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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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Ceremony for Mizuki Shigeru Road's anniv.

YONAGO, Japan - People dressed as Japanese "yokai" specters attend a ceremony to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding of Mizuki Shigeru Road, a street named after a famous local cartoonist, in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, on July 21, 2013. More than 150 statues of yokai characters are displayed on the street.

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Ceremony for Mizuki Shigeru Road's anniv.

YONAGO, Japan - People dressed as Japanese "yokai" specters attend a ceremony to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding of Mizuki Shigeru Road, a street named after a famous local cartoonist, in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, on July 21, 2013. More than 150 statues of yokai characters are displayed on the street.

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Mizuki Shigeru Road surpasses 3.7 mil. visitors

YONAGO, Japan - People in body suits depicting Japanese specters called ''yokai'' celebrate on Dec. 30, 2010 the fact that the number of visitors to Mizuki Shigeru Road, a street in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, named after a famous local cartoonist, has surpassed 3.7 million. Shigeru Mizuki, designated a Person of Cultural Merit by the Japanese government, is known for his works featuring ''yokai.''

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Akutagawa's unpublished notes found in Tokyo bookstore

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows five unpublished notebook pages written by Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927), one of modern Japan's best known writers. The notes, which had been found in an antique bookstore in Tokyo's Kanda district, were apparently part of a collection of tales of folklore, specters, phantoms and ghosts that Akutagawa assembled while he was in high school, researchers say.

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Akutagawa's unpublished notes found in Tokyo bookstore

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows five unpublished notebook pages written by Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927), one of modern Japan's best known writers. The notes, which had been found in an antique bookstore in Tokyo's Kanda district, were apparently part of a collection of tales of folklore, specters, phantoms and ghosts that Akutagawa assembled while he was in high school, researchers say.