Yokai Culture

Yokai Culture is practiced by the Yokai minority of the Yakumo Empire.

Yokai Culture in the Yakumo Empire
For the most part Yokai culture is not discernable from most Yakumo culture other then a strong focus on traditional values and means. Yokai live in Yokai communities which tend to be situated on the outer fringes of Yakumo cities and often live in primarily Yokai villiages found in the mountains and along the coast. Yokai tend to live less in skyscrapers and eat less foreign and processed food then their Yakumo breatherin as well as commuting to the Astral on a far more frequent basis. Yokai often serve in the military in various roles but almost exclusively in peace keeping korps as part of the nearly universal value of peace present in Yokai culture. Yokai populations which live integrally in Yakumo communities typically play roles the Yokai excell at such as Alchemy, Religious Work, Entertainment and as Artists. There is also often present a Yokai Mafia known as the Ninkyo Dantai.

Yokai Culture in the Astral
The only large Yokai culture outside of the Empire is found in the Astral, particularily in the city of InterCity and in several small townships dotted throughout the Astral landscape. The only notable difference between Astral towns and their counterparts in the tangible is the armed presence of town guards which are often either hired and trained internally or deployed there by the Yakumo government through a number of governemnt programs. In InterCity there is also little change from the Yokai communities and roles in the tangible world beyond an elevated criminal presence of the Ninkyo Dantai.