top of page


Pantheon: Japanese
Classification: Yokai
Translation: Night-Crying Stone

Key Points
- Rock possessed by the dead who have been wrong and can be heard crying at night.
Brief Bio
Yonaki ishi are stones or boulders which cry loudly at night. In many cases, the stones cry because they are possessed by the spirit of someone who was murdered and seeks revenge. However, in some cases it is the stone itself that cries and not a person's spirit haunting it.
Yonaki ishi 夜鳴石

JAPANESE MYTHOLOGY
© 2025 by MrRinkevich.com
bottom of page