From the man-eating Yamata no Orochi to slithering gods, snakes have been a part of Japan’s culture and belief system since ancient times. An expert on Japanese mythology looks at how serpents ...

The most fearsome deity in the Japanese pantheon is surely Yamata no Orochi. In the ancient chronicle Kojiki, it is described as a serpent having eight heads, eight tails, and a body long enough ...

Scene from Yamata no Orochi performed in Brazil Kagura is a performance art that has various traditions across Japan, but generally is considered to be a ceremony of thanksgiving to the gods who ...

including the legendary Yamata-no-orochi who is attempting to destroy everything. If they are to survive and get back to their homes, Akari and Takuya must find out the secret of the movie.