Yokai Explained: Japanese Mermaids (Ningyo), They'll Eat Your Flesh | Japanese Folktales

Japanese folktales of Japanese mermaids. That's right, the Japanese had mermaids too, they were called ningyo, and they were not quite The Little Mermaid..

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