Phenomena

Kitsunebi

Meteorology

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General Reference

Earth and Environment Atlas. "Kitsunebi." Accessed September 9, 2026. https://earth.interactiveatlas.org/phenomena/kitsunebi.

APA Style

Earth and Environment Atlas. (n.d.). Kitsunebi. Retrieved September 9, 2026, from https://earth.interactiveatlas.org/phenomena/kitsunebi

BibTeX

@misc{earthandenvironmentatlas-kitsunebi,
  author = {Earth and Environment Atlas},
  title = {Kitsunebi},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://earth.interactiveatlas.org/phenomena/kitsunebi},
  note = {Accessed September 9, 2026}
}

Kitsunebi, or fox fire, is an atmospheric ghost light described in folklore across Japan outside Okinawa Prefecture, also known locally as hitobosu, hitomoshi or rinka. Traditional accounts attribute the unexplained lights to kitsune, the fox spirits of Japanese legend.

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