Isora Shrine in Shikama has a legend about a kappa once lived in the area. Based on that, the river in which the kappa in question lived is named the Kappa River and, moreover, the shrine is nicknamed "O-kappa-sama" by enshrining a kappa deity.

#349 Kappa

Type

Legendaries

Place

Town Hall

Area

Shikama, Miyagi

Country

Japan

Date

24 June 2012

The place and area names are as of the visited points of time.