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Manhole cover with popular ghost manga character

Photo shows a miniature version of a manhole cover with an illustration of Kitaro, the protagonist of the popular Japanese ghost comic series "Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro" by manga creator Shigeru Mizuki in his hometown of Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 30, 2024. The city began giving out the item as one of its gift incentives for "hometown tax" donations.

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Christmas shadow pictures of ghost manga series characters in Japan

A shadow picture of a character from the popular Japanese ghost comic series "Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro" with Christmas designs is projected on Mizuki Shigeru Road, named after the late manga creator, in his hometown of Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 10, 2024

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Mizuki Shigeru road marks 30th anniv.

Tourists pose for a photo with a statue of a character from "Gegege no Kitaro" ghost comic series on the Mizuki Shigeru road in Sakaiminato in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on July 16, 2023, as the street named after the prominent manga author marks its 30th anniversary on July 18.

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Exhibition of Japanese folklore "yokai" monsters in Beijing

Photo taken on April 23, 2023, shows a gallery in Beijing holding an exhibition of Japanese folklore "yokai" monsters. Artworks include those from the popular manga series "GeGeGe no Kitaro."

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Exhibition of Japanese folklore "yokai" monsters in Beijing

Beijing gallery holds exhibition of Japanese folklore "yokai" monsters, including those from popular manga series "GeGeGe no Kitaro."

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Exhibition of Japanese folklore "yokai" monsters in Beijing

Beijing gallery holds exhibition of Japanese folklore "yokai" monsters, including those from popular manga series "GeGeGe no Kitaro."

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Manga character guide panels in Tottori Pref.

TOTTORI, Japan - Tottori Gov. Shinji Hirai (C) poses for photos with characters of the comic series "Gegege no Kitaro" holding guide panels at the Tottori prefectural office in Tottori City on June 23, 2014. The panels are set to be installed along a road connecting Yonago and Sakaiminato.

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(2)Ex-Taiwan Pres. Lee enjoys Japan tour

NAGOYA, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui (L) look at exhibits at the museum commemorating late philosopher Kitaro Nishida in the city of Kahoku, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 30.

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(1)Ex-Taiwan Pres. Lee enjoys Japan tour

NAGOYA, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui (2nd from L) and his wife Tseng Wen-hui (L) visit the grave of late philosopher Kitaro Nishida in the city of Kahoku, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 30. Lee and his family are in Japan on a weeklong visit to Japan.

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Japanese cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki dies at 93

TOKYO, Nov. 30 Kyodo - Photo taken in February 2013 shows Japanese cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki, known for the popular horror comic series "Gegege no Kitaro." He died of multiple organ failure on Nov. 30, 2015, at age 93.

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Japanese cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki dies at 93

TOKYO, Nov. 30 Kyodo - File photo taken in March 2004 shows Japanese cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki drawing characters from his popular horror comic series "Gegege no Kitaro" on a wall in the lobby of the Mizuki Shigeru Kinenkan museum in Sakaiminato in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan. Mizuki died of multiple organ failure on Nov. 30, 2015, at age 93.

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Japanese cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki dies at 93

TOKYO, Nov. 30 Kyodo - File photo taken in May 2014 shows Japanese cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki (L) and his wife Nunoe Mura posing for a photo with Kitaro, the main character of his popular horror comic series " Gegege no Kitaro," in Tokyo. Mizuki died of multiple organ failure on Nov. 30, 2015, at age 93.

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Kitaro hangs New Year decoration on bronze statue

YONAGO, Japan - A person in a costume of Kitaro, the main character in the "GeGeGe no Kitaro" comic series, helps put a New Year ornament on the bronze statue of another character on Mizuki Shigeru Road in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, on Dec. 26, 2014. The western Japan city is the birthplace of comic author Shigeru Mizuki.

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Comic character effigy gets New Year sacred rope

YONAGO, Japan - Workers put a sacred Shinto rope of rice straw around the neck of a huge stone figure of the "GeGeGe no Kitaro" comic character as a customary New Year decoration in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, on Dec. 25, 2014. The western Japan city is the birthplace of comic author Shigeru Mizuki.

