Japanese mythology has a creature known as a 'kappa' - a sort of water goblin with a plate shaped indentation on its head. However perhaps it is more than a myth... if you visit this brewery in Fushimi, Kyoto, make sure you check out the kappa artifacts in the small but fascinating museum there!
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Kizakura Kappa Museum
Sake brewery with evidence of the mythological kappa!
By Cathy Cawood
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Mandy Bartok
9 years ago
That kappa skeleton is quite the sight, isn't it?
I was impressed with all the kappa bones. A lot of their exhibits came from Kyushu. If you hang around the rivers in summer, maybe you'll see one!
Justin Velgus
9 years ago
To see evidence and a scientific approach to the understanding the kappa is very rare indeed.
Maybe it is just me, but I am fairly certain the first picture is with a sumo wrestler, not a samurai.
Maybe it is just me, but I am fairly certain the first picture is with a sumo wrestler, not a samurai.
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Maybe it is just me, but I am fairly certain the first picture is with a sumo wrestler, not a samurai.