Kappa - The Kappapedia

1/11/2015

Kappa Bus

. Asakusa KAPPABASHI かっぱばし/ かっぱ河 / 合羽橋 .
Tokyo

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. Kappa densetsu　河童伝説, Kappa minwa 河童民話 - Legends - Introduction .

. Mingei 民芸　Regional Folk　Art from Japan .

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Arima Hot Spring

Arima is a sister hot spring of Joszankei 定山渓温泉 in Hokkaido.
They presented the town with a Kappa statue.

At Jozankei, they run a Momiji Kappa Bus during the autumn season.
momiji kappa basu 「紅葉かっぱバス」
- source : arima.kinzan.co.jp

. Jozankei Hot Spring, Hokkaido　定山渓北海道 .

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Michael Dylan Foster

... His first book — “Pandemonium and Parade” — grew out of these studies and forged many of his Japanese connections in the yokai world.

Leaving Japan in 1993 after nearly four years, Foster did not yet think of folklore as an area of study, although his Japanese had progressed enough to enjoy the local stories, particularly on a trip to Tohoku and Iwate Prefectures, and the city of Tono, an area rich in folkloric traditions where, coincidentally, the founder of folklore studies in Japan, Kunio Yanagita, had extensively researched. Returning to the University of California at Berkeley to start a master’s degree in “something practical,” Foster realized he could not forget the stories —
particularly the stories about the kappa, a Japanese water sprite legendary in Tono. Luckily, the university offered a master’s program in Asian studies, and he wrote his thesis on kappa.
After graduating and returning to Japan to study the language intensively, Foster moved onto Stanford University, graduating in 2003 where he wrote his doctorate dissertation on yokai.
... “As a folklorist, I like to have ambiguity. If I get one thing across in “The Book of Yokai” it is that there are many different versions of all these creatures, and you can not say anything definitive about them except to create broad categories.”
source : Japan Times, January 2015

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. Kappa and . Sumo　相撲　Sumo wrestling . .

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COMBAT and SUMO
The chief delight of the mischievous Kappa is to challenge humans to single combat. Indeed, the Kappa delights in Japanese sumo wrestling, and often challenges its victim to a sumo bout.
Writes scholar Michael Dylan Foster: :
“In one legend involving sumo, some children are playing by the water when a child with whom they are unacquainted appears and challenges them to sumo. Observing this child closely, they realize it is actually a kappa, and that there is water in the sara on its head. Accordingly, they shake their own heads; the kappa imitates them, spilling the water. Bereft of all strength, it is forced to leave.
This love of the sport of sumo can be found throughout much kappa lore. One common method for defeating the kappa when challenged to sumo, or any other confrontation, is simply to bow politely. The kappa, though mischievous, is essentially a polite creature who defers to human ritual; it will bow in response, spilling its water, and thus losing its power.”
- source : Mark Schumacher

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. - benevolent Kappa 慈善河童　jizen no Kappa - .

Michael Dylan Foster:
"The kappa is notorious for attempting to lure horses and cows to a watery death; but the key word here is attempting. In most versions of this legend, the kappa fails; its plan backfires and it (or just its arm) is pulled by the startled horse all the way to the stable. The kappa's success rate in fondling women's shiri in the toilet may be slightly higher, but often on its second attempt its arm is grabbed and yanked from the body. And when its mischief goes awry, when it is weakened from losing water from its sara or incapacitated (emasculated) by a yanked-off arm, the honest and benevolent side of the kappa's nature surfaces.
In order to be set free or receive back its arm (the arm can often be reattached within a certain number of days), the kappa will take an oath. It will pledge, for instance, to stop harassing people in the area, or to assist with work in the fields, or to teach its captor secret bonesetting techniques and formulas for making medicine and salves. It should be noted that this last trait - the kappa's familiarity with bonesetting and other medical procedures - is one of the most widespread of the beliefs associated with the kappa.”
- source : Mark Schumacher

. - Kappa no kizugusuri カッパのきず薬 / 河童の傷薬
Kappa makes an ointment for wounds - .
Legends from Yamanashi 山梨県の民話

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. Food and the Kappa .

