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a creature from the ancient Japan
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What is Kappa In the ancient Japan, Kappa was a group of imps that always lived near the water. They were mischievous, troublemakers and tricksters. They have been said to try to lure people into the water. So children and adults were very scared of them. As a result, Japanese people seldom walked near rivers or lakes at that time.
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Mr.Kappa Mr. KAPPA lives in a tranquil and peaceful area in the river at south Yama. He is not like the Kappa which was depicted in the myths. He is kind and friendly, because it seems that he is the only kappa in the world.
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Life of Kappa Most of the time he likes to stay in his lovely river and enjoy his daily routine, swimming. Every day, he eats a dozen cucumbers and half a pumpkin to give him enough energy to swim for a whole morning in his beloved river. Sometimes, he comes out of water to walk around to look at his gardens and then to cook miso eggplants and picnic along the riverside. He is satisfied with his life. He can grab a cucumber and be immersed by the river watching the beautiful sunsets, �home sweet home� he thinks. He is happy to stay at his sweet place forever and ever and ever.
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One morning, when Mr. Kappa woke up suddenly he felt extremely lonely. He felt something was missing in his life but he could not understand what it was.
Cucumber? “Maybe it is because I have not eaten cucumbers today� he thought. So he grabbed some cucumbers and made it into dozens of Kappamaki sushi. However, after the lavish breakfast, he still felt something was wrong.
Haven’t swum? “Maybe it is because I have not swum today” he thought. So he stretched his body for a while and dived into water to swim along the river for a whole morning.
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Set off He still did not feel quite right after that. He decided to ask someone but there was no one who could answer with his question. There were not any other Kappa in the world to share his experience with. So, he decided to depart on a journey to find other Kappa somewhere in the world. He brought a bottle of water and prepared some Kappamaki sushi to share with other Kappa. “It would be a nice way to say hello to those Kappa.” he thought. He kissed his lovely little garden goodbye. “I hope you are well when I come back.” He said.
“Don’t let the morning glory come in here” he felt sad and gently told his plants. But he knew that they didn’t have the power to forbid the morning glory, if because the morning glory loves a place and wants to settle here, it just take over it.
He made some new friends on the road. There was a thrush, whose name was Tiki. The first time they met each other, Mr. Kappa was taking a nap under an oak tree. Tiki flew down on his head and dipped his bill into Mr. Kappa’s plate because he was thirsty.
He finally set off.
Mr. Kappa shared some of kappamaki with Tiki. Tiki was amazed at the tasty Kappamaki. “How did you make them?” Mr. Kappa promised that he could make more Kappamaki when they found more cucumbers. So TIKI decided to join the journey to find the Kappa.
On the road, he found plants and creatures are totally different from those where he lived. Sometimes he missed his lovely place a little bit. As he went further and further, he missed it less. It seemed everything was very fresh away from his home in the river.
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“Guaa..” One day, when they were walking through a rocky area, they suddenly heard the sound of a bubble bursting and a rumbling noise from the slope ahead of the road. At the same time, an unusual and weird odor was in the air. “Something smells weird” Tiki said. “Yeah” Mr. Kappa agreed but he was a little bit excited actually because the smell familiar. He did not know what it was exactly but it seemed very familiar to him. As they continued, the sounds became louder and louder. A thick fog was gathering in front of them. Tiki felt a little bit afraid so that they stopped and hesitated about moving forward. A short time later, something moved out from the fog. The creature looked very similar to Mr. Kappa but it had dark red skin and lava spread all over its body.
“Guaa..” said the creature and looked at them surprisingly. It tried to speak. It was actually a volcano Kappa. A kind of Kappa which lived near volcanoes and spent most of their time immersed in the lava. Their skin can bear high temperatures. Sometimes, they also like to enjoy hot springs as a luxury. Mr. Kappa was very excited that he had finally found another Kappa. “So De Su Ga ” after knowing the reason, volcano Kappa said “I know that in the end of the land, there is also live another Kappa” The volcano Kappa was very glad to see them and invited them to go to a hot springs together. Mr. Kappa was really surprised at the nice and warm water that he ever had. And they share the Kappamaki sushi while having the hot springs.
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The end of the land “Really glad to meet you. ” Mr. Kappa really wanted to stay with volcano Kappa but the temperature is too high that Mr. Kappa could not afford it. The water in his plate would be easily evaporated in such heated environment. They hugged with each other and Mr. Kappa departed to visit another Kappa, of course, with little Tiki. In the end of the land, there was the big blue ocean. After having not seen water for a long long time, Mr. Kappa was really eager to jump into it and swam for a whole day and whole night.
However, he suddenly felt something was wrong; the water was different from usual. His body was out of control and he even breathed hard in the water. At the moment when he was about to sink, someone hold his hand and pull him out of water. “Hey” A blue man… No, it was a blue Kappa. “There you are…!” Mr. Kappa was joyful. “Oh, you are really a BAD swimmer...” Blue Kappa stared at him and furrowed his brows.
Actually, it was because that was the ocean. The water of ocean was full of salt and totally different from the water from the river so that Mr. Kappa’s body was not suitable to it. He licked his body to taste it. “It is salty, really.” He thought. Then he realized this was not the river water in his dream.Even though, the blue Kappa still took them to enjoy the beach. They drink coconut juice and enjoy the sushi together.
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Kelp “Hum…, really tasty!” the marine Kappa said, “I should show you something” Then he dived into the ocean and come out of water with a small amount of glutinous things. Green and translucent, it was kelps. “I bet you will love it” marine Kappa tore a little bit of it and put on the Kappamaki sushi. To Mr.Kappa’s amazement, the Kappamaki with kelp was really matched. And TIKI liked it as well. They enjoyed the kelp Kappamaki feast for a whole afternoon and had a rest on the beach at night. The stars above the sea were twinkling beautifully. That reminded Mr. Kappa of his peaceful river.
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home Next day when he woke up, he decided to go home. Although Mr. Kappa really enjoyed the time he spent besides the sea with marine Kappa and having the hot spring with volcano Kappa, he still missed his lovely place very much. The marine Kappa prepared a small basket of seaweed for him as a gift. Then Mr. Kappa departed to go home.
in his mind from all over the world. Also, now he knows that he is not alone. There are still other Kappa exist in the world even they are quite different from him. But if he needs, they are always there.
After a long journey, he finally backs home. Although his place is small and narrow, he has already had the beautiful scenery and memory
he thought.
“What a lovely day� Then he felt happily and dived into the river.
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editor
BONO
art director
ALEX TURNER
design
TAME IMPALA
photographer
FREDDIE MERCURY
publisher
KENYA HARA
special thanks
MR. KAPPA
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