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List of legendary creatures from Japan

The best part is how specific some of these creatures are. My favorites, in list form (of course):

• Kappa—a famous water monster with a water-filled head and a love of cucumbers
• Kurage-no-hinotama—a jellyfish which floats through the air as a fireball
• Makura-gaeshi—the pillow-moving spirit (this one seems to like to torment me nightly!)
• Tankororin—an unharvested persimmon which becomes a monster
• Tōfu-kozō—a spirit child carrying a block of tofu
• Uma-no-ashi—a horse’s leg which dangles from a tree and kicks passersby

This is for my pal Bill (who doesn’t even read this mess)

He played a concert in the brand new library’s brand new cafe area, as part of the grand opening celebrations. I took pictures of this, for his and the library’s benefit. At the time he joked that it would be funny to take a pic of the big LIBRARY sign on the corner, and photoshoop it to be spelled wrong, and see if the staff would be alarmed. I am too lazy for that level of shooping, so I did a joiner, since those are easier to eff with. (And even that took me five months to do!)