A monster from this country removes a ball-shaped organ called the shirikodama from people’s anuses. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this country home to the river-spirit kappa. Cats in this country often transform into yōkai like bakeneko and nekomata.
ANSWER: Japan [or Nippon-koku; or Nihon-koku]
[10m] Nekomata are fire-throwing cat yōkai with this physical characteristic. This physical characteristic indicates the age and power of shapeshifting trickster spirits who serve as messengers of Inari.
ANSWER: having multiple tails [accept being two-tailed or nine-tailed; accept having a forked tail] (The unnamed trickster spirits are kitsune.)
[10h] Inari alternately takes the form of a fox, a serpent, or one of these animals. Women with the bodies of these animals called jorōgumo are yōkai who kidnap and eat young men.
ANSWER: spiders
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