Hundreds Of Mythical ‘Kappa’ imps Draws Thousands To Remote Shimanto Area

Video footage taken in the wooded mountains of Shimanto, Kochi Prefecture, shows some of the approximately 650 depictions of mythical “kappa” water sprites that have been collected together at the Kaiyodo Kappa Museum, an attraction that opened in the remote area in 2012. Video was shot on November 22,2017,Japan. The museum curated by Osamu Miyawaki, the founder of the well-known plastic figure maker Kaiyodo Co., complements the nearby Kaiyodo Hobby Museum Shimanto where about 7,000 plastic models and figures representing the firm’s history are on display. Shimanto is the hometown of the founder’s father. The two museums together attracted about 65,000 visitors in fiscal 2016, a draw more than treble the number of local residents.
Video footage taken in the wooded mountains of Shimanto, Kochi Prefecture, shows some of the approximately 650 depictions of mythical “kappa” water sprites that have been collected together at the Kaiyodo Kappa Museum, an attraction that opened in the remote area in 2012. Video was shot on November 22,2017,Japan. The museum curated by Osamu Miyawaki, the founder of the well-known plastic figure maker Kaiyodo Co., complements the nearby Kaiyodo Hobby Museum Shimanto where about 7,000 plastic models and figures representing the firm’s history are on display. Shimanto is the hometown of the founder’s father. The two museums together attracted about 65,000 visitors in fiscal 2016, a draw more than treble the number of local residents.
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The Asahi Shimbun Video
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November 22, 2017
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kochi, Japan
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