According to Japanese folklore, the Kappa is a monstrous creature that inhabits lakes and rivers. Occasionally, though, the demon will leave its watery lair and challenge humans to single combat. If ...

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 ...

Gajiro the "kappa" folklore creature rises from a pond to scare visitors in this photo taken around when he started his "work" at Tsujikawayama Park in Fukusaki, Hyogo Prefecture. (Photo courtesy of ...

In remote locations, far from the eyes of foreign tourists, Shinto temples across Japan claim to house the ancient, mummified remains of everything from ogres to mermaids. These artifacts are commonly ...