Michael Dylan Foster:
“One of the better known of the kappa's traits is its love of kyuri, or cucumbers. Many of the festivals associated with kappa include offerings of cucumbers (e.g., Takeda 1988, and Orikuchi 1955,). Here again, the complexity of the kappa belief is apparent. As Takeda points out, there are some regions where it is believed that eating a cucumber and then swimming will lead to certain attack by a kappa, while in other areas it is a way to ensure protection against attack (Takeda 1988).
Other foods to which the kappa is partial include nasu (Japanese eggplant), soba (buckwheat noodles), natto (fermented soybeans), and kabocha (pumpkin). .
Although the kappa is attracted to some foods of the uri, or melon, grouping - such as kyuri and kabocha - it is clear that it has an aversion to hyotan (gourds), which are also of the melon group.
The Nihon shoki passage cited above shows that the power of hyotan to confound the kappa was understood early on.
In one of the folktales involving kappa, the so-called kappa muko, or "kappa bridegroom tale" (Ikeda 1971), the same motif appears. A farmer, whose fields have dried up because of drought, offers his daughter to anybody who can irrigate them. A kappa succeeds in this task and receives the reluctant bride. The daughter, however, challenges the kappa to sink some gourds in the river. The kappa soon exhausts itself trying to complete this impossible task, and abandons the marriage.”
- source : Mark Schumacher

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. Kappa densetsu　河童伝説, Kappa minwa 河童民話 - Legends - Introduction .

. Mingei 民芸　Regional Folk　Art from Japan .

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1/09/2015

Kyushu

ＪＡさつま川内（鹿児島県薩摩川内市若松町９番１７号）

In the region of Sendai 川内地方, there once lived a Kappa in the river Sendaigawa 川内川.
In our times, this Kappa was created to please the kids of the town.
It carries some local fruit, strawberries and kinkan 金柑 cumquats.
And also some vegetables, gobo 牛蒡 burdoc and garlic.

- source : blog.goo.ne.jp/jakyara

ＪＡ - JA Japan Agriculture 農業協同組合
The Central Union of Agricultural Co-operatives (全国農業協同組合中央会 Zenkoku Nōgyō-kyōdō-kumiai Chuōkai), in short JA-Zenchu (JA全中), is an independent administrative Japanese body within the Japan Agriculture (JA) Group which determines policy and administrates the group.
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Oita 大分県

Okabari kun おかぱりくん
The name is a pun with Okawari for food, especially a bowl of cooked rice.
「水郷ひたかっぱ米」横尾農園 Hita Town 日田市

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source :　ニヤッとする話

Garakapu and Arakapu ガラカブVSアラカブ from Kyushu

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. - Genta and the Kappa 　源太様と河童 - .
Saga prefecture 佐賀県

. - Tanushimaru Town 田主丸 Fukuoka - .

Kagoshima Kappa Koen 鹿児島川内川の上流河童公園 Kappa Park
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Chugoku

Kappa in Yuge 　弓削 (part of Kume Nan)

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Shokutan しょくたん Okuyama, Tsuyama 岡山県津山市

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Tottori 鳥取県

Kamoboo and his family 茂坊とその家族 Tottori 鳥取県米子市

Kappa no Kon chan family カッパのコンちゃん一家 Tottori 米子市「カッパロード」
Kappa no Sanpei 河童の三平 - Kappa Road, Tottori 米子市「カッパロード」

Tako chan タロちゃん Tottori 「鳥取カッパ友の会」

. Kappa no Sanpei 河童の三平 / カッパの三平 Sanpei the Kappa .
and Mizuki Shigeru

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Kansai

Fuku chan and Saki chan フクちゃん - サキちゃん
Hyogo 兵庫県神崎郡福崎町 Kanzaki district, Fukusaki town

Gajiroo ガジロウ Gajiro
"Kappa no Gajirou" Fukusaki Town 福崎町 in Kanzaki District

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Kyoto

Itokichi and Itomin イト吉　-　イトミン Kyoto 京都校

Kappa Kazoku カッパ家族 Kappa family - Kyoto 黄桜株式会社

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Osaka 大阪府

Dappa kun だっぱくん Osaka 日本水陸観光株式会社

Kappa Ninja seseragi かっぱ忍者せせらぎ
大阪府生活排水対策

Monogoi kappa ものごいかっぱ Osaka 大阪道頓堀川

Yatta kun ヤッタくん Osaka 大阪府八尾市下水道

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Wakayama 和歌山

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Chita district, Mihama 　知多半島美浜町

花ちゃん娘かっぱ Hana-Chan Kappa
She kneels on a clam in front of the station, with a 鯛 Tai, auspicious sea bream on her lap.
Mihama has some nice beaches and this Kappa should help prevent water accidents, especially for children.