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Competition held for piling 'geta' wooden clogs

YONAGO, Japan - Participants pile up "geta" wooden clogs in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, on Nov. 9, 2014, during a competition to heap up the signature footwear of a main character in the popular comic series "GeGeGe no Kitaro" authored by Shigeru Mizuki, a native of the western Japanese city.

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Comic lovers sit for exam on monster knowledge

YONAGO, Japan - Characters from the popular comic series "GeGeGe no Kitaro" cheer on participants in a quiz on the ghostly monsters drawn by Shigeru Mizuki on Oct. 26, 2014, in the author's hometown of Sakaiminato in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan.

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'GeGeGe no Kitaro' mascots parade for traffic safety

YONAGO, Japan - Mascot characters from the popular comic series "GeGeGe no Kitaro" parade through the streets of Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, on Sept. 23, 2014, with kindergarten students during an autumn campaign for road safety. The series' author, Shigeru Mizuki, grew up in the western Japanese city.

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Comic character costume contest held in western Japan

YONAGO, Japan - Participants dressed up as characters from "GeGeGe no Kitaro," a popular comic series, pose in Sakaiminato, Shimane Prefecture, for a costume contest on Sept. 20, 2014. Its author, Shigeru Mizuki, hails from the western Japan city.

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Bus with comic characters runs in author's hometown

YONAGO, Japan - A bus decorated with the paintings of comic characters is shown together with the family of "Gegege no Kitaro," a phantom boy created by comic artist Shigeru Mizuki, in his hometown of Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, on Sept. 4, 2014. The "Hama Loop Bus" is operated by the western Japan city.

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Girl competes in "geta" sandal toss competition

YONAGO, Japan - A girl tosses a Japanese "geta" sandal at a competition in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 30, 2014. The "Gegege no Kitaro Geta Toss Competition" features "Gegege no Kitaro," a phantom boy created by comic artist Shigeru Mizuki born in the city on the Sea of Japan in 1922.

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Sign for Mizuki Shigeru Road in Tottori Pref.

YONAGO, Japan - A road sign to Mizuki Shigeru Road is seen in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, on July 15, 2014. Shigeru Mizuki, a Japanese manga writer known for "Gegege no Kitaro," grew up in Sakaiminato in the prefecture.

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Manga character serves as police chief

YONAGO, Japan - Kitaro (R), the main character of Japanese comic book series "Gegege no Kitaro," holds a letter appointing him chief for one day of Sakaiminato police station in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on July 8, 2014. The comic's author Shigeru Mizuki grew up in Sakaiminato.

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Tourists get picture taken with 'GeGeGe no Kitaro'

YONAGO, Japan - Passengers of Diamond Princess cruise ship get a picture taken with popular specter character "GeGeGe no Kitaro" in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on June 16, 2014. Sakaiminato is the hometown of well-known cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki, who has written many cartoons on "yokai" or specters.

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Mizuki Shigeru Road celebrates 25 mil. visitors

YONAGO, Japan - Visitors pose with "yokai" monsters featured in the popular comic series "Gegege no Kitaro" at Mizuki Shigeru Road in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture in western Japan, on March 8, 2014. The sightseeing spot named after prominent cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki, the comic series' author, has attracted over 25 million visitors since opening in 1993.

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New attraction opens on Mizuki Shigeru Road

YONAGO, Japan - "Yokai" monsters featured in the popular comic series "Gegege no Kitaro" pose in front of a new attraction, "Yokai oyasumidokoro - Sunakakeya," along Mizuki Shigeru Road in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture in western Japan, on March 8, 2014. The facility opened on the occasion of the 92nd birthday of prominent cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki, author of the comic series.

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'Gegege no Kitaro' monsters march in Tottori Pref.

YONAGO, Japan - Characters from the "Gegege no Kitaro" comics featuring "yokai" monsters march in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, on Feb. 16, 2014, to commemorate the achievement on Feb. 11 of 25 million visitors to a street in the western Japan city named after Shigeru Mizuki, creator of the cartoon. Mizuki Shigeru Road, where 153 bronze statues of his yokai characters are displayed, opened in 1993.

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Ghost comic train

YONAGO, Japan - Photo shows a train decorated with pictures of characters from the ghost comic series "Gegege no Kitaro" in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, on March 12, 2013. The new version of the "ghost train" will begin running on JR's Sakai Line in the prefecture later in the month.

