But what are they? And why have they endured for so long? Offering the kappa or water imp as a case study, this talk will explore the surprising range of meanings with which Japanese culture has ...

where Gajiro and other yokai can be found. Details have yet to be released, but the attraction is said to cost 9 million yen and be modeled after a kappa’s body part. In the past, Fukusaki used ...