Anime Like Kusunoki’s Garden of Gods

Minato Kusunoki has come into the possession of a house in the country. Originally seeking to sell it, Kusunoki discovers his house was overflowing with evil spirit, but he possesses the unique ability to purge evil energy with his handwriting. He discovers this accidentally one day while writing a shopping list.

Once the evil spirits were away, the curious mountain god of the neighboring mountain, Yamagami, comes down to see what happened. Bonding with Kusunoki through his lovely garden and lovely snacks, Yamagami and a number of other spirits come to relax in his garden.

For as long as he can remember, Takashi Natsume has been chased by spirits, but recently he discovered that the reason was because his deceased grandmother had passed on to him her “Book of Friends,” a book containing all the spirits she had brought under her control.

Now Natsume realizes that these spirits haunt him in hopes of gaining freedom. With few friends, no loving home, and constantly hunted by malicious spirits, Natsume looks for a place where he belongs.

In a rural town, yokai, humans, and gods all live their normal, everyday lives together.

One summer, an aging cat named Buchio evolves into a nekomata. Wondering why this evolution happens, he meets with other yokai that live in the area to learn about his evolution and what he is to do now.

Elsewhere in the neighborhood, the young Muu-chan spies on the guardian of her town, a tengu named Jirou. As she watches him perform his duties, she begins to respect him more and more for the long service he has done for the town.

While everyone lives in relative peace, the will of some yokai often create unpredictable and dangerous circumstances that threaten the peace.

Gintarou is a fox spirit that has protected the same small temple since the Edo era. The owners of the temple have always possessed the ability to see him, but only one family member at a time can have it.

After her mother passed away, Saeki Makoto inherited the ability and using the fox spirit’s power, she tries to help her community.

After his parents died and he realized he was a burden to his relatives, Inaba Yuushgi decided to move into a dorm for high school.

Limited by his low funds, he ends up living in Monster House, a place with cheap rent that turns out to be an apartment complex where humans and the supernatural live together.

The young Makoto Kowata is a witch, but her skills in magic leave something to be desired. To further train her craft, she moves to rural Aomori to live with her cousins.

This area, rich in nature, is the perfect place to commune with natural forces and hone her craft.

Since she was a child, Aoi could see spirits. One day, while feeding a hungry spirit, she is whisked off to the hidden realm of spirits where an ogre states she will be his bride.

It seems her grandfather sold her off to marry him in order to satisfy his debt that he accrued at his inn in the spirit world. Instead, Aoi refuses and works off the debt owed in the bed and breakfast as an employee.

Alongside three other heroes, Mukouda Tsuyoshi was transported to a fantasy world to save a kingdom.

However, it becomes very apparent that he was summoned as a mistake when the only skill he has is to be able to open an interface to purchase food items from modern Japan.

Kicked out into the world, Tsuyoshi sets out into the world and his ability to make delicious dishes soon pays off. He attracted the attention of legendary wolf Fenrir who enjoyed the meal so much that he forms a pact with him to be his familiar.

Now employed as a merchant and adventurer, he travels and cooks to earn a living.