There are two more Kappa near by in front of 河和口駅前 Kowaguchi station
Kappa no Kazoku かっぱの家族 - the Kappa Family

Yuriko Kachan Kappa ゆり子母ちゃんかっぱ

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- reference source : blogs.yahoo.co.jp/kibatuya_san -

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Shirahama 白浜 "the White Beach"

Itsuiro kappa いついろかっぱ Wakayama, Shirahama 和歌山県白浜町
A Children's book of Five Kappa in five different colors :

- Budoo Kappa BUDOSUKE ぶどうかっぱ　「ぶどすけ」Purple Grapes

- Ichigo Kappa ICHI いちごかっぱ「いち」Red Strawberries

- Mikan Kappa MIKAMARU みかんかっぱ　「みかまる」

- Momo Kappa KOMOMO ももかっぱ　「こもも」 Peach

- Ume Kappa UMEKICHI うめかっぱ　「うめきち」 Plums

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. - Panda Kappa PAN パンダかっぱ　「パン」 .
and the Legend of Kora Boshi 甲羅法師（ごうらぼうし）
Five Kappa of different colors 五色河童の物語 named after a beach in the South of Shirahama, called
Goshiki ga hama 五色ヶ浜 The Beach in five colors.

. goshiki 五色と伝説 Legends about the five ritual colors .

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Chubu

Kanto

source :　facebook
Kappa in a park in Saitama

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Tokyo 東京

Abika chan あびかちゃん from the summer festival カッパまつり

Aika chan あいかちゃん Asakusa Kappabashi 浅草のかっぱ橋

Hongoro ほんごろう from Tokyo University 東京大学

Kaparu カパル志木市文化スポーツ振興公社

Kappa Kawataro Kun and Kapppa Komachi chan 「かっぱ河太郎君」「かっぱ小町ちゃん」from 東京都台東区

Kappa no Kotaro カッパのコタロウ Tokyo 東京都の北十間川

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source :　Katsumitsu on facebook

小名木川の河童 Kappa at Onagigawa, Tokyo, Koto ward
東京都江東区

In memory of Akutagawa Ryunosuke

河童忌や水位高まる小名木川
Kappa Ki ya sui-i takamaru Konagigawa

Kappa Memorial Day -
the water level gets higher
at river Konagigawa

宮沢千恵子 Miyazawa Chieko

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Tohoku

. Akita　秋田県 Kappa Legends 河童 .

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Fukushima 福島県

. Kankichi かん吉 .
and Fukushima Kappa Legends

by 馬場牧子

another spring -
can the Kappa survive
radioactivity ?

Gabi Greve, March 11, 2015

. The Big Earthquake March 11, 2011, 14:46 .
東北地方太平洋沖地震
magnitude 9:0

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Iwate

he no kappa へのかっぱ - 五人衆 five farting kappa from Tono 遠野 Iwate
- Genta げんた
- Hanpei はんぺい
- Kappei かっぺい
- Karen かれん
- Manabu まなぶ

Hotate kappa ホタテ海童 Scallop Kappa
下閉伊郡山田町 to protect the scallops of Yamada inlay 山田湾.

source :　www.jichitai.com/ouendan

hotategai 帆立貝　scallop, Jakobsmuschel

. The mascot of Tono - Karin-chan and his pink wife Kururin-chan
カリンちゃん＆くるりんちゃん .
Tono Monogatari 遠野物語 Legends of Tono

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Miyagi 宮城県

Kappa カゥパ Miyagi 宮城県下水道課

Kappei kun 活平くん and Masako chan 麻子ちゃん - Miyagi 加美郡色麻町

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in a garden in Wakuya Cho , Miyagi Prefecture
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. - KAPPA - 河童 - Legends from Miyagi .

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. Yamagata 山形県 Kappa legends .

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. Kappa densetsu　河童伝説, Kappa minwa 河童民話 - Legends - Introduction .

. Mingei 民芸　Regional Folk　Art from Japan .

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Hokkaido

Kappon かっぽん
. Jozankei Hot Spring, Hokkaido　定山渓北海道 .

Mintochi kun ミントチくん - 滝川市西滝川

Okappa chan おカッパちゃん Josankei hot spring 定山渓温泉街

Otaru Ungappa おたる運がっぱ Canal Kappa
札幌方面南警察署 from the Sapporo Police, Otaru town 小樽市
Otaru is famous for its unga 運河 canals. The name is a pun.

