To get the Kappa, you’ll need to get hold of a Zen Egg. However, the odds of hatching Kappa are quite low, with just a 3.5% ...

Artist and io9 comrade-in-hanging-out Marcelo Gallegos has tipped us to his delightful yokai mash-up creation, the Kappa Leprechaun. This little guy is the hybrid of A.) those diminutive bastards ...

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.

Costs: A kappa fishing permit is 220 yen. Pick one up at Densheon, a nearby folklore museum that also offers free parking to Kappa Pond visitors.

But like most mythical creatures, the Japanese kappa’s appearance is inconsistent. In the Edo and Meiji periods, the kappa shapeshifts through folklore, at times resembling a child or monkey, other ...