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Manuscript of philosopher Kitaro Nishida

KYOTO, Japan - Photo shows a manuscript of Japan's prominent philosopher Kitaro Nishida in an online archive created by a group of researchers at Kyoto University. The Kyoto School Archive lets users see thousands of digital images of manuscripts by prominent Japanese philosophers, the group said on November 2012.

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Ghost comic inn

YONAGO, Japan - Kaike Saichoraku inn at a spa resort in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, shows reporters its refurbished rooms featuring ghost characters from the popular comic series ''Gegege no Kitaro'' on March 6, 2012. The cartoonist of the series, Shigeru Mizuki, hails from the prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast.

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Ghost comic inn

YONAGO, Japan - Kaike Saichoraku inn at a spa resort in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, shows reporters its refurbished rooms featuring ghost characters from the popular comic series ''Gegege no Kitaro'' on March 6, 2012. The cartoonist of the series, Shigeru Mizuki, hails from the prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast.

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Exhibition of WWII-themed works by cartoonist Mizuki

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A visitor looks at World War II-themed works by cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki, author of the popular horror comic series ''Gegege no Kitaro,'' at the Japan Newspaper Museum in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Nov. 5, 2011. The exhibit began the same day and will run until Dec. 25.

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Imperial garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L front) talks with cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki (C front), author of the popular comic series ''Gegege no Kitaro,'' and Mizuki's wife Nunoe Mura (R) during the autumn imperial garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Garden in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2011. About 2,000 people were invited to the party hosted by the emperor and Empress Michiko.

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Kitaro room at spa resort inn

YONAGO, Japan - Operator of an inn at the Kaike spa resort in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, on Oct. 12, 2011, shows reporters a guest room featuring characters from the ghost comic series ''GeGeGe no Kitaro.'' The Kaike Saichoraku inn plans to open two such rooms on Oct. 14 in cooperation with the production office of the comic's creator Shigeru Mizuki, who hails from the western Japanese prefecture.

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U.S. musicians' safe energy concert

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Bonnie Raitt (front R), Jackson Browne (front C) and Kitaro (front L) perform in a charity concert in San Francisco, California, on Aug. 7, 2011. They are among the artists in the group Musicians United for Safe Energy, who participated in the group's first large-scale concert since their anti-nuclear gig after the 1979 Three Mile Island nuclear accident, calling for support for Japan's reconstruction and use of safe energy sources.

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Police box named Kitaro booth

YONAGO, Japan - Kazuaki Matsukawa (R), chief of a local police station, raises a new sign for a police patrol booth at Yonago airport in Tottori Prefecture with characters from the popular cartoon series ''Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro'' by Shigeru Mizuki, a native of the prefecture, on Sept. 24, 2010, as the booth was named as Yonago Kitaro airport security outpost.

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Japanese thinker Nishida featured in German calendar

KANAZAWA, Japan - The late Kitaro Nishida (1870-1945), considered Japan's most influential 20th-century philosopher, appears in a German publishing company's 2002 calendar featuring the world's great thinkers.

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Kitaro delighted with Grammy Award after 7 nominations

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese composer and synthesizer player Kitaro is all smiles at a press conference in Tokyo on March 12, having become the first Japanese artist in 12 years to win a Grammy Award on Feb. 21 for his album ''Thinking of You.''

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Japanese musician Kitaro wins Grammy

LOS ANGELES, United States - Japanese musician Kitaro (file photo) was awarded the Grammy Award for Best New Age Album on Feb. 21, becoming the first Japanese artist in 12 years to win a Grammy. ''Thinking of You'' by the 48-year-old musician beat out four other nominees in the New Age category at the 43rd Grammy Awards, the U.S. music industry's most prestigious awards ceremony that honors more than 100 musicians every year.

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Japanese thinker Nishida featured in German calendar

KANAZAWA, Japan - The late Kitaro Nishida (1870-1945), considered Japan's most influential 20th-century philosopher, appears in a German publishing company's 2002 calendar featuring the world's great thinkers.

