Name: Fishing for KAPPA: Japan's Mythological River Monster
Uploaded: 2020-03-24T09:15:33.000Z
Duration: 6 min 30 s
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Hey guys! Welcome to the next video in my Iwate series

Modal verbs - A2

and I'm here to buy a license so I can go fishing for Kappa

Kappa are a mysterious creature found in Japanese folklore

They're known to live in lakes, rivers and swampy type of areas

They're kind of a mix between a turtle and a human

Their most important feature being the dish shaped area on the top of their head

So it's very important that they don't spill the water out of their dish

Kappa are known to be very mischevious and the like doing things like

stealing crops and pulling children into the river

The kappa stories are used as a way to convince children to stay out of the water

Sometimes kappa are depicted as cute creatures

But often they're also scene as very scary

While the kappa are famous all over Japan

Their hometown is known to be Tono in Iwate Prefecture

and you can do fun things here like fishing for kappa

Behind me here are some fishing poles with cucumbers strung to them

You can buy a license with or without a cover

So if I wanna be a pro kappa fisher I have to wear one of these hats

This is like your traditional kappa, green and yellow

I'm leaning towards this one because it's cute

So that one didn't fit my head. It's still pink so that's ok!

We have come to the spot where we can fish for kappa

I have my kappa hat and my kappa fishing license

So I'm pretty sure I'm gonna catch one right?

Kappa eat cucumbers so we bought some in Tokyo and brought them with us

That it what we're gonna use to catch the kappa

Let's head down here and see if we can find the river

and the kappa used that water from their hat to put out the fire

So apparently there are some kappa in this river here

let's see if we can find someone who can help us out

It says: Be careful because the kappa attack beautiful boys and girls

If you need to just throw your rod into the river

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Fishing for KAPPA: Japan's Mythological River Monster

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