Japanese Namahage Devils Scare Lazy Kids on New Years

http://therovingroninreport.blogspot.com/2012/01/japanese-devils-scare-lazy-c...
In the northern Japan in the prefecture of Akita, in the area of Oga, hairy scary devils known as Namahage descend from their mountain lairs every New Years to terrorize lazy children.

In February, they put on a festival for tourists called the Sedo Matsuri. Namahage come down from the mountains carrying torches. Some of them dance, some of them play drums, and some just growl.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• namahage
• japan
• akita
• oga
• tohoku
• festival
• event
• scary
• sedo-matsuri
• japanese-culture
• culture
• monster
• devil
• children
• roving-ronin-report
• 日本
• 祭り
• なまはげ
• 秋田
• 東北
• 妖怪
• 男鹿
• 怖い
• mythology
• folklore
• japanese-folklore

[LLew821]

this is so.... COOL!!!!.... I LIKE IT!!!!, I want go there :D, Namahage Devils for the win

[RoninDave]

@LLew821 yeah namahage are one of my favorites too. I've got another vid of them drumming in summer time I need to dig up and post

[kungfooed]

Are the Namahage in the category of Yoki or are they in their own category?

[RoninDave]

@kungfooed yokai? Yes they are typically listed as yokai. There are several variants of namahage

[bestiaccia]

Isn't this a bit cruel for the children??? :D

[RoninDave]

old ways were cruel sometimes but then again so were the times. Laziness in a wintry area could be deadly.

[smiley62]

mang and this is why i love Japan..the fact that they can keep folkoire and stories alive to this day....

freakin awesome vid mang!

[newphoenix84]

Its like "Where the things are"

[123456789haloman]

Its actually very good that Japan has this going Japan has many video games and electronics for kids to get too addicted to so these Nahage are doing this for a good cause.

[earth1552]

now i know why Philippino people where they get jak en poy

[earth1552]

They are not scary.....

[PredictableEnigma]

Oh god. I've been so lazy. The namahage must have it in for me. Good bye world!

[LLew821]

@RoninDave ok, thanks man :D, and thank you for the upload :D

[Alkoven12345]

0:00-0:06 date masamune.........:D....!! my favorite character in japanese history......!!!

[ariasancheck]

i know that all the adults who used be scared by namahage think

that was a good old memory.

the laziness was a big enemy for ancient farmers in japan

so grownups should teach their children

if they are lazy they would have big trouble in their life.

[Raxer21]

@bestiaccia Theirs no such thing as political Correctness in JAPAN :D, adults love to scare the crap out of the kids with this