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(2)Ex-Taiwan Pres. Lee enjoys Japan tour

NAGOYA, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui (L) look at exhibits at the museum commemorating late philosopher Kitaro Nishida in the city of Kahoku, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 30. (Kyodo)

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(1)Ex-Taiwan Pres. Lee enjoys Japan tour

NAGOYA, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui (2nd from L) and his wife Tseng Wen-hui (L) visit the grave of late philosopher Kitaro Nishida in the city of Kahoku, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 30. Lee and his family are in Japan on a weeklong visit to Japan. (Kyodo)

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Shigeru Mizuki museum marks 1st anniversary YONAGO, Japan - Japanese cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki draws his ghost and monster characters ''Kitaro'' and ''Nezumi Otoko'' on the wall of the Mizuki Shigeru Memorial Museum in Tottori Prefecture. The photo was taken on March 7, 2004. (Kyodo)

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Farewell ceremony for cartoonist Mizuki held in Tokyo

A farewell ceremony for cartoonist Shirgeru Mizuki, who died on Nov. 30 last year at the age of 93, is held in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2016. Mizuki was well known for his "GeGeGe no Kitaro" comic series depicting spirits and monsters in Japanese folklore called "yokai." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Statues of "yokai" monsters cleaned ahead of New Year

Local people wipe the dirt off the statue of Kitaro, a boy "yokai" monster character, and Medama-oyaji, an eye-ball man who is Kitaro's father, on his palm, alongside the "Mizuki Shigeru Road" shopping street in Sakaiminato, western Japan, on Dec. 29, 2015. Local people annually wipe the dirt off more than 150 bronze statues of characters from the late cartoonist Mizuki's horror comic series "Gegege no Kitaro" at the yearend to express their gratitude for the statues that draw an annual 2 million tourists to the town. The cartoonist, who hailed from Sakaiminato, died in November. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Statues of "yokai" monsters cleaned ahead of New Year

Local people wipe the dirt off the statues of Shigeru Mizuki (C) drawing cartoons at his desk, being watched by Kitaro (R), a boy "yokai" monster character, and a rat man named Nezumi Otoko (L), alongside the "Mizuki Shigeru Road" shopping street in Sakaiminato, western Japan, on Dec. 29, 2015. Local people annually wipe the dirt off more than 150 bronze statues of characters from the late cartoonist's horror comic series "Gegege no Kitaro" at the yearend to express their gratitude for the statues that draw an annual 2 million tourists to the town. Mizuki, who hailed from Sakaiminato, died in November. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cartoonist Mizuki, known for "GeGeGe no Kitaro" comic, dies

Tourists photograph the statue of cartoon hero "GeGeGe no Kitaro" on Nov. 30, 2015, in the western Japanese city of Sakaiminato, the hometown of cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki. Mizuki, who created the comic series depicting spirits and monsters in Japanese folklore called "yokai" and died on the day at 93. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cartoonist Mizuki, known for "GeGeGe no Kitaro" comic, dies

Tourists read an extra edition of a local newspaper reporting the death of cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki on Nov. 30, 2015, in the western Japanese city of Sakaiminato, his hometown. Mizuki, known for his "GeGeGe no Kitaro" comic series depicting spirits and monsters in Japanese folklore called "yokai," died on the day at 93. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki dies at 93

File photo taken in February 2014 shows characters from the popular horror comic series "Gegege no Kitaro" marching in the western Japan city of Sakaiminato to celebrate the local shopping area "Mizuki Shigeru Road" topping 25 million visitors. The author of the series, Shigeru Mizuki, died of multiple organ failure on Nov. 30, 2015, at age 93. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Costume characters hand out leafets for "yokai" monster knowledge exam

Costume characters "Salaryman Yamada" and "Kitaro" distribute pamphlets for the upcoming examination for "yokai" monster knowledge certification in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 15, 2015. The exam will be held on Oct. 25 in Sakaiminato, the hometown of Shigeru Mizuki, author of the "GeGeGe no Kitaro" ghost comic series, as well as in Chofu, a western Tokyo suburb. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Costume character calls for taking "yokai" monster knowledge exam

A bespectacled "Salaryman Yamada" costume character promotes an examination on Aug. 15, 2015, for "yokai" monster knowledge certification scheduled for Oct. 25. The exam, for which registration started the same day, will be held in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, the hometown of Shigeru Mizuki, author of the "GeGeGe no Kitaro" ghost comic series, as well as in Chofu, a western Tokyo suburb. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo