpe7lh5qg7j34nu3dfosltpuj3q5k3qwn7zhrize2iw54)