**Hiroko Yoda *is a certified Shinto cultural historian, and a former Tokyo editor for CNN Go and a field producer for National Geographic TV. Raised in Japan, she earned her master's degree from American University in Washington, DC, then launched the localization company AltJapan and embarked on a...

**Hiroko Yoda *is a certified Shinto cultural historian, and a former Tokyo editor for CNN Go and a field producer for National Geographic TV. Raised in Japan, she earned her master's degree from American University in Washington, DC, then launched the localization company AltJapan and embarked on a career of building bridges between East and West. Her writings have appeared in The New York Times *, * The New Yorker, Wired,and Vice,and she's appeared on CNN, PBS, BBC, and 99% Invisible . She is the coauthor of illustrated books about Japanese folklore, including * Yokai Attack! and its sequels. She lives in Tokyo.