おたる運がっぱの『がっぱっぱ日記』Homepage - Ungappa Diaray from Otaru
source : yaplog.jp/ungappa

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1/08/2015

Mascots and Characters

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from North to South

. Hokkaido 北海道 .
Kappa かっぱ from local publishing companies
Kappii かっぴー
Kappon かっぽん定山渓温泉 Jozankei hot spring
Mintochi kun ミントチくん - 滝川市西滝川
Okappa chan おカッパちゃん Jozankei hot spring 定山渓温泉街
Otaru Ungappa おたる運がっぱ Canal Kappa, from Otaru

. Tohoku 東北地方 .
he no kappa へのかっぱ」五人衆 five farting kappa from Tono 遠野 - Iwate
- Genta げんた
- Hanpei はんぺい
- Kappei かっぺい
- Karen かれん
- Manabu まなぶ
Hotate kai ホタテ海童 Iwate 下閉伊郡山田町
Jun kun and sai chan じゅんくん　-　さいちゃん - Akita 秋田県山本郡山本町
. Kankichi かん吉 . - Fukushima
Kappa カゥパ Miyagi 宮城県下水道課
Kappaazu カッパーズ Akita 秋田県
Kappei kun 活平くん and Masako chan 麻子ちゃん - Miyagi 加美郡色麻町
Karin chan カリンちゃん - Tono, Iwate
. - KAPPA - 河童 - Legends from Miyagi .

. Kanto 関東地 - Tokyo .
Abika chan あびかちゃん from the summer festival カッパまつり
Aika chan あいかちゃん Asakusa Kappabashi 浅草のかっぱ橋
Genchan げんちゃん（埼玉県戸田市） Saitama
Hongoro ほんごろう from Tokyo University 東京大学
Iroha Kappii いろはカッピー - Saitama 埼玉県志木市
. Kaparu カパル志木市文化スポーツ振興公社 Saitama .
Kappa Kawataro Kun and Kapppa Komachi chan 「かっぱ河太郎君」「かっぱ小町ちゃん」from 東京都台東区
Kappa no Kotaro カッパのコタロウ Tokyo 東京都の北十間川
Kappii kun ikka カッピーくん一家 Kappikun Family Chiba 千葉県我孫子市
Kyuuchan キューちゃん Ushiku, Ibaraki茨城県牛久市
Toneboo, Tonebo 利根坊 from the Tone river, Gunma 群馬県 Kappa club カッパCLUB

. Chubu 中部地方 .
Damugappa ダムガッパ Dam Kappa - Fukui 福井県の浄土寺川ダム
- Kawataro 河太郎 / Hanachan 花ちゃん
Komakappa こまかっぱ（長野県駒ヶ根市） Nagano (koma 駒 horse)
Oise Kappa renjaa 笈瀬かっぱレンジャー Oise Kappa Ranger - from Oisegawa 笈瀬川, Nagoya 愛知県名古屋市
Sakumaru さくまる , Shizuoka, Sakuma town 静岡県佐久間観光協会
Unagappa うながっぱ Gifu, Tajimi 岐阜県多治見市
. - Aichi prefecture 愛知県 Kappa 河童 - .

. Kansai 関西地方 - Kyoto .
Dappa kun だっぱくん Osaka 日本水陸観光株式会社
Fuku chan and Saki chan フクちゃん - サキちゃん Hyogo 兵庫県神崎郡福崎町
Itokichi and Itomin イト吉　-　イトミン Kyoto 京都校
Itsuiru kappa いついろかっぱ Wakayama, Shirahama 和歌山県白浜町
- Budoo Kappa BUDOSUKE ぶどうかっぱ　「ぶどすけ」Grapes
- Ichigo Kappa ICHI いちごかっぱ「いち」 Strawberries
- Mikan Kappa MIKAMARU みかんかっぱ　「みかまる」
- Momo Kappa KOMOMO ももかっぱ　「こもも」 Peach
- Panda Kappa PAN パンダかっぱ　「パン」 Shirahama
- Ume Kappa UMEKICHI うめかっぱ　「うめきち」 Plums
Kappa Kazoku カッパ家族 Kappa family - Kyoto 黄桜株式会社
Kappa Ninja seseragi かっぱ忍者せせらぎ Osaka 大阪府生活排水対策
Monogoi kappa ものごいかっぱ Osaka 大阪道頓堀川
Yatta kun ヤッタくん Osaka 大阪府八尾市下水道

