What looks like a reptile-amphibian hybrid, has a dish shaped skull, smells like fish, is child-like and out to steal your crops and drown your livestock? The Japanese water yokai, Kappa. Monstrum is ...

Imagine yourself on a sweltering, humid summer day in Japan, strolling beside a serene river. The air is tinged with a faint, fishy aroma, creating an unusual atmosphere. Suddenly, a sharp, beak-like ...

FUKUSAKI, Hyogo -- A popular statue of a "kappa" river creature from Japanese folklore in this western Japan town will be replaced after becoming worn out from years of "work" by popping out of a pond ...

North America has the Sasquatch. Scotland has the Loch Ness Monster. Japan has the kappa. You’ll be able to spot this elusive, water-dwelling creature by its turtle-like shell and webbed hands and ...

388 Fifth Avenue (Sixth Street), Park Slope, Brooklyn; (718) 832-2970, kappasakehouse.com. In Japan, kappa are mythical water monsters with a taste for cucumbers and human guts. They use flatulence in ...

Edo from Pink Tentacle blogs some sketches from Edo period (1603 to 1867) of Kappa, Japan’s most well-known creature of legend, which are notorious for luring people — particularly children — into the ...

The design of a past kappa badge is shown in this image provided by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. As Japan's travel industry recovers from the coronavirus pandemic and tourists flood back into ...