Kappa is an amphibian “yokai” mythical creature in Japanese folklore that carries water in the depression--or “dish”--on the top of its head. The surest way to beat a kappa in sumo is to ...

Knowing this was a reference to kappa, one of my favourite yokai, this reference could've been a highlight on its own. I hadn't found one yet in Seikyu so I was a little worried they didn't have a ...

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 ...