. Chugoku 中国地方 .
Daisuke, Tsuyama Daisuke 津山太助（岡山県津山市） Okayama
Kamoboo and his family 茂坊とその家族 Tottori 鳥取県米子市
Kappa かっぱ Okayama, Yoshiigawa river 岡山県の吉井川
Kappa no Gon chan かっぱのごんちゃん Okayama, Tsuyama 岡山県津山市
Kappa no Kon chan family カッパのコンちゃん一家 Tottori 米子市「カッパロード」
Kappa no Sanpei 河童の三平 - Kappa Road, Tottori 米子市「カッパロード」
Kappii カッピー Okayama, Kume Nan 岡山県久米南町 Hiroshima 広島県立河内高等学校
Kyuutaroo, Kyutaro キュー太郎 Hiroshima 広島市南消防署
Shinbi chan and Taiken kun 「心美ちゃん」- 「体健くん」
Shokutan しょくたん Okuyama, Tsuyama 岡山県津山市
Tako chan タロちゃん Tottori 「鳥取カッパ友の会」

. - Shikoku 四国 - . 　
エンコ Enko from Tokushima monster village
かんちゃん Kanchan
まつちカッパ Matsuchi Kappa
オクラかっぱ Okura Kappa
しんちゃん / ころちゃん Shinchan and Kokorochan
トッシー Tosshi
わじきカッパ君 Wajiki Kappa kun

. Kyushu 九州地方 .
Chikappa チカッパ Fukuoka 福岡県久留米市
Kappa family かっぱファミリー Fukuoka 福岡県北九州市
Kappa kun and Chikappa chan 「カッパツくん」-「チカッパちゃん」Fukuoka 福岡県久留米市田主丸町
Matsubaragawa river Kappa family - Saga 松原川で暮らす河童の家族佐賀市
Miyappii みやっぴー Kagoshima 鹿児島県の「「JAさつま川内」
Nakappa なかっぱ Fukuoka 福岡県中間市福岡県嘉麻市
Natsuki chan family 「なつきちゃん」一家 Fukuoka
Okabari kun おかぱりくん Oita 大分県にある横尾農園 (Pun with Okawari for food)
Wakappa わかっぱ Fukuoka 福岡県北九州市

- source : Fukuoka hinamoroko ヒナモロコ-

source :　劇団ふぐ

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source :　pinterest

Kenji the Kappa Yokai

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for owners of Kappa カッパの飼い方
- フィギュアマスコット mascots

「マァちゃん」Maachan 「かっくん」Kakkun 「チーちゃん（ヘラクレス）」 Chiichan (Herakles) 「キューちゃん」Kyuuchan . . .
- source : www.takaratomy-arts.co.jp

- source and photos - matome.naver.jp

- source : ニヤッとする話 - - -TBA

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yurukyara ゆるキャラ Yuru-chara

. . . CLICK here for Photos - ゆるキャラ　河童 !

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Yuru-chara (ゆるキャラ yuru kyara)
is a Japanese term for a category of mascot characters; usually created to promote a place or region, event, organisation or business. They are characterized by their kawaii (cute) and unsophisticated designs, often incorporating motifs that represent local culture, history or produce. They may be created by local government or other organizations to stimulate tourism and economic development, or created by a company to build on their corporate identity. They may appear as costumed characters (or kigurumi) at promotional events and festivals. Yuru-chara has become a popular and lucrative business, with character-driven sales reaching nearly $16 billion in Japan in 2012.

Popular yuru-chara include Kumamon and Funassyi (Funasshi), who have gained international recognition and have reached celebrity status in Japan.

The popularity of mascots like yuru-chara in Japan has been linked to historical emotional bonds to non-human characters, such as in ancient polytheism. There are also many different yōkai in Japanese folklore, and certain types of yōkai such as kappa and tanuki have been the basis for several yuru-chara designs.

- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

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Kuruppa　くるっぱ
Kappa from Kurume town, Kyushu

- source : kurume-hotomeki

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gotoochi kyara　ご当地キャラ　regional characters　- List
- source : localchara.jp/catalog

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kaa kun and paa kun カーくんとパー子ちゃん
orange juice and apple juice mascots オレンジジュースとりんごジュース
and grape juice
http://item.rakuten.co.jp/kappazusi/9336/
TBA

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. Kappa densetsu　河童伝説, Kappa minwa 河童民話 - Legends - Introduction .

. Mingei 民芸　Regional Folk　Art from